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The Holdenville Lions Club meeting on March 5th had a presentation by the Holdenville City Manager, Larry Mitchell. Larry informed the group that he had been serving 45 years in municipal government. He stated he felt the city did the right thing by changing to city manager form of government. He said the current council was seated in April of 2023 and he arrived on 5-123. Larry stated basically everything was broken when he arrived – computer systems, sanitation, water and sewer. He said things are slowly getting better. The lake bonds situation is getting better, the police department is doing better and the fire department is doing well. Currently water and waste water systems, valves in water lines and fire hydrants are areas of focus. He stated that primary objectives when he first arrived were financial stability, identify extreme need projects and do the work on those projects.