Miami Special Utility Authority (MSUA)
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00:00The application by far, Chief of the Third Amendment.
00:02Heavenly Father, we're thankful for you and we're thankful we could be here tonight.
00:10Do the business of the community.
00:11Lord, we're just thankful for council members who are willing to serve and just give us wisdom and guidance as they do their business tonight.
00:19Keeps all safe as we head home to your name we pray.
00:22I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.
00:30One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
00:35Lord, we'll begin by giving personal verses.
00:40Bibleist.
00:42I'm going to have a couple of questions.
00:48So, and forgive me if it's this is the wrong meeting.
00:54It's always confusing.
00:56Under the purchased orders for the airport,
01:01there's something from Arthur Gallagher for $26,000.
01:10I bet that they're insurance.
01:11It's under risk management.
01:12It's an insurance for the.
01:14Okay.
01:16Okay.
01:17I've just, I've never seen something that large on there.
01:20Thought I'd ask about it.
01:21Yeah.
01:22Just where you'll see that.
01:28Gotcha.
01:29And there was one more.
01:31So back to the airport.
01:33The construction administration for.
01:36One for nineteen three forty eight more for ten thousand ninety five.
01:40Yep.
01:41What is.
01:42Okay.
01:43And then we still manage to stay in budget.
02:01Okay.
02:02Perfect.
02:04And now we'll make a motion to approve.
02:06Say.
02:08He said.
02:10Hi.
02:11Don't go.
02:12Joe's.
02:13Marker.
02:14Six clients for bands.
02:16All group.
02:17Don't ship group.
02:19Say it.
02:20He said.
02:21Hi.
02:22Don't go.
02:23I.
02:24Marker.
02:25I'm staying.
02:26Seven minutes in the August.
02:27Nineteep.
02:28Twenty twenty five ringer meeting.
02:29I'll just twenty six.
02:30Twenty five ringer meeting.
02:32Motion to approve.
02:33Second.
02:34So.
02:36Right.
02:37He said.
02:38So.
02:39Marker.
02:40Hey.
02:43The clear.
02:44The list.
02:45I miss you.
02:46An equipment.
02:47Including in the packet.
02:48As a surplus.
02:49And authorized.
02:50I was.
02:51The option.
02:52So this.
02:53Tonight.
02:59Party.
03:00I know.
03:01Signing authority for the trust manager or his counsel needs.
03:04Good evening.
03:06So what we're working on.
03:08MUSIC.
03:10MUSIC.
03:11MUSIC.
03:18MUSIC.
03:20MUSIC.
03:21MUSIC.
03:22MUSIC.
03:00We had, I believe it was a couple of months ago where we brought the surplus list to y'all.
03:05We're working on that. We have a date now of September 27th, where we will be helping the auction.
03:12And so these are just more items that we want to add to that surplus list.
03:17Jones, type burns.
03:26He's the so-called Parker.
03:28Hi.
03:29Do you business?
03:30Any of which have risen since the posting of this agenda?
03:33May we have one thing, Mr. Now, when I'm bringing up.
03:36So we had a meeting scheduled today with the St. James Court.
03:40So this is something that's been from a prior administration.
03:43So they have a bill that's been solely like paying it off or working to pay off.
03:47And so they did not show up today.
03:50So we made the decision that we were going to notify all the tenants that we're going to show off their power in 30 days if they did not pay.
03:59Okay.
04:01Mrs. Good with it.
04:03We have to look the tenants now in case someone's on live preserving,
04:07be like oxygen or something like that.
04:09So we have to give them 30 days notice so that they can make out their rates.
04:13That's before we shut utilities.
04:15And then after that 30 days, we can shut them all.
04:18How large.
04:19We would say hello.
04:20Six.
04:22Thank you.
04:23Yeah.
04:24Why did it go so long?
04:25I have been on a $14,000 a month.
04:29And I'm paying.
04:30How long is this $14,000 payment plan going to go on?
04:34That's what we're trying to meet with them.
04:36So why was that even allowed?
04:38And that was a prior administration where it's trying to fix it.
04:43Well, that's kind of ridiculous.
04:45How much was there monthly bill?
04:47About 30.
04:48It fluctuates between you and half a bill.
04:51Yeah, there's something to go anywhere from 7,000 to 30.
04:55You know, you have to think of fall and winter.
04:58So.
04:59How many tenants are there?
05:01Are you nuts?
05:02That way, y'all.
05:03That way, don't know.
05:04That's a civil issue between the clients and the owner of that building.
05:11So they can take care of that on their own.
05:14All right.
05:15They have their own potential causes of action.
05:20I guess they're limo or who is contracted with them for a.
05:24This is your rent.
05:25And your utilities are included.
05:26And then not taking care of the utilities.
05:28But legally, we have to let them know before we shut off utilities.
05:29Just in case someone is also.
05:31So, you know.
05:32I don't know.
05:33I don't know.
05:34But legally, we have to let them know before we shut off utilities.
05:37Just in case someone is also.
05:40And we want to realize this was previous administration.
05:43The six figures this long is ridiculous.
05:46That shouldn't ever happen.
05:47Those best ones get in part in the part of the behind each month.
05:50Yeah.
05:52So they've only been required to pay.
05:54Partial payment of their current bill.
05:57No, so they're just.
05:58According to.
06:00We had, they were just paying a certain amount every month, no matter if the bill was above this or below this.
06:09So we talked to Matt, what a few months ago, and then we've been trying to make contact with him.
06:14And so obviously we know it will be in the news.
06:17We assume so we want to make the board aware.
06:20And we're trying to rectify the issue.
06:22We sent a certified letter of all this.
06:29That was our receipt that back today.
06:32And it's just common practice for the billing office to raise the like that.
06:38If it is, as your legal counsel, I'm advising you that you need to change that.
06:44That is not.
06:45If that is policy, I don't think it is.
06:47But if so, my responsibility is the five of you.
06:51And that can't be happening with city money.
06:53Well, if it's a...
06:55Or if it's a...
06:56Just tell me.
06:57A house.
06:58How long do we give them?
07:00I don't know.
07:0110 days.
07:02So why have we left this go so far?
07:04Six figures.
07:05That's a bunch of money people.
07:07Yeah, that's our turn to fix it.
07:09Commercial accounts go longer.
07:11I mean, that is something that they've always done.
07:13How old is this thing going?
07:16Since 23.
07:20As far back as I have.
07:22I mean, I'm sure it's been before then.
07:24Well, the tenants we were receiving a notice.
07:27Yes.
07:28We're going to put it on their door.
07:29Yeah.
07:30And you have to think as the bill gets larger, you know,
07:36our late fees...
07:37I mean, it compounds very quickly, you know.
07:40So...
07:42Do we have anyone else that's on something like this?
07:46That we're...
07:47We just want to make you aware because without a few of them I reach out and say,
07:59Hey, they're going to...
08:00Do you want to get some of them all?
08:01Yeah.
08:02Do we need to change that?
08:03Do we need to do something with that kind of a deal to where we don't let something get it way out of hand?
08:09Well, we are working on...
08:12We need to do something.
08:13Well, we're working on a policy.
08:14Yeah.
08:15Yeah.
08:16There's not...
08:17The policy that they've been working off of is a red line version.
08:20So we are working on creating a utility-building policy.
08:28And my idea is that the council should approve that policy because you are responsible for their money.
08:34And the board, I'm sorry.
08:35I keep getting my meetings mixed up.
08:37And just so they must say, MSU A board is a way where we do have some large commercial customers that don't pay their bills on time.
08:44And I mean, but they pay every month.
08:46They just don't pay them.
08:49Something.
08:50Yeah.
08:51Yeah.
08:52But I know.
08:53I know.
08:54Yes.
08:55Yes.
08:56I'm just making you aware that I know that's all.
08:57Maybe a little wider.
08:58We not kick.
08:59Shut them off in 10 days too.
09:00My company is one of those companies because the billing has to go overseas to get up here
09:05They pay pay down
09:06Yeah, sure
09:08This is six years
09:12This is the money the shitty can use and the situation is the reason that it is gotten this way is because they have one of those
09:22What a small pond what I call a chill on time of the building and yet evaporates water at
09:30Just a ridiculous right in this heat and humidity. So it's just been
09:38They've just not replaced it or fixed that issue and they allow it to get this way
09:44But I mean if you can pay half of your bail
09:50Why would you fix it?
09:53So it's making the order where they were back to five of the issue then and he didn't even accept his
10:01Letter of the juicy
10:04Well, he's not even willing to work with us. It don't seem like we had a meeting so today
10:11Send them back try to head to the version and they said we don't want that or
10:17They'll leave a card on your door and the property manager
10:22I have talked to her in tech today and she did know that it was at the post office because she sent me the notice that they sent her
10:29And she just didn't go so the owner knows there
10:34You come off as disrespectful. I just when we start talking about the the board or the council handle and money
10:41Public money. I get really serious because that's like my whole job is to
10:46Well, this was I'm going to come forward, but I agree but I would have liked to have been made aware
11:04So we're trying to fix the issue and obviously we're at the next
11:08To fix the issue and so we're going to
11:14Because if it was my house has already been turned off or any other Joe smoke out here and have been gone and been turned off
11:22This is uncool for something has to happen. Somebody else might not about this
11:32Before I got myself in a situation words
11:4430 days to pay and then what they're shut up show off is that my whole in full. That's what I'm wondering. No further negotiations
11:53Contrary or we love and anything contractually that's going to
12:00It was just a car and another.
12:03Yeah.
12:04It's just been happened.
12:05They bought it?
12:06They don't know that.
12:07So it's the month they bought it.
12:09It's been happened.
12:10I mean, how many months did they have that killer issue?
12:13Which you try to work with them all?
12:16If they've been, if you've lost evidence in that.
12:21So I'm sure you've fixed the killer for other six fingers or that.
12:31But if you fixed the killer, then you might not have to pay your whole bill,
12:38which was approximately that time's twice what you're having to pay.
12:43I'm sorry.
12:44I don't really go to the side for the left or here at all.
12:46So you wrote.
12:47They're watching the pay your bill.
12:48I don't go to the side for you.
12:49Everybody else is flipping bills.
12:51Well, if he's already got this.
12:52That's not much money in debt to us.
12:54Does he have a tax lien?
12:56We'd follow, you know.
13:01If we follow the lien, the plan is to do a lien for closure and on the front end
13:05and not let it get to a situation where we take a chance
13:08on the county court, not collecting.
13:10That's why we've been leaving that process.
13:13That's the plan is to follow a lien for closure on the front end.
13:18So if I had shown up to the meeting today, I think Tyler had in mind,
13:22like $50,000,000.
13:24Plus, they're current bill.
13:25And we're just going to email the board and say,
13:27this is a agreement.
13:28Because we can do a payment plan.
13:29So we're working with people and say, pay this much.
13:32Plus, you're current bill.
13:33And if you don't do it, then we're going to shut your power off.
13:35And we can kind of, you know, say, we've notified everybody.
13:38I don't know the idea of what they didn't show up.
13:40And they didn't answer the call.
13:41I don't know.
13:42I don't know.
13:44I don't know.
13:45I don't know.
13:51I don't know.
13:52I don't know.
13:53I don't know.
13:54I think we're like, you know, Matt hasn't been in that role for a whole long time.
13:57So I think he's doing a good job of finding these things.
13:59I'm like, you know, bringing them up.
14:00I'm bringing to our attention to fix.
14:02I mean, is that fair to say, Kevin?
14:03I just wanted to kind of clarify.
14:05Because I know that you said you didn't say, well, how did I go on this long?
14:09Well, everybody's just now learning about it.
14:11And it's new to everybody.
14:12Yeah.
14:13I mean, I think that we're taking the right steps as far as trying
14:17to get fixed.
14:18I mean, I think I mean, I had to say this sort of board, but we're
14:20clean up a lot of stuff.
14:21I mean, as a fair to say, when we updated the rates, I know Molly and Matt and
14:25all the utility building staff went through and like some people were
14:28maybe in a different rate class, and they should have been there
14:30whatever you know, which I mean, Matt is new down there.
14:33You know, those people are new.
14:34So it's like, one of the things we didn't want to change our rates is to make sure
14:37these people are in the proper rate category.
14:39So I mean, we're working hard.
14:40Obviously when you work hard to fix stuff, stuff like this comes up.
14:43So that's my frustration with you guys.
14:47Right.
14:48Mind what you're being taken advantage of by this landlord.
14:50Yeah.
14:51I think we're all frustrated.
14:52It's just this, it's a lot of money.
14:56No need to get fixed.
14:58It's a lot of money.
15:01And the main thing is he's taking my advice. He's still collecting his breath from his tents and if he didn't collect that rent, they're out
15:07Yeah, so I'm a lot of this being a different. He should understand this completely
15:11I guess that's from our heart that I just
15:14Sculptate. We're seeing
15:16The tent is on the way to the third bill. It's the end of like that's
15:20I'm tired of that
15:21Yeah, when the tents find their rent
15:23Their bills are included, so they're similar and they're dealers are getting paid
15:26Yeah
15:28One of those tenants is a lawyer that some maybe don't have them more of a thoughts and put a button
15:33Everybody's here that they do have a machine. I'm so I've never shoot a gun to that
15:43Every Trent there's like
15:55Yeah
16:01I'm just doing the math
16:03So
16:08It's a very simple
16:10There's a couple of months that they know his life. There's so much of their bills
16:14All right, just because you know you have to be like the bill and the late charge
16:20So I just making them aware there's a few months that their light fee is almost as much as their bill if that makes sense
16:27You know
16:28So when you're supposed to their usage in electric or water all of it all of it
16:36Yeah, I'll see what I'll say in his like for that
16:39I mean, I don't know how far back I think it was, but like 20 times I thought this was like
16:55How did you like it any year?
16:57And that's a little bit better
16:59I'm going to get light fees
17:01I'm going to say I'm going to say I'm going to get light fees
17:09I mean
17:10Look I'm not going to jump though
17:12It's engineering
17:20Well thanks for having us so good
17:33Sorry to be the very bad news
17:41We just want to make the board aware because I mean as we crack down us I mean it's like this
17:48I'm sure that some detint it's kind of called the news and then the news is going to reach out you know
18:02Let's know we can help fight for them.
18:04Me and our name.
18:07Yes, sir.
18:16We just want to make you aware.
18:17Testing.
18:18Do you do the alphabets?
18:19I don't know.
18:20Anybody want to follow up after that?
18:22I don't know.
18:23Oh, yeah, let's go anyway.
18:24Not that one.
18:25There it is.
18:26You want to go right there.
18:27Stay.
18:28Okay.
18:29Well, I haven't trust me in your communications.
18:34No.
18:3512 adjournment.
18:37Check.
18:39So cool.
18:40Hi.
18:41Thank you for your time.
18:43Thank you.
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NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND AGENDA OF THE MIAMI SPECIAL UTILITY AUTHORITY (MSUA) Tuesday, September 2, 2025 5:30 p.m. MIAMI CIVIC CENTER 129 5th Avenue Northwest, Miami, Oklahoma Filed in the Office of the City Clerk and displayed in the main lobby of the Miami Civic Center and by posting on www.miamiokla.net. THE MSUA MAY DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND VOTE ON ANY ITEM LISTED IN THIS AGENDA: 1. Call to Order Chairman Parker 2. Invocation by Chief of the Miami Fire Department Chris Chenoweth 3. Pledge of Allegiance Trustee Estep 4. Public Input and Unscheduled Personal Appearances Each person will be limited to three minutes. The purpose of this agenda item is to provide an opportunity for citizens’ comments and public announcements. In keeping with the principals of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Council [or commission, authority or board] members and city staff will not engage in discussion or take any action under this agenda item. If you seek discussion or further inquiry, please contact your Council Member, the Mayor or the office of the city manager. Responses to citizen comments, if any, will occur under an applicable Agenda item at this or a future public meeting, or a response may be given by a phone call, personal meeting or a posting on the city website: www.miamiokla.net 5. *Action Item* Claims Trustees Claims List Credit Cards 6. *Action Item* Claims for Vance Auto Group Trustees Claims List 7. *Action Item* Minutes: August 19, 2025 (Regular) and August 26, 2025 (Regular) Trustees Minutes: August 19, 2025 Minutes: August 26, 2025 8. *Action Item* Declare the List of MSUA Fleet and Equipment Included in the Packet as Surplus and Authorize the Items to be Offered for Sale Through Auction, Sold as Scrap, or Destroyed; Give Related Signing Authority to the Trust Manager or his Designee Jennifer Watts BA Surplus List 9. *Potential Action Item* Other New Business, if any, Which has Arisen Since the Posting of the Agenda and Could not Have Been Anticipated Prior to the Time of Posting (25 O.S. § 311(9)) Trustees/Tyler Cline 10. Trustee Community Announcements Trustees 11. Trust Manager’s Communications Tyler Cline 12. *Action Item* Adjournment Trustees The MSUA Board of Trustees for the City of Miami is committed to making this meeting accessible to all citizens. If special assistance or accommodations are required, please submit your request to the City Manager's office. We also ask that those in attendance place all electronic devices on silent. Thank you.
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The application by far, Chief of the Third Amendment. Heavenly Father, we're thankful for you and we're thankful we could be here tonight. Do the business of the community. Lord, we're just thankful for council members who are willing to serve and just give us wisdom and guidance as they do their business tonight. Keeps all safe as we head home to your name we pray. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Lord, we'll begin by giving personal verses. Bibleist. I'm going to have a couple of questions. So, and forgive me if it's this is the wrong meeting. It's always confusing. Under the purchased orders for the airport, there's something from Arthur Gallagher for $26,000. I bet that they're insurance. It's under risk management. It's an insurance for the. Okay. Okay. I've just, I've never seen something that large on there. Thought I'd ask about it. Yeah. Just where you'll see that. Gotcha. And there was one more. So back to the airport. The construction administration for. One for nineteen three forty eight more for ten thousand ninety five. Yep. What is. Okay. And then we still manage to stay in budget. Okay. Perfect. And now we'll make a motion to approve. Say. He said. Hi. Don't go. Joe's. Marker. Six clients for bands. All group. Don't ship group. Say it. He said. Hi. Don't go. I. Marker. I'm staying. Seven minutes in the August. Nineteep. Twenty twenty five ringer meeting. I'll just twenty six. Twenty five ringer meeting. Motion to approve. Second. So. Right. He said. So. Marker. Hey. The clear. The list. I miss you. An equipment. Including in the packet. As a surplus. And authorized. I was. The option. So this. Tonight. Party. I know. Signing authority for the trust manager or his counsel needs. Good evening. So what we're working on. MUSIC. MUSIC. MUSIC. MUSIC. MUSIC. MUSIC. MUSIC. We had, I believe it was a couple of months ago where we brought the surplus list to y'all. We're working on that. We have a date now of September 27th, where we will be helping the auction. And so these are just more items that we want to add to that surplus list. Jones, type burns. He's the so-called Parker. Hi. Do you business? Any of which have risen since the posting of this agenda? May we have one thing, Mr. Now, when I'm bringing up. So we had a meeting scheduled today with the St. James Court. So this is something that's been from a prior administration. So they have a bill that's been solely like paying it off or working to pay off. And so they did not show up today. So we made the decision that we were going to notify all the tenants that we're going to show off their power in 30 days if they did not pay. Okay. Mrs. Good with it. We have to look the tenants now in case someone's on live preserving, be like oxygen or something like that. So we have to give them 30 days notice so that they can make out their rates. That's before we shut utilities. And then after that 30 days, we can shut them all. How large. We would say hello. Six. Thank you. Yeah. Why did it go so long? I have been on a $14,000 a month. And I'm paying. How long is this $14,000 payment plan going to go on? That's what we're trying to meet with them. So why was that even allowed? And that was a prior administration where it's trying to fix it. Well, that's kind of ridiculous. How much was there monthly bill? About 30. It fluctuates between you and half a bill. Yeah, there's something to go anywhere from 7,000 to 30. You know, you have to think of fall and winter. So. How many tenants are there? Are you nuts? That way, y'all. That way, don't know. That's a civil issue between the clients and the owner of that building. So they can take care of that on their own. All right. They have their own potential causes of action. I guess they're limo or who is contracted with them for a. This is your rent. And your utilities are included. And then not taking care of the utilities. But legally, we have to let them know before we shut off utilities. Just in case someone is also. So, you know. I don't know. I don't know. But legally, we have to let them know before we shut off utilities. Just in case someone is also. And we want to realize this was previous administration. The six figures this long is ridiculous. That shouldn't ever happen. Those best ones get in part in the part of the behind each month. Yeah. So they've only been required to pay. Partial payment of their current bill. No, so they're just. According to. We had, they were just paying a certain amount every month, no matter if the bill was above this or below this. So we talked to Matt, what a few months ago, and then we've been trying to make contact with him. And so obviously we know it will be in the news. We assume so we want to make the board aware. And we're trying to rectify the issue. We sent a certified letter of all this. That was our receipt that back tod
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NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND AGENDA OF THE MIAMI SPECIAL UTILITY AUTHORITY (MSUA) Tuesday, September 2, 2025 5:30 p.m. MIAMI CIVIC CENTER 129 5th Avenue Northwest, Miami, Oklahoma Filed in the Office of the City Clerk and displayed in the main lobby of the Miami Civic Center and by posting on www.miamiokla.net. THE MSUA MAY DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND VOTE ON ANY ITEM LISTED IN THIS AGENDA: 1. Call to Order Chairman Parker 2. Invocation by Chief of the Miami Fire Department Chris Chenoweth 3. Pledge of Allegiance Trustee Estep 4. Public Input and Unscheduled Personal Appearances Each person will be limited to three minutes. The purpose of this agenda item is to provide an opportunity for citizens’ comments and public announcements. In keeping with the principals of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Council [or commission, authority or board] members and city staff will not engage in discussion or take any action under this agenda item. If you seek discussion or further inquiry, please contact your Council Member, the Mayor or the office of the city manager. Responses to citizen comments, if any, will occur under an applicable Agenda item at this or a future public meeting, or a response may be given by a phone call, personal meeting or a posting on the city website: www.miamiokla.net 5. *Action Item* Claims Trustees Claims List Credit Cards 6. *Action Item* Claims for Vance Auto Group Trustees Claims List 7. *Action Item* Minutes: August 19, 2025 (Regular) and August 26, 2025 (Regular) Trustees Minutes: August 19, 2025 Minutes: August 26, 2025 8. *Action Item* Declare the List of MSUA Fleet and Equipment Included in the Packet as Surplus and Authorize the Items to be Offered for Sale Through Auction, Sold as Scrap, or Destroyed; Give Related Signing Authority to the Trust Manager or his Designee Jennifer Watts BA Surplus List 9. *Potential Action Item* Other New Business, if any, Which has Arisen Since the Posting of the Agenda and Could not Have Been Anticipated Prior to the Time of Posting (25 O.S. § 311(9)) Trustees/Tyler Cline 10. Trustee Community Announcements Trustees 11. Trust Manager’s Communications Tyler Cline 12. *Action Item* Adjournment Trustees The MSUA Board of Trustees for the City of Miami is committed to making this meeting accessible to all citizens. If special assistance or accommodations are required, please submit your request to the City Manager's office. We also ask that those in attendance place all electronic devices on silent. Thank you.