City of Durant employees were recognized for their years of service at a recent council meeting and they are shown with City Manager Pam Polk, front, right, and council members, back row, left, Danny Sherrer, Vice Mayor Mike Simulescu, Humphrey Miller, Mayor Martin Tucker and Lauran Fuller. The following received recognition: An-Chen Lai, five years with finance; David Anderson, 25 years with city garage, and interim Police Chief Joe Clark (not shown), 25 years with the police department. Photo provided | City of Durant
City employees were recognized and received awards at a recent Durant City Council meeting.
The following employees were recognized for milestone anniversaries in the last quarter:
Five years
An-Chen Lai, Finance
25 years
David Anderson, Garage Joe Clark, Police Department (currently serving as interim police chief) “We appreciate each of these employees and their contributions to our city,” the city said, in a social media post.
In other action during the meeting, the council denied a preliminary plat request by HPA Investors to build 25 single-family homes at the end of Linden Woods Drive.
According to a memorandum from the City Office of Community Development, this is a very large un-platted residential land and there was a concern of means of egress plus the current master plans do not include a second means of egress and setbacks for residential structures.
The Office of Community Development recommended that the council deny the request until a full-site plan has been submitted that shows the second means of egress and that the proper setback requirements are met.
