From Toni Hopper of the Marlow Review (www.marlowreview.com)
Marlow council members met for the final official meeting of the year Tuesday evening. Council
members present included May- or Jeff Prater, Neal Moore, Nuell Brown, and for the Marlow Mu- nicipal Authority, Tom Wheat. Absent were Tandy Banks, Greg Brooks and Jon Rich.
A lot split request was ap- proved for David Ladwig at 1108 S. Broadway and 1122 S. Broad- way. This property will be divided into three tracts. Currently, the property is one large piece with
the Kwik Lube and car wash, the Tag Agency and a towing and recovery business. The plan is to make the Lube/car wash as one property, the agency as one, and then build storage units on the back of the property, said City Administrator Jason McPherson.
He said that during the planning and zoning meeting, it took about seven minutes for the recommendation discussion.
In other business, McPherson wanted council approval to seek requests for quotations on a potential demolition of property at 109 W. Main (next to Blue Rock). There is a shared wall that would need to be preserved. The property is not condemned it is in the ongoing process and quote estimates for the shared wall on that property are needed.
McPherson also said three city employees were recognized for years of service at the city’s recent employee Christmas party. They include Kaye George for 40 years, she is the cemetery superintendent, Captain Tony Aguilera for 15 years with Marlow Police Department,
and Lt. Shane Linam for 5 years with the Fire Department.
McPherson said they were all presented pins, and that a fun fact is that George has worked for
the city longer than chicken Mcnuggets have been a thing. She began her service with the city, Sept. 16, 1983.
During the Marlow Municipal Authority meeting, the council discussed and reviewed city’s
electric rates, as required by Resolution 479. McPherson said it is an annual review conducted each December, so that council can see OMPA competitive programs and figures. It’s a snapshot of the financial metrics used by McPherson should rates ever need to be
increased. Marlow’s last electric rate increase was in February 2022, and only for improvements and to rebound somewhat from the increase that happened after
COVID.
McPherson told The Review that Marlow did not go up be- cause of Winter Storm Uri. “OMPA absorbed the $60 million cost and did not pass that on to Oklahomans.