Stone won his second term in the February primary. Ward 4 Councilman Todd Stone raised $133,200 for his re-election campaign and ended the first quarter with $58,860.40 in the bank.Briefly: Campaign finance, summer swimming Department directors will discuss fiscal 2022 budget proposals for Airports, Public Works and Utilities at Tuesday's public hearing.Wednesday is makeup day for trash and recycling pickup. City offices are closed Monday for Memorial Day.Find instructions to take part in the virtual meeting and the agenda under the Government tab at okc.gov. Conditions on acceptance of the money by cities have not been finalized. Oklahoma City Utilities Director Chris Browning, in remarks to the Water Utilities Trust regarding proposed federal funding to replace lead pipes in drinking water systems and reimburse utilities for bills still unpaid due to customers' pandemic-related financial difficulties.
"The intent is good but the strings are not manageable." More: Assistance for past due rent, utilities available to Oklahomans They said it Worth noting: School-age children who do not participate in summer learning activities can fall as much as two years behind their classmates who do by sixth grade, the library says. Participants who complete 600 minutes of reading and related activities automatically are entered in prize drawings. Sign up at /summerreading or visit your local library. The Metropolitan Library System’s 80th Summer Reading program begins Tuesday, through July 31. Library's summer reading 2021 begins Tuesday Read coverage of observances of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at and in The Oklahoman. It took almost 100 years to make it part of state education" "Generations of Oklahomans did not learn about the massacre. Trump Highway' due to GOP-backed bill Tweet of the week More: Oklahoma panhandle to get 'President Donald J. Johnson Recreation Center and MAPS 3 lower park. The YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City will manage the center.įavorable construction bids last year enabled the city to add wish-list amenities to the Willa D. The north wing has offices, a fitness studio, game room, library, a demonstration kitchen and meeting and banquet rooms. The architects' drawings detail a building centered on a great room with a fireplace, opening onto city park land and a pond.Įleven laps around the upstairs track will equal a mile. The 42,000-square-foot center will have a pool, a gym with room for pickleball and basketball courts, and an upstairs walking track overlooking a fitness center. To manage spending on the southwest-side center, hoped-for amenities including a terrace and fitness lawn, bocce court, decorative tile, motorized roller shades, acoustical wall and ceiling treatments, laundry and fitness equipment, and outdoor lighting are being cut. The second one opened in Capitol Hill and the third will open in northeast Oklahoma City. The senior centers were popular with voters and have been a hit with residents.
More: Oklahoma City family questions police pursuit that killed pregnant mom Star Shells The first center was completed in 2017 for about $12.4 million. That means project managers will go without $636,400 worth of amenities they hoped to provide and will move more than $1.2 million into the budget to fund the contract.Īt a total cost approaching $19 million, the southwest-side center will be the most expensive of the four senior health and wellness centers built by MAPS 3. The $14.6 million low bid for construction of the MAPS 3 senior health and wellness center near SW 136 and Western exceeded the budget by $2.5 million, or 21%. Increasing costs for construction materials are putting the hurt on MAPS 3.
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