Fence Book

Employees of Owasso Fence use a pneumatic fence post driver to repair storm-damaged fence at the University of Tulsa.TULSA – Edward Gibbs said he will draw strong profits this year from a niche the retailer fenced-in just three years ago.

In 2006 Gibbs expanded his company, Owasso Fence, into the rental market, adding a 50,000-linear-foot inventory of panel and post fence.

The experiment involved some risk, with panel fence costing $9 per linear foot, post fence $6. The product rents at less than half those rates over an average contract of 10 months, including setup and take-down costs.

But his timing couldn’t have been better. Construction under the $800 million Vision 2025 tax initiative hit high gear with the 18,000-seat BOK Center and several other projects, even as several million square feet of retail, hospitality, medical and industrial projects sprang out of the Tulsa-area hills.

The City of Pryor may replace the chain link fencing around the city pool.

The budget and personnel committee approved the purchase of chain link fencing in a Tuesday budget meeting.

Pending council approval, the city will buy the fencing from Just Fence It for $9,818.50. Other quotes were $10,014 from Liberty Fence, $18,527 from Empire Fence Company and $9,820 from Arrow Fencing Company.

Park Superintendent Frank Powell said Mayes County Health Department recommended replacing the fence around the city pool. The health department inspects the pool twice a year.

EDMOND — Neighbors of the OnCue convenience store now being built along Broadway don’t want a fence ordered by the city council.

Brad Reeser and Jim Ramsey, owners of property adjacent to the new store between Eighth and Ninth streets, wrote letters saying they didn’t want a sight-proof fence.

On May 12, council members approved plans for the store with the fence requirement. Randel Shadid, OnCue attorney, said they would replace the existing fence on the east side of the alley if the council requested and the neighbors to the east agreed.