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Citizens listen during the City Council meeting, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at Norman City Hall. (Kyle Phillips / The Transcript) Kyle Phillips
Activists on both sides showed up to Tuesdayâs Norman City Council meeting to have their voices heard on an issue that has divided the city since June: The reallocation of Norman Police Department funding.
After the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled last week that the Norman City Councilâs June 16 budget approval violated the Open Meeting Act, the council on Tuesday had to re-ratify the cityâs fiscal year 2021 budget, which reallocated $865,000 away from the NPD.
âMy daughter and I came up here and spoke two different times over the summer,â said Ward 1 councilor-elect Brandi Studley. âWe all have stories, and itâs important that they validate that and keep with the decision that they made. Because I feel like if they donât, then theyâre invalidating what
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Editor s note: this story has been updated to reflect that Ward 5 Michael Nash voted no to appoint Joe Carter to Ward 2 in October 2020.
Mayor Breea Clark has decided against calling a special election for the Ward 2 vacancy, she told The Transcript Thursday.
The seat is empty after newly-elected Matt McGarry resigned weeks after the Feb. 2021 election to accept a position at an Ivy League institution, The Transcript reported.
Available dates for a special election are in September or November, with the regularly scheduled election just around the corner in Feb. 2022.
Clark said that option is not a timely one.
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Norman City Council Ward 3 candidate Kelly Lynn works to rally voters Tuesday on the corner of Robinson Drive and 36th Avenue NW. Kyle Phillips / The Transcript
The Norman City Council will see Unite Norman-backed Kelly Lynn as Ward 3âs next councilor following a Tuesday runoff election between Lynn and incumbent Alison Petrone.
In a close race for Ward 3, the two could not call the win until the last votes were counted.
Voters handed the win to Lynn by 194 votes, preliminary results from the Oklahoma Board of Election revealed Tuesday night. Results showed 4,056 voters cast their ballots with 2,125 for Lynn at 52.39% of the vote, and 1,931 for Petrone at 47.61%. Petrone received 572 absentee votes and 90 early votes, while 241 voted absentee and 138 early voted for Lynn.