The Ardmore City Commission had plenty of agenda items to consider Monday after dangerous winter weather last month caused city leaders to cancel a regular meeting last month. Despite the delay, commissioners moved quickly through the agenda that saw changes approved for some roads within the city.

Among items approved by the commission was the awarding of a nearly $443,000 bid for the Michelin Road bridge rehabilitation project. The bid from Broken Bow-based Impact Contractors, LLC, was one of only two bids received by the city and was the only bid lower than the $500,000 estimate by city engineers.

Interim City Engineer Michael Edge told commissioners that the primary focus of the rehab project will be the bridge’s prestressed concrete girders and diaphragms.

The commission also approved a recommended change to speed limits along US Highway 70 near Interstate 35 and US Highway 77. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation proposed the changes to about 3.5 miles of the federal highway just east of the interstate after engineering studies on that section of road.

Where speed limits gradually increased for eastbound drivers from 55 mph to 70 mph over the course of about 1.5 miles, the approved changes now see the speed limit on US-70 lowered to 65 mph between US-70 and Lake Murray Drive South. The new speed limit is not increased to 70 mph until about one-half mile east of Lake Murray Drive South.

In other business, the Ardmore City Commission on Monday:

• appointed Kelly Fryer to the Ardmore Main Street Authority to fulfill the unexpired term of Devin Gordon;
• reappointed Daniel Romo to a second three-year term;
• declared items from the finance and emergency management departments as surplus;
• renewed a $63,000 agreement between the city, the Ardmore Public Works Authority, and Azteca System, Inc, for IT products and services;
• approved two leases at the Ardmore Downtown Executive Airport;
• awarded a nearly $115,000 bid to Mid-Continental Restoration Company, Inc., for masonry repair and waterproofing for the Ardmore Public Library;
• purchased a new salt spreader and light bar for the street department for $28,522.29;
• approved compensation for right-of-way acquisitions on Kiowa Street regarding the second phase of Market Street improvements;
• approved the $125,315 bill for repairing two filters at the city’s wastewater treatment plant;
• approved a contract with Clean Harbors Environemental Services for this year’s household hazardous waste collection event;
• approved a change order that adds 62 days for Hydro Resources related to a groundwater test well after winter weather delayed the project;
• approed a change order that adds 70 days for BRB Contractors to construct a wastewater treatment plant at the Ardmore Airpark;
• approved right-of-way access for Trace Fiber Networks, LLC;
• approved a lease agreement with Oklahoma SPARKS Kids, formerly Camp Fire USA Heart of Oklahoma, for a property on West Main Street.