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The Stillwater City Council took steps Monday to provide some relief for residents who are still dealing with economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The City Council reinstated a moratorium on disconnecting utility accounts due to non-payment and allocated $150,000 from CARES Act funds to provide one-time individual assistance â up to $1,500 per household â to Stillwater residents who can document financial hardship as a result of COVID-19.
The Council passed a resolution in March that put disconnects on hold, but that program ended July 17.
At that point, customers with past due accounts were asked to set up payment plans to prevent their utility services from being shut off.
Dec 10, 2020
Unite Stillwater organizers Marc Trotter (left) and Riley Flack celebrated outside the Stillwater Municipal Building on Nov. 9 as they prepared to submit recall petitions for the Stillwater city council, based on what they say are violations of individual liberties during response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The men filed suit against the City of Stillwater Thursday after additional signatures were invalidated. Provided
Riley Flack and Marc Trotter, co-founders of a group seeking to recall the entire Stillwater City Council, are suing the City of Stillwater, City Manager Norman McNickle and City Clerk Teresa Kadavy.
Their suit was filed the day after city officials announced recall petitions circulated by Flack and Trotterâs organization Unite Stillwater â that were originally certified with enough valid signatures to trigger a recall election for most of Stillwaterâs city councilors â had actually fallen short.
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Dec 9, 2020
City of Stillwater staff members Melody Herndon (left) and Patti Osmus checked in petitions filed in an attempt to recall Stillwater s mayor and the other members of the city council. Michelle Charles/Stillwater News Press
Petitions to recall members of the Stillwater City Council that earlier in the week had been certified with enough signatures to trigger an election, actually did not have enough valid signatures, the City of Stillwater announced Wednesday.
City Manager Norman McNickle told the News Press the Payne County Election Board was given incorrect instructions about which signatures should be considered valid. According to the city charter, only people who were registered voters and eligible to vote in city elections at the time they signed the petition should have been counted, he said.