Status Report - March 2023

City Of

March 2023

STATUS REPORT 918-682-6602 info@cityofmuskogee.com www.muskogeeonline.org

WHO WE ARE The City of Muskogee operates under a council-manager form of government. The City Council is made up of 9 members who vote on policy decisions and hire the City Manager. The City Manager oversees the day-to-day operations of the City. City Councilors are elected from each of the four wards within the city, and set the initiatives and goals for city operations.

CURRENT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC IMAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PUBLIC SAFETY

Front row from left to right: Deputy Mayor Derrick Reed, City Manager Mike Miller, Mayor Marlon J. Coleman, City Clerk Tammy L. Tracy and City Attorney Roy D. Tucker. Back row from left to right: Alex Reynolds (Ward II), Tracy Hoos (Ward IV), Perline Boyattia-Craig (Ward III), Jaime Stout (Ward II), Stephanie Jones (Ward I), Shirley Hilton-Flanary (Ward I), and Traci McGee (Ward IV).

Making Muskogee In 2019, voters approved the renewal of $.005 CAPITAL sales tax with $.0033 dedicated to streets and IMPROVEMENT $.0017 for other capital projects. In 2020, this PROJECT renewal went into effect and set the wheels in UPDATE motion for a six year street improvement project.

This project will include improvement all across the city, and is the largest in Muskogee's history.

Additional projects funded by this tax include pubic safety, improvements to city parks, Muskogee-Davis Regional Airport, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center and demolition and beautification within the city limits.

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$24 million Street Improvement Projects

$6 million Additional projects

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Years dedicated to Making Muskogee !

Making Muskogee

Your tax dollars at work!

100 miles

One hundred miles of streets will be rehabilitated within the city limits.

Phase 1 of the street improvement packages was completed in 2022, in the Northeast zone of the city. Repairs included mill and overlay, micro-seal, and concrete repair. Work in the Northwest and Southwest zones will begin in 2023, making this the largest street rehab project in Muskogee's history.

24th Street

Construction was completed on 24th Street. The street was rebuilt completely from the ground up.

Construction included new water and sewer lines, new drainage system, new curb and gutter, new surface, new striping and new street signage.

Making Muskogee

Your tax dollars at work!

More parking spaces

A new parking lot at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center added an additional 90 parking spaces to provide ample space for the community to gather for public events.

41 unsafe structures

Sometimes cleaning up means tearing down. The City of Muskogee demolished 41 unsafe structures in 2022 to create a safe, and fresh landscape around town.

Making Muskogee

Your tax dollars at work!

4 corners

The Four Corners Project downtown added modern synchronized traffic signals to help ease congestion on the viaduct when trains are on the tracks.

Signals will be fully functional in 2023.

Play ball

Parks are important to our quality of life here in Muskogee. LoveHatbox Sports Complex is looking good with new field surfaces, fences, and improvements to fan seating areas.

Making Muskogee

Your tax dollars at work!

Making Muskogee

safe!

4,582 calls

Public safety is a top priority for the City of Muskogee. The Muskogee Fire Department responded to 4,582 emergency calls in 2022. Of those, 94 were structure fires and 2243 were medical emergencies.

This year, MFD received a grant from FEMA to purchase new communications equipment for vehicles and personnel, and implemented a new fire reporting system.

1,976 hours

Firefighters logged 1976 hours of training in areas such as swift water rescue, aerial ladder operations, hazardous materials, emergency vehicle operation and medical response.

Making Muskogee safe!

85 officers

The Muskogee police

department is 85 members strong. This year, they received a grant to purchase an armored rescue vehicle to add to the fleet of emergency response vehicles.

Better together

The MPD Peer Support Team received a grant to expand their services to help other agencies, like the fire department, develop their own Peer Support Teams and assist other agencies, as needed. Seven officers were asked by The Warrior’s Rest Foundation to work as trained Peer Support members at the National Police Week in Washington, D.C.

Making Muskogee

safe!

100 happy kids

The Muskogee Police Department held their annual Campout for Kids toy drive to collect donated toys for Christmas for area children. Enough gifts were collected for more than 100 Muskogee area children.

The Special Operations team was able to update and replace outdated equipment and supplies, including new body cameras.

100 assisted

City of Muskogee Emergency Management assisted more than 100 Muskogee residents who were left homeless after the fire at Greenleaf Apartments.

Making Muskogee

water and sewer projects

Clean water

The City of Muskogee has dedicated $18 million to the treatment and transportation of clean water in the city. Clean drinking water is essential to residents and we are making sure that your water supply is clean and safe.

Away it goes

All of that water has to go somewhere. New sewer lines across the city ensure that it is transported safely to the Pollution Control Plant where it can be treated and sanitized.

Making Muskogee

Economic Development

110 new jobs

Trafera, located at MuskogeeDavis Regional Airport, announced the addition of 111 new tech industry jobs coming to Muskogee.

State of the art

hospital

Saint Francis hospital broke ground on a new bed tower that symbolizes their $150 million investment in healthcare in Muskogee.

Making Muskogee

Economic Development

Growing Muskogee

The City of Muskogee announced new incentives for small business owners who wish to expand an existing business or build a second location.

Connecting Muskogee

Bluepeak and Dobson Fiber announced their intentions to move into the Muskogee market with high speed internet service.

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Thank you to the citizens of Muskogee for allowing us to serve you!

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