City of Oxford, Mississippi Board of Aldermen Meeting Agenda – Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Regular Meeting is at 5:00 pm in the City Hall Courtroom.

Notice that certain commission members will be included in the meeting via teleconference, subject to City of Oxford Code of Ordinances Section 2-82.

Agenda item attachments are available for download here.

Opening the Meeting
1. Call to order.
2. Adopt the agenda for the meeting.
3. Mayor’s Report
Regular Agenda: City Clerk’s Office
1. Request permission to approve the minutes from the Regular Meeting on July 1, 2025 and the Special Meeting on July 8, 2025. (Ashley Atkinson)
2. Request permission to approve the accounts for all City departments. (Ashley Atkinson)
Consider the consent agenda
1. Fixed Assets Management
  1. Request permission to declare equipment surplus in the Oxford Police Department and authorize its disposal. (Jeff McCutchen)
2. Human Resources
  1. Request permission to accept the resignation of an employee in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  2. Request permission to hire a Part-time employee in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  3. Request permission to promote an employee in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  4. Request permission to hire an employee in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  5. Request permission to hire a part- time employee in the Oxford Conference Center Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  6. Request permission to accept the resignation of a part-time employee in the Development Services-Historic Properties Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  7. Request permission to accept the resignation of an employee in the Oxford Fire Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  8. Request permission to transfer/ promote an employee in the Buildings & Grounds Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  9. Request permission to promote an employee in the Oxford Utilities- Electric Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  10. Request permission to promote two employees in the Buildings & Grounds Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  11. Request permission to approve volunteers for the Oxford ARC. (Kelli Briscoe)
3. Miscellaneous:
  1. Request permission to approve the water and sewer adjustments as per the Oxford Utilities Adjustments Policy. (Rob Neey)
  2. Request permission to accept donations for the benefit of the Oxford ARC. (Kelli Briscoe)
4. Travel Requests:
  1. Request permission for one employee to attend Basic Life Support training on July 18, 2025 in Memphis, TN at an estimated cost of $79.00. (Jeff McCutchen)
  2. Request permission for three employees to attend the DRE Conference on August 4-7, 2025 in Chicago, IL (to be paid by DUI Training Grant). (Jeff McCutchen)
  3. Request permission for three employees to attend Mounted Patrol Certification and Training on July 21-25, 2025 in Oxford, MS at no cost to the city. (Jeff McCutchen)
  4. Request permission for one employee to attend IAED 40 Hour Basic training on July 28- August 1, 2025 in Grenada, MS at an estimated cost of $395.00. (Jeff McCutchen)
  5. Request permission for an employee to attend the Certified Public Manager Program (online) on various dates throughout the year at no cost to the City. (Shane Fortner)
  6. Request permission for an employee to attend the TVPPA Engineering and Operations Conference in Chattanooga, TN on August 27-29, 2025 at an estimated cost of $1,363.00. (Rob Neely)
Regular Agenda: Police Department
1. First Reading of a proposed Ordinance amending Chapter 82-Peddlers of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, to add Article II-Solicitation and Panhandling, as referenced by HB1197. (Jeff McCutchen)
2. Second Reading and Public Hearing for a Proposed Ordinance amending Chapter 74, Article I, to add Section 74-14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Oxford. (Jeff McCutchen)
3. Request permission to approve a Parade/Assembly permit for the National Alliance on Mental Illness to host an awareness walk on October 25, 2025 from 9am-11am. (Jeff McCutchen)
4. Request permission to approve a Parade/Assembly permit for Ashley Callery to host the annual Witches Ride on October 27, 2025 from 6:30pm-7pm. (Jeff McCutchen)
Regular Agenda: Special Projects
1. Consider Change Order #4 from JP Corp Construction for the Development Services Building Remodel Project. (Mark Levy)
2. Consider the recommendation from Visit Oxford/mTrade Park for the Holly Jolly Holidays Walk of Lights Expansion, based on RFPs received. (Mark Levy)
Regular Agenda: Development Services-Engineering Department
1. Request permission to accept the bid received for the 2025 Micro-Surfacing Project. (John Crawley)
2. Request permission to accept the bids received and award the bid for the Contract B-Anderson Road Water Treatment Plant Project. (John Crawley)
3. Request permission to accept the bids received and award a bid for Contract A-Anderson Wells No. 3 and No. 4 Project. (John Crawley)
4. Consider a request to close portions of Christman Drive, as needed, for a sanitary sewer installation project. (John Crawley)
5. Request permission for MaxxSouth to perform work on Monroe Avenue on the following Sundays: July 20th and July 27th. (John Crawley)
Regular Agenda: Closing the Meeting
1. Consider an executive session.
2. Recess to meet on Friday, July 18, 2025 at 8:00am.

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