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May 22, 2024
In the Know

Community Development:

  • Total Building Permits Issued – 51
  • Inspections to date – 255

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION:

  • 2 new houses by individual contractors
  • 4 new houses by Muscogee Nation

 

COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION:

  • Starbucks 50% inspections complete
  • Joe’s Italian now open
  • DHS Remodel of Neal’s furniture complete
  • Downtown apartments, remodel of 4 units complete
  • Remodel of 301 W 5th 50%
  • MCN 3 Ponds ready to begin final on 72 houses
  • Remodel of 10 apartments at 3rd & Grand charging sprinkler system
  • Remodel of OMH and new emergency wing 50% MCN
  • Coleman project 50%

 

Code Enforcement:

  • Complaints filed and documented – 18
  • Red tags issued – 7
  • Vehicles tagged  inoperable  – 2
  • Letters or verbal warnings issued for open sewage – 2
  • Letters sent out for trash and debris – 4
  • Letters sent out for grass/weeds – 86
  • Properties mowed or cleaned by contractor – 3
  • Notice of liens filed – 1
  • Notice of liens released – 6
  • Signs moved from right-of-way – 15
  • House numbering violations – 3
  • Living in travel trailer violations – 2
  • Property maintenance violations – 5
  • Misc. postings – 9

 

Police Department:

3 uncertified officers have been hired and have since reported to the academy. One has an estimated graduation date of June, with the other two predicated to finish up this Fall. They reported 2 positions left to fill.

 

  • Murder – 0
  • Rape – 4
  • Robbery – 2
  • Assaults – 11
  • Burglary – 1
  • Larceny – 18
  • Auto Theft – 0
  • Domestic Violence – 6

 

  • Bookings – 100
  • Traffic Accidents – 25
  • Reports made – 113

 

  • Calls for service – 979
  • Cases referred to Tribal Police – 65
  • Cases referred to FBI – n/a

 

Fire Department:

Fire Chief Dewayne Hurt talked about the efforts to assist surrounding city’s who experienced more damage from the recent storms. Burn permit are still being issues to residents. 10 new radios were placed into services. The department is still assisting with the ongoing opioid crisis.

 

Total incidents: 

  • Action taken, other – 22
  • Fire control or extinguishment, other – 1
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel – 6
  • Provide first aid & check for injuries – 17
  • Shut down system – 5
  • Assist physically disabled – 18
  • Provide manpower – 9
  • Provide equipment – 5
  • Control traffic – 5
  • Invesitgate – 17
  • Cenceled en route – 4

 

  • Total number of incidents: 117

 

Municipal Court:

  • Citations – 96
  • Warnings – 14
  • Trials – 4
  • Warrants – 16
  • Dismissed – 2
  • Suspended – 2

 

  • Receipts: $9,638
  • AMS: $1,132
  • Tax Interceptions: $789.30
  • Property Damage: N/A

 

Totals: $11,559.30

 

Technology Services

  • Finished establishing network radio link with landfill
  • Worked on developing budget needs for 24-25 fiscal year
  • Surveyed PD for service
  • Website redesign discovery meeting, submitted deliverables
  • Calls ofr service inlduing but not limited to: city hall, police department

 

Planning and Zoning/GIS

  • Approved lot split application for four homes
  • Finished OEM requirements for acquisition/demolition buy-out
  • Meetings: Planning and Zoning, Board of Adjustment,  Historic Preservation, Main Street, and Homeless Task Force
  • Worked on Main Stree by-law revisions

 

Library News:

  • Fines, copies, lost books, interlibrary loans – $759.18
  • New borrowers – 57
  • Reference questions – 272
  • Collection stats – 231  items added
  • Monthly door count – 2,924
  • Avg. daily circulation – 161
  • Computer use – 367
  • Total meeting room use – 94

 

A few of the new books added this month include:

  • Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda
  • A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
  • One by One by Freida McFadden
  • She’s not Sorry by Mary Kubica
  • Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
  • The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
  • James by Percival Everett, Milk Street 365: the all-purpose cookbook by Christopher Kimball
  • Elevate & Dominate by Deion Sanders

 

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