Other fees were also increased. Commissioners tabled a request for a use permit for an animal crematory at the animal shelter in order to research the EPA compliance records of similar crematory sites in Oklahoma built by the contractor making the proposal to Ardmore. Meanwhile, dead carcasses will continue to be piled into refrigerated trailers and hauled to the landfill until another solution can be found. If the trailers break down, the spoiled contents will have to be removed. Joe Pickens and Jerry Stone, animal control officers, will be the first in line to perform this duty.
Vibratory rollers repair potholes in the city's streets.
The vibratory roller presently owned by the City of Ardmore is 8 years old and reportedly on its last roll. The disposition of the Southern Oklahoma Development Association building. Police department officials have decided not to move to the SODA building, but will occupy instead the third floor which formerly housed the old jail. Commissioners said they don't want to sell the building but will reconsider the building's highest and best use. The resolution request for final plat approval for the Baxter Addition at the northeast corner of Plainview Road and W. Broadway Street in a commercial corridor zone was temporarily removed from the agenda.