06/17/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/17/2025 12:13
The agendas of the Broken Arrow City Council, Broken Arrow Municipal Authority, and the Broken Arrow Economic Development Authority included 87 items at the meeting held on Monday, June 16 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The City Council gave authorization for a memorandum of understanding between the Broken Arrow Police Department and the CREOKS certified community behavioral health center to provide crisis mitigation for individuals in the community at a cost of $108,000. CREOKS will embed trained professionals in the field with law enforcement officials, and they will soon open a mental health facility in the 2400 block of East Hillside Drive.
The Council also approved a service agreement between the City of Broken Arrow and Davis H. Elliot for streetlight repair services along the Broken Arrow Expressway.
A $56,338 professional consultant agreement with Frankfurt-Short-Bruza Associates, P.C. was approved by the Council to create a master plan for the Rose District Expansion. In 2024 and 2025, the city acquired the grain elevator and associated land on the west side of the Farmers Market Plaza with plans to expand the plaza and market space with new amenities and upgraded facilities.
A professional consultant services agreement was authorized with Garver, LLC to provide design services for the Reconnecting Broken Arrow RAISE grant project at a cost of $1.25 million paid by the 2018 General Obligation Bond. The design will include plans for a multimodal transportation study, a multimodal level of service report, preliminary plans for the roadway, sidewalks, side-path, a multi-use trail and environmental permits.
A three-year promotional license agreement with Scotfest, Inc. was approved. The agreement approves up to $31,000 in Visit Broken Arrow grant funding that will ensure that Scotfest continues in Broken Arrow for three years, with two additional optional renewals possible.
Seven Streets Department employees were recognized for completion of the Local Technical Assistance Program Road Scholar Certification. The program is through the Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture, & Technology and consists of eight courses with 112 hours of instruction and lab experience. The City recognizes Herbert Trae Moore, Phillip Olvera, Andrew Clegg, Darryl Hale, Steven Head, Jerry Waymire, and Robert Hanna for their success.
Broken Arrow Police Officer Michael Peale provided an update of the Safe Hotels initiative which enhances the city's hospitality standards and makes the city a safer destination for visitors. Police calls for service have gone down significantly since the initiative begin in 2023. In 2021-2022, there were 605 police calls for service, compared to just 259 in 2024-2025. You can watch Officer Peale's presentation on YouTube here at the 13:39 mark.
City Manager Michael Spurgeon updated the community and the Council on the 2026 General Obligation Bond process. He said a bond meeting will be held on June 18 at City Hall. During this all-day meeting, the Council and City leadership will hear each of the bond project requests from the various user groups under consideration for inclusion in the 2026 General Obligation Bond. This information will be crucial to the City Council's decision-making process when it comes time to decide which projects to include in the General Obligation Bond Package.
Two school-related agreements were also approved by the Council.
First, an inter-local agreement was authorized to help provide school crossing guards to Union Public Schools at several locations in the amount of $3,600.
Second, a Memorandum of Understanding was approved by the Council that would provide partial funding for school resource officers (SRO) and crossing guards to Broken Arrow Public Schools. BAPS will contribute $100,000 in salary for the first year of the agreement towards a School Resource Program. In fiscal years 2025-2026, BAPD will assign two police officers to the SRO program. For 2026 through 2028, four officers will be assigned to the program with the school district paying 50 percent of the officer's salary, not to exceed $215,000. The City will pay $99,000 toward the program from the Police Public Safety Sales Tax Fund.
The City of Broken Arrow will pay the school district $33,000 in fiscal years 2026-2028 for the school crossing guards provision of the agreement.
The City Council authorized Resolution No. 1669, adopting the Fiscal Year 202-2026 Annual Budget totaling $454,000,499.
Magnum Construction was awarded a contract in the amount of $276,443 to construct the Rose District Parking Lot at Commercial and Ash Streets. The funding will be provided from the Street Tax Capital Improvement Program.
Paragon Contractors, LLC was also awarded a construction contract for intersection improvements at Jasper Street and Aspen Avenue, as well as improvements on Aspen Avenue, from Shreveport Street to Jasper Street. The project will cost $2.3 million and includes asphalt mill and overlay improvements on Aspen Avenue from Shreveport Street to Jasper Street, replacement of existing pavement at the Jasper Street and Aspen Avenue intersection. It will expand the Jasper and Aspen intersection to two through lanes and a dedicated left turn lane in each direction for Aspen Avenue. It will also add one lane and a dedicated left turn lane in each direction for Jasper Street. The project includes new traffic signals at the intersection, new sidewalks, new pavement markings and signage.
At the Broken Arrow Municipal Authority meeting there were 22 items on the agenda.
Two professional consultant agreements were approved with Holloway, Updike, and Bellen, Inc. one at $11,000 and another at $89,000. The first is an amendment to a previous agreement to demolish the existing lift station at Cambridge Estates. The agreement funds the redesign, survey, and easement documents for rerouting a relief line that would provide sewer access to nearby properties. The second is a Professional Consultant Agreement for Holloway, Updike, and Bellen, Inc. to provide an assessment of the 32 lift stations across the city for $89,000 paid by the Engineering and Construction Professional Services fund.
Maintenance Services received authorization to purchase 1,160 trash carts from Cascade Engineering for the Solid Waste and Recycling Department totaling $62,648.80.
A janitorial services agreement totaling $136,677.60 with HHM Facility Management, LLC, was approved to provide cleaning services for city-owned buildings.
There were six items on the Broken Arrow Economic Development Authority's agenda.
The Trustees approved a third amendment to the Adams Creek Town Center economic development agreement. This development will encompass 130,000 square feet of retail space on 22 acres to the east of Lowe's. The developer announced that he has agreements with retailers such as Burlington Coat Factory, Five Below, Books a Million, Bealls, and others. The earth work has begun onsite, and a groundbreaking ceremony will be held later this month.
The Trustees also authorized the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Financial Plan for the Broken Arrow Economic Development Authority following the City Council's approval of Resolution No. 1669 that approved the City's Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget. The Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Financial Plan is included in the budget document adopted by the City Council. The cost of the financial plan is $14.3 million paid by the original Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget.
The next meeting of the Broken Arrow City Council, Broken Arrow Municipal Authority, and the Broken Arrow Economic Development Authority will be a special meeting held on Monday, July 14, 2025, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 220 S. 1st Street.