Project management for Oklahoma towns at OML

Chip Outhier and Becky McCray
in the booth at OML

We always go to the Oklahoma Municipal League conference, because it gives us a chance to talk to friends and associates from other small towns in Oklahoma.

Some of the ideas Oklahoma towns talked to us about included ball fields, industrial parks, recreational facilities, helping CDBG recipients, community foundations, and water system consent orders.

This year, Chip Outhier joined our crew. An independent consultant from Okeene, Oklahoma, he knows a lot about construction management, project management and municipal utilities.

Most recently, he was city administrator for Waynoka, Oklahoma, where he managed the electric system upgrade. The grant that funded part of that project was written by our own Karen Payne and Laurie Reyes. Chip was thrilled to learn the upgrade had earned Waynoka the Clarence Fulkerson Electric System Achievement Award from the Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma (MESO). Waynoka Mayor Daryal Toellner stopped by our booth to share the award with Chip.

Chip Outhier and Waynoka Mayor Daryal Toellner
celebrate the award for Waynoka's electric upgrade.