City of Oxford, Mississippi Board of Aldermen Regular Meeting Agenda – November 4, 2025

Regular Meeting 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 of the Regular Meeting on October 21, 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 Landscape Department and authorize its disposal. (Nick Matthews)
  2. Request permission to transfer equipment from the Environmental Services Department to the Landscape Department. (Amberlyn Liles)
  3. Request permission to declare equipment surplus in the City Shop Department and authorize its disposal. (Michelle Robinson)
2. Human Resources
  1. Request permission to promote four employees in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  2. Request permission to hire an employee in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  3. Request permission to approve a voluntary demotion in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  4. Request permission to hire an employee in the mTrade Park Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  5. Request permission to promote an employee in the mTrade Park Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  6. Request permission to approve volunteers for the Oxford ARC. (Kelli Briscoe)
3. Miscellaneous:
  1. Approve a Proclamation for World AIDS Day on December 1, 2025.
  2. Approve a Proclamation for the United States Postal Service.
  3. Request permission to deny Ryan Edwards Necaise’s application as a Driver for Oxford Pedicab, LLC. (Jeff McCutchen)
  4. Request permission to approve the water and sewer adjustments as per the Oxford Utilities Adjustment Policy. (Rob Neely)
  5. Request permisson to approve donations for the benefit of the Oxford ARC. (Kelli Briscoe)
4. Travel Requests:
  1. Request permission for an alderman to attend the 2025 Mid-Winter Legislative Conference on January 13-15, 2025 in Jackson, MS at an estimated cost of $1,200.00. (Ashley Atkinson)
  2. Request permission for three employees to attend the USSSA National Convention on November 17-20, 2025 in Kansas City, MO at an estimated cost of $4,900.00. (Brad Freeman)
  3. Request permission for one employee to attend Active Shooter Instructor training on November 9-11, 2025 in Pearl, MS at no cost to the city. (Jeff McCutchen)
  4. Request permission for one employee to attend SFST training on November 4-6, 2025 in Southaven, MS at no cost to the city. (Jeff McCutchen)
  5. Request permission for one employee to attend Dispatch Violence Training on December 11, 2025 in New Albany, MS at an estimated cost of $150.00. (Jeff McCutchen)
  6. Request permission for one employee to attend FBI-LEEDA Executive Leadership Institute on December 15-19, 2025 in Senatobia, MS for an estimated cost of $795.00. (Jeff McCutchen)
  7. Request permission for two employees to attend Proactive Social Media Investigators on December 12, 2025 in Oxford, MS at no cost to the city. (Jeff McCutchen)
Regular Agenda: Other Departments
1. Request permission to approve an amendment to the e-Subpoena Program and a Judge’s Order for Procedures for the Oxford Police Department and the Oxford Municipal Court. (Nickie Denley)
Regular Agenda: Development Services-Planning Department
1. Third Reading and Vote on a Proposed Ordinance amending the Zoning Map for Case #3256 by Blackburn Holdings, LLC (David Blackburn), to rezone +/- 324 acres of property located on MS Highway 7, MS Highway 30, and Charger Lane, being further identified as PPINs #3520, #3531, #4425, #4506 & #4635. (Ben Requet)
2. Request for City Utilities which would normally include a Site Plan Approval and a Special Exception as provided in Section 5.6 Building Façade for Case #3274, York Developments (Bennett York) for ‘Space Box Flex Space’, for property located at County Road 101 (PPIN #3457) (James Hirsch)
Regular Agenda: Special Projects
1. Request permission to advertise for bids for a Platform Skylift for the OUT Maintenance Shop. (Donna Zampella)
2. Consider a proposal from Brown Insurance/EMC for the City of Oxford’s property insurance. (Mark Levy)
3. Consider Change Order No. 4 from Century Construction for the Renovations to Historic City Hall Project. (Mark Levy)
4. Request permission to advertise for bids for the Conference Center Lighting Renovation Project. (Mark Levy)
Regular Agenda: Development Services-Engineering Department
1. Request permission to approve the invoices for the emergency sewer repairs on Fudgetown Road. (John Crawley)
2. Second reading and Public Hearing for proposed ordinance changes to Article IV, Sections 114-39, 118, and 119, Code of Ordinances. (John Crawley)
3. Consider Change Order No. 1 and Payment Application No. 2 for the South Lamar Boulevard Pedestrian Improvements Project. (John Crawley)
4. Consider a request from Oakmont Oxford, LLC to release Performance Bond 4462067 for the asphalt and striping in Seminole Bluff Subdivision (Villa West, Phase 2). (John Crawley)
5. Consider a request from Oakmont Oxford, LLC to release Performance Bond 4462068 for the sidewalk for Seminole Bluff Subdivision (Villa West, Phase 2). (John Crawley)
6. Consider Change Order No. 1 to relocate Contract A – Anderson Road Wells No. 3 and No. 4 to mTrade Park. (John Crawley)
7. Request permission to reject the bid of UNIVAR KENT for Hydrofluorosilic Acid and accept the next lowest bid from BRENNTAG for the 2025-2026 Material Bids in relation to the Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemical Section. (John Crawley)
Regular Agenda: Closing the Meeting
1. Consider an executive session.
2. Adjourn.

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