The City of Guymon voted Thursday to settle a disagreement with architect Brian Curtis over a bill for his services designing the new library, fire station and animal shelter.
The controversry with Mr. Curtis has been ongoing for several years.
In the settlement, Curtis will be paid $50,000. His original bill was for about $246,000, and the city thought he should be paid $35,000.
“What led to the settlement agreement was that Mr. Curtis had presented a bill to the city for services that he claimed he had not been paid for,” said city attorney David Petty. “The city had made a computation of what it believed it owed, tentatively, and it was about in the $35,000 range.”
The city’s attorney and Curtis’s attorney negotiated the $50,000 settlement.
“As a result of the settlement, there’s no question about further litigation, use of plans, computer drawings, schedules, using engineering consultant,” Petty said. “It’s, in our view, a good resolution of the matter.”
The City Council voted 4-0 to approve the settlement, with council member John Van Meter absent.
Prior to the vote during public comment, 13 individuals stepped forward one-by-one to voice their disapproval of the three projects — the library, animal shelter and fire station — as they have been presented.
The main issue is location and costs. The new library is slated to be built on the west side of the city between the YMCA and Northridge Christian School. The fire station and animal shelter will be in far north Guymon, where the fastest growth has taken place.
“I’m against the projects as I know them,” said Becky Robinson, echoing the feelings of the other individuals gathered for the meeting. “Also, the enforcement program is not working, and Guymon remains an eyesore.”
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guymon being an eyesore
August 1, 2011 by victoria urquiza, 41 weeks 2 days ago
Comment: 5341
this is very true we had family come from out of town to visit and thier comments were that the people are very very friendly, but the town was very dirty and not very nice to look at,the street's were a mess and alot of the companies that were in town had all thier junk on thier property for all to see, not a pleasent site when someone is looking to relocate to guymon. I AGREE the ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM is NOT WORKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think that each business should be responsible for thier parking lot and surrounding area to be clean even the Kid's Inc. does not keep thier area clean they cut the grass and all but then they just dump it right there and let it rot away and stink just as all there unused junk sits out in that fenced area it is starting to look like a junkyard out there. I live out there and do not appreciate the view. if everyone could take responsibility for thier Business, thier Home guymon could be a very beautiful Town.....................