Good morning from my office in Guthrie Oklahoma. Last night we held our first November 2007 Council Meeting and all went well. The council re-appointed several ladies to the park board and I am hoping we will have some good ideas and things happening at the parks this year. Council tabled Wal-Marts request to adopt the loop that runs from Division that makes the two entrances into the Wal-Mart complex. Our decision to do so was to make sure Wal-Mart completes the road work and brings all issues with the existing road back to city standards in order not to put the city with a failing road upon taking over of that road. The council also raised the existing franchise agreement with Cox Communication to 5% from 4% for the next 6 months with another renewal option 6 months from now. Council also approved renewing the lease agreement for the use of Logan County aging services to continue to use Highland Hall Facility. Vice Mayor Doug Hehn asked for a clause to be added to the lease allowing the Logan County Election Board to be able to hold elections there during this lease option. It would be the Election Boards decision to use Highland Hall for a polling place, but would give them the option. I thought this was a good idea, and I hope the Election Board will take advantage of it's use. I was excited to see the approval of both the taxi way extensions and the erosion control items being approved for bid for the Airport. These are both very important issues for the continued growth at our airport and the airport continues to be an exciting area in our city.
On the Centennial Celebration front all is full steam ahead from the Heartland Flyer bringing State legislators from Oklahoma City to Guthrie for the celebrations. On Nov 9TH, 2007 at 5:00 PM the Centennial Clock will be dedicated I have seen it at night and its really a nice addition to our downtown district. The city has also contracted with the City of Edmond to provide additional Bus transportation support for all the visitors and the city has over 40,000 parking spaces set up across the city. It's going to be an amazing experience in the City of Guthrie starting at the end of this week thru the 16th of November.
On an important note, I want to say to the entire City of Guthrie Staff, what a great job you are doing and thank each and every one of you for your hard work. I especially want to thank Maxine Pruitt and the Municipal Services Division for their amazing work in prepping downtown from the new street signs down to the striping of parking spots. It looks incredible and you and your staff should be proud.
I have to admit if there was a time to get elected to the Guthrie City Council this was certainly the time. I have been surrounded with extremely professional City staff and continue to feel the ship is pointed into the wind and look forward to the continued days of sailing.
Trey Ayers
Councilman Ward 1
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