August 8, 2026 Issue, Page 9 of 10

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The Elk City News SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2026 • 9 Weekly Oklahoma Oil and Gas Proudly Brought to you by: Oil & Gas Report for the State of Oklahoma for July 28 - August 3, 2026 NEWS front. The impetus to get into this for a commercial building and this phase one of the purchase ly through universities. Ironical- school. Ivester said he would like APPROVE is that Homeland Corporation is a struggling corporation wide, put one in Altus. Ivester asked Springer to talk to Homeland’s and sale agreement. The commissioners went on to ly, the team that won the whole thing and it ended in Amarillo, to keep it open, but they do not have the staff to keep it open. He Continued from page 1 and we’ve done a lot of due dili- Acquisition Corporation about the next two items. The Purchase was a team from Belgium. They did say that the park activities will gence on this. I don’t know how the sale price. This was when Orders FY 25-26 and FY 26-27 started out with 14 teams. By the close throughout the week, but “This is a pretty standard much longer the actual corpora- they came up with the $900,000. and recurring invoices for Aug. time they got here to Elk City, open on Friday and Saturday only commercial real estate purchase tion is going to last. There’s been a Ivester said that they are look- 3rd were approved. there were only 10 teams that until Labor Day. They are going agreement. You guys probably lot of speculation about whether ing at $4.8 million with remodel Ivester then went on to give the hadn’t been able to make their to keep the putt putt golf course have seen these 20 times over, they’re going into bankruptcy.” costs. Dunham sent a letter of City Manager’s Report. He began times, and so those brought in open on weekends until the mid- but the important point, from my He continued to say that they intent, but it is subject to change. by talking about the wastewater 350 people with those teams. dle of October. perspective, are the due diligence got in touch with corporate “They (Dunham) want to come treatment plant. There was good They spent the night here in Elk After the City Manager’s re- provisions,” Meacham began. Homeland to find out if anyone down and do a site visit, but they news and bad news. He began City,” Ivester said. port, Treasurer Jennifer Rainey “If we don’t know what we’re was interested in the property. have a letter of intent to rent the with the bad news that they were He also noted that WDB En- spoke momentarily about the walking into, it may be over Ivester was told that there were building from us in five-year in- no longer able to provide gray gineering is going to handle the grant money, but the other re- what we are willing to pay for people interested in the building, crements up to 30 years. The idea water to the golf course, because actual closure of the vertical port will come at the mid-month that property because we expect but they were unwilling to pay the would be that once the city signs both gray water pumps were landfill. It was finally approved to meeting. it to make these conditions, but asking price of $1.2 million. The a purchase agreement, and we down. They are under warranty, close. Ivester said that the junior There were two individuals we want to know is it actually in building is approximately 35,000 do our due diligence, Dunham therefore, the manufacturer will high and high school softball will who spoke during public com- that position. So we want to make square feet. comes down here and reviews the be fixing them. start next week, which will pick ments. Basil Weatherly reported sure that there’s enough time in “We know how important that building, to see it if it’s suitable for The good news concerning up added activity in the ballpark. on the alumni reunion and an- the contract for us to exercise location was for the City of Elk their use, and then sign a contract the plant was that thanks to Rep. Larry Hart and his crew took other resident spoke concerning our due diligence and get the in- City. We were just keeping our for them,” Ivester added. Nick Archer, the City will be re- an actual count of dumpsters the sale of the United Building. spections that we’re going to get. eye on it. I asked Jennifer Spring- “It would be a build to suit or ceiving $472,563 from the Okla- owned by the City. There are 3021 He would like to see a bowling Most importantly, this is phase er to contact the corporation to remodel to suit, very similar to homa Water Resources Board in dumpsters, that includes 1652 alley go in, but he was glad to see one because it operated as a com- see if they knew any repair issues what we did with SFI or Bar S. the form of a grant. Those funds dumpster north of Randall, 1369 that there is potential. He also mercial establishment that had or any major function problems, They would have their remodel can only be used for water and dumpsters south of Randall. said that he would like to see ad- refrigerants coming in and out, they were pretty forthright. We’ve specifications. We would remodel water waste usage. Pickin in the Park was last ditional renovation on Broadway and we need to make sure that ev- actually had two estimates to re- it for them to what their specifica- Ivester also said that Route 66 week and a concert in the park on in the downtown area, and he erything’s up and there’s nothing pair or remodel that building if tions are, and then they would go Centennial brought in more vis- Sunday. Ivester also said that they requested sidewalks on Country leaking down in there or anything we were to get into it. We have a in and occupy it. They would pay itors than usual. From July 26th have the new fitness equipment Club. He complemented the com- else we may need to worry about.” repair estimate from Joe D. Hall us a lease payment approximately through August 1st, there were installed at the walking track. The mission on how good the town is Ivester continued to explain, and a repair estimate from Nab- equivalent to what the mortgage 1026 visitors at the museum. Farmer’s Market will take place looking. “A couple of the biggest concerns holtz Construction. They are ap- payment or the borrowing cost of That was a peak attendance. They Tuesday, and they continue to The meeting adjourned at 7:59 we have would be any mold on proximately equivalent. One of what we went to go borrow and also had the Solar Challenge cars work on the erosion at the east p.m. The next meeting will take the property, and of course any them was $3.9 million. The other remodel it. So that is that’s the gist come through town. pond in the park. place on Wednesday, August fuel concerns, fuel leaks, or any- was $3.7 million,” Ivester said. of the plan.” “We had 14 teams. They were The pool will close on Fri- 19th, at 2 p.m., in City Hall. thing to do with the gas station up Dunham Sports was looking The commissioners approved engineering departments, main- day, due to workers returning to