Recap of Council meetings on 3/24

The Broken Arrow City Council, Municipal Authority, and Economic Development Authority considered more than 60 items on the agendas on March 24, 2026.

Here is a recap from Tuesday night.

A section of Houston Street (81^st St.) will be closed beginning March 25, southeast of the 1st Street intersection, to the West of South 6^th Street. The roadway will be closed until April 22 and to allow City crews to replace an aging 8-inch cast iron water main with a new 12-inch PVC water main to improve water quality and reliability.

Street improvements are coming to North Olive Avenue, between West Kenosha Street and West Albany Street. To accommodate this 2014 GO Bond project, an ONG gas line must be relocated. For the portions of the gas line that are within existing private ONG easements, the City of Broken Arrow is required to reimburse the utility for the cost of the relocation. There are two such instances where this is required. One relocation section will cost the city $228,059 and the other will cost the city $107,161. Both agreements with ONG were approved by the City Council.

The City Council approved $316,685 in 2018 General Obligation Bond Proposition 6 funds for the following drainage improvement projects:

1. $7,755 to design drainage improvements from 3729 S. 195^th E. Ave. to East 37^th Court South.
2. $250,000 towards improvements to mitigate water runoff in Reserve F of the Park at Adams Creek.
3. $58,930 to design drainage improvements for the Tucson Village II subdivision.

City Manager Michael Spurgeon presented an update on the 2026 General Obligation Bond package. Voters will go to the polls on April 7. But before then, citizens are encouraged to attend one of the two remaining Build Our Future BA GO Bond Public Forums from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the following dates:

• March 26-Battle Creek Golf Club
• April 2- Connect Church

You can watch his presentation to the Council here.

A construction contract with Builder's Unlimited, Inc., was authorized by the Council for the Kenosha Sidewalk Project. The sidewalk project will connect the sidewalks along Kenosha from Sycamore Avenue to Narcissus Avenue on both of the north and south sides of Kenosha Street. The project is funded by 2018 GO Bond Proposition 1 and a transfer from the Street Sales Tax Fund at a cost of $324,239.76.

The Council accepted the City of Broken Arrow's annual audit on March 24. It is available for public inspection in the City Clerk's office and in the reception area of City Hall, 220 S. 1^st St. It is also available online on the Department of Finance page.

The Council considered modifications to the Request to Appear Forms and Guidelines for City Council meetings and other City Boards and Commissions. The City has adopted the Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure by Alice Sturgis, 4^th Edition as the rules of order to conduct all City meetings. The rules provide the chairperson with broad power and discretion to manage public meetings.

The City Council declared the week of March 23, 2026, as Arbor Week. The City is celebrating its 26^th year as a Tree City U.S.A Community. The City Council and several students from Oakcrest Elementary are going to plant six trees at Arrowhead Park on March 25.

The City Council also declared April 22, 2026, as Earth Day and April as Earth Month. The City of Broken Arrow encourages citizens to participate in activities such as recycling, reducing, reusing, replanting, and restoring our communities and the planet. One way everyone can get involved is through the for the Trash Bash and Recycling Rally on April 11.

At the Municipal Authority Meeting, the Trustees awarded grounds maintenance bids to J&J Bowers Lawn Care and Goodacre Lawn Care, LLC. Prodigy Lawn and Landscape will serve as an alternate.

Several additional items were considered on Tuesday night. To review the full agendas of the City Council, Municipal Authority, and the Economic Developments Authority meetings, click the corresponding hyperlink.

The next regularly scheduled meetings of the Broken Arrow City Council, Municipal Authority, and the Economic Development Authority will be held on April 7, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.