BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING July 30, 2014 MINUTES

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1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING July 30, 2014 MINUTES I. MEETING CONVENED: The Oklahoma Municipal League Board of Directors met at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at the OML offices located at 201 N.E. 23 rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK. President Couch called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. Officers and Directors present were: President James Couch, Oklahoma City, City Manager Vice President Vacant Immediate Past President Homer Nicholson, Mayor, Ponca City Directors: District 1 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 9 District 10 District 11 Broken Arrow Towns Broken Arrow, Alternate Tulsa Elaine Carr, Mayor, W Siloam Springs Jeff Shockley, Mayor, Poteau Darrell Nemecek, Vice Mayor, Ada Dan Galloway, City Manager, Stillwater Michael Phillips,Councilmember, Sand Springs Bill Shewey, Mayor, Enid Fred Fitch, Mayor, Lawton Mike Brown, Mayor, Weatherford Richard Chapman, Mayor, Gage Craig Thurmond, Mayor David Taylor, Administrator, Muldrow Richard Carter, Vice Mayor Jim Twombly, City Manager, Tulsa (arrive:12:35pm) Officers and Directors Absent: District 2 District 8 Tulsa Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Selina Jayne Dornan, Mayor, Eufaula Randy Ross, Mayor, Choctaw Dewey Bartlett, Jr. Mayor, Tulsa Patrick Ryan, Councilmember, OKC Mick Cornett, Mayor, Oklahoma City

2 Guests Present: Jodi Cox, Executive Director, OMRF Julie Ferguson, Commissioner, Sallisaw Mark Hamm, Councilmember, Moore Mike Burdge, Mayor, Sand Springs Jack Tatum, Mayor, Warner Staff Present: Executive Director General Counsel Director of Governmental Relations Executive Assistant Carolyn Stager Diane Pedicord Missy Dean Nancee Morris II. III. PUBLIC COMMENTS. No public comments. CONSENT AGENDA. 1. Consideration and action to accept and approve items on the Consent Agenda. a. Minutes of the June 2014 meeting b. Financial statements for July 2014 c. Monthly check ledger for the July Consideration and possible action on items removed from the Consent Agenda. President Couch asked for questions. With no questions motion was made by D. Nemecek with a second by D. Taylor to approve the consent agenda as presented. IV. BUSINESS AGENDA: 1. PRESIDENT S REPORT (President James Couch) President Couch reported on the need to educate the new legislators and work more closely with them in the upcoming session. Asked the board to take the summer to reflect on the issues to come and the action that will need to be taken.

3 2. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT (Carolyn Stager, Executive Director) Director Stager updated the Board on OML activities during the months of July. A summary report of Ms. Stager s activities is attached. 3. LEGISLATIVE REPORT (Missy Dean, Director of Gov t. Operations) Ms. Dean presented the Board with the Legislative Committee s report on recent legislative issues. State Issues A. INFORMATION: Support amending Title 11, Section 14-11C and Title 47, Section G increasing court fees for deferrals on traffic related offenses related to speeding. B. INFORMATION: Support increasing the tariff charged for cell phones for After further discussion a motion was made by M. Phillips to approve the state issues recommendations as presented. H. Nicholson seconded the motion. Federal Issues C. INFORMATION: Support the Main Street Fairness Act. D. INFORMATION: Support H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA) E. INFORMATION: Oppose efforts by Congress to eliminate or limit the use of state and local tax exemption on municipal bonds. F. INFORMATION: Oppose H.R. 612, which allows larger and heavier trucks on roads, until further study has been completed.

4 After further discussion, a motion was made by M. Phillips to approve the recommendations for the federal issues as presented. The motion was seconded by H. Nicholson. 4. Discussion to approve the recommendation of Charles Brady III to continue to serve on the Oklahoma Geographic Information Council as the OML representative. After discussion a motion was made by D. Taylor and seconded by M. Phillips to approve the recommendation. 5. Discussion to select the OML nominee to serve as the OMRF trustee-atlarge position. A motion by D. Nemecek was made to nominate Robert Johnston and seconded by C. Thurmond. YES VOTES: E. Carr, J. Shockley, D. Nemecek, D. Galloway, B. Shewey, F. Fitch, M. Brown, R. Chapman, D. Taylor, C. Thurmond, J. Twombly, H. Nicholson, J. Couch NO VOTES: M. Phillips 6. Director Stager updated the Board on the upcoming Southern Municipal Conference that was due to be held in Oklahoma City August and hosted by OML. 7. Director Stager updated the Board on the ODEQ and OML/OMUP meeting in which a taskforce that would develop a cost and efficiency study.

5 8. Discussion and action was taken to fill the OML Vice President seat due to Thom Moton vacating the seat. The following nominations were made: a. Mike Brown b. Michael Phillips After further discussion, ballots were passed out to the board with a vote to be taken. After counting the votes, Mike Brown was elected to fill the vice president vacancy. 9. Discussion and action to replace M. Brown as nominating committee chair. After discussion, a motion was made by D. Taylor to approve Richard Chapman as the chair. The motion was seconded by M. Brown. NOTE: The vote was taken with no descenting votes. After the meeting was adjourned, the board was made aware that due to R. Chapman s district seat being up for re-election this year, he was not eligible to be chair of the committee. President Couch then recommended Fred Fitch to be chair and via an vote, the majority of board members responded with a yes vote to appoint F. Fitch as chair of the 2014 nominating committee. V. EXECUTIVE SESSION No executive session was requested. VI. VII. NEW BUSINESS 1. An update of the OML annual conference and the progress being made was discussed. Adjournment There being no further business, President Couch adjourned the meeting at 1:34 p.m. Carolyn Stager, Executive Director