City of Oxford, Mississippi Board of Aldermen Regular Meeting Agenda – Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Regular Meeting is at 5:00 pm 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 August 5, 2025, the Special Meeting on August 11, 2025, and the Special Meeting on August 18, 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 accept ownership of a vehicle and a gun seized by Metro Narcotics, pursuant to Agreed Order of Forfeiture. (Alex Fauver)
  2. Request permission to declare equipment surplus in the Oxford Police Department – Metro Narcotics Division and authorize its disposal. (Alex Fauver)
  3. Request permission to declare equipment surplus in the Oxford Utilities-Electric Division and authorize its disposal. (Rob Neely)
  4. Request permission to declare equipment surplus in the Oxford Park Commission and authorize its disposal. (Seth Gaines)
  5. Request permission to declare equipment surplus in the Development Services- Planning Department and authorize its disposal. (Ben Requet)
  6. Request permission to declare equipment surplus in the City Clerk’s Office/ Multiple Departments and authorize its disposal. (Ashley Atkinson)
2. Grants
  1. Request permission to accept the FY2025-2026 MOHS 402- Police Traffic Services grant, in the amount of $21,960.50. (Jeff McCutchen)
  2. Request permission to accept the FY2025-2026 MOHS 405D-Alcohol and Drug grant, in the amount of $163,441.82. (Jeff McCutchen)
  3. Request permission to accept a grant from the Department of Homeland Security, in the amount of $27,000.00 for the Oxford Fire Department. (Joey Gardner)
3. Human Resources
  1. Request permission to accept the resignation of an employee in the Municipal Court Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  2. Request permission to accept the resignation of an employee in the City Clerk’s Office. (Braxton Tullos)
  3. Request permission to accept ten unpaid interns for the fall semester at the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  4. Request permission to accept the resignation of an employee in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  5. Request permission to hire two Part- Time employees in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  6. Request permission to hire two employees in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  7. Request permission to promote an employee in the Oxford Police Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  8. Request permission to transfer a Part-time employee from the Oxford Park Commission to the mTrade Park Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  9. Request permission to approve an unpaid intern for the Development Services Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  10. Request permission to accept the resignation of an employee in the Stronger Together Oxford Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  11. Request permission to transfer/ promote an employee in the Environmental Services Department. (Braxton Tullos)
  12. Request permission to approve volunteers for the Oxford ARC. (Kelli Briscoe)
  13. Request permission to approve an unpaid intern for the Oxford Municipal Court. (Braxton Tullos)
4. Miscellaneous:
  1. Request permission to accept a donation from Endeavor Capital, LLC for the benefit of the Oxford Police Department. (Jeff McCutchen)
  2. Reques permission to approve Grace Lewis as a new taxi company/driver for Local Bike Taxi, LLC. (Jeff McCutchen)
  3. Request permission to approve the water and sewer adjustments as per the Oxford Utilities Adjustment Policy. (Rob Neely)
5. Travel Requests:
  1. Request permission for one employee in the City Clerk’s Office to attend the Fall Session of the Certified Municipal Clerk Program on Sept. 30- Oct. 3, 2025, in Hattiesburg, MS, at an estimated cost of $750.00. (Ashley Atkinson)
  2. Request permission for one employee to attend the NECI Crimes in Progress training on September 13, 2025 in Tupelo, MS for an estimated cost of $150.00. (Jeff McCutchen)
  3. Request permission for one employee to attend the 2025 MS ESAP Emergency Services Administrative Professionals Conference on September 2-5, 2025 in Biloxi, MS for an estimated cost of $777.00. (Jeff McCutchen)
  4. Request permission for two employees to attend Dispatcher CIT Training on September 8-10, 2025 in Magee, MS for an estimated cost of $647.98. (Jeff McCutchen)
  5. Request permission for two employees to attend the MS Damage Prevention Summit on November 5-7, 2025 in Biloxi, MS at an estimated cost of $1,426.00. (Rob Neely)
  6. Request permission for an employee to attend the American Planning Association Congressional Fly-In on September 16-18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. at an estimated cost of $500.00. (Ben Requet)
Regular Agenda: Other Departments
1. Request permission to approve a contract extension for RATP-Dev for management services for Oxford-University Transit for FY2025-2026. (Donna Zampella)
2. Presentation of the quarterly report from the Oxford Park Commission. (Seth Gaines)
3. Request approval of two Purchase Agreements for equipment for mTrade Park. (Brad Freeman/ Clay Brownlee)
4. First Reading of a proposed Ordinance amending Chapter 38, Article II-Technical Codes of the Code of Ordinances of The City of Oxford, to accept the 2024 edition of the International Fire Code. (Joey Gardner)
5. Request permission to advertise for bids for a reverse auction for a directional drill boring machine for the Oxford Utilities-Electric Division. (Rob Neely)
6. Consider an employee dress code.
Regular Agenda: Police Department
1. Second Reading and Public Hearing 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. Request permission to approve a Parade/Assembly Permit for OHS to host a homecoming parade on September 21, 2025 at 6:00pm. (Jeff McCutchen)
3. Consider a request from 7 Brew Coffee to hire uniformed, off-duty officers for traffic details. (Jeff McCutchen)
Regular Agenda: Development Services-Planning Department
1. Request approval of a Preliminary Plat for Case #3247, York Developments (Chance Walker) for ‘York Flatts’, for property located at Anchorage Road, being further identified as PPIN 6384. (James Hirsch)
2. Consider a request for City Utilities which includes approval of a Preliminary Plat for Case #3251, L&M Holdings (Hudson Magee) for ‘Lafayette Landing’, for property located at MS Hwy 7 South, being further identified as PPIN 18389. (James Hirsch)
3. Second Reading and Public Hearing on a proposed Ordinance amending the Zoning Map for Case #3234 by Snider Development, LLC (Greg Snider), to rezone +/- 10 acres from Suburban Residential (SR) to Neighborhood Residential (NR) for property located on Northwood Trails and Christman Road, being further identified as PPIN 27674. (Ben Requet)
4. Second Reading and Public Hearing on a proposed Ordinance amending the Zoning Map for Case #3245 by Snider Development, LLC (Greg Snider), to remove +/- 10 acres from Blackberry Hills Planned Unit Development (PUD) for property located on Northwood Trails and Christman Road, being further identified as PPIN #27674. (Ben Requet)
5. First Reading of a proposed Ordinance amending the Zoning Map, for Case #3253, by Elizabeth Fitts, to rezone +/- 0.44 acres from Suburban Residential (SR) to Neighborhood Residential (NR) for property located on Northwood Trails and Christman Road, being further identified as PPIN 30663. (Ben Requet)
6. First Reading of a proposed Ordinance amending the Zoning Map, for Case #3254, by Elizabeth Fitts, to remove +/- 0.44 acres from Blackberry Hills Planned Unit Development (PUD) for property located on Northwood Trails and Christman Road, being further identified as PPIN 30663. (Ben Requet)
7. First Reading of a proposed Ordinance amending the Zoning Map, for Case #3255, by Andy Callicutt, to Amend the Blackberry Hills Planned Unit Development (PUD) for property located on Molly Barr Road and Blackberry Hills Parkway, being further identified as PPINs 4975, 5004, 5047, 26268, and 30362. (Ben Requet)
8. Request permission to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign a professional services contract with EDG for the City Parks Plan. (Ben Requet)
Regular Agenda: Development Services-Engineering Department
1. Request permission to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the contracts for Contract A- Anderson Production Wells No. 3 and No. 4. (John Crawley)
2. Request permission to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the contracts for Contract B- Anderson Road Water Treatment Plant. (John Crawley)
3. Request permission to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign Task Order No. 14 for the Oxford Regional Supply and Treatment Project, Haley Well #2. (John Crawley)
4. Consider a request from Miller-Valentine to work on the following Sundays, (9/7, 9/14, 9/21, and 9/28) for the Colonnade Self-Storage Facility located at 1667 Bainbridge Street. (John Crawley)
5. Request permission to accept the infrastructure for utilities and streets in The Oxford Commons, Phase 1, Lot 4. (John Crawley)
6. Request permission to approve a safety improvement project at West Jackson Avenue and Galleria Drive East. (John Crawley)
7. Request permission to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign an engineering agreement with Elliott & Britt Engineering, PA, for the North Lamar Boulevard Corridor Plan. (John Crawley)
8. Request permission to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign a contract for the purchase of land from the Davis Estate on Anderson Road. (John Crawley)
Regular Agenda: Closing the Meeting
1. Consider an executive session.
2. Adjourn.

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