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Citizens listen during the Norman City Council meeting held Tuesday at Norman City Hall. The Norman City Council upheld its decision made in June 2020 to cut $865,000 from the Norman Police Department and reallocate that to community programs for the 2021 Fiscal Year. Kyle Phillips / The Transcript
The Norman City Council upheld its previous decision to cut nearly $1 million of the increase to the Norman Police Departmentâs fiscal year 2021 budget Tuesday.
The vote to remove $600,000 to community programs through two amendments passed 6-2, with Ward 6 Elizabeth Foreman and Ward 8 Matt Peacock voting against. The Ward 2 seat remains unfilled. Mayor Breea Clark, Foreman and Peacock voted no on a third amendment that reallocated $235,000 for a city auditor.
Apr 17, 2021
NORMAN â A gag order imposed by a judge in a transparency of government lawsuit has precluded Norman City Council members and city staff from speaking to the press about the case.
Associate District Judge Thomas K. Baldwin, of Carter County, presided over the local Fraternal Order of Police lawsuit against the City of Norman. Baldwin ruled on Dec. 4, 2020 that the council violated the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act when it failed to note amendments on the agenda that cut the Norman Police Departmentâs proposed budget increase by nearly $1 million during the June 16, 2020 meeting.
The ruling was upheld unanimously by the Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday, The Transcript reported.
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A gag order imposed by a judge in a transparency of government lawsuit has precluded Norman City Council members and city staff from speaking to the press about the case.
Associate District Judge Thomas K. Baldwin, of Carter County, presided over the local Fraternal Order of Police lawsuit against the City of Norman. Baldwin ruled on Dec. 4, 2020 that the council violated the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act when it failed to note amendments on the agenda that cut the Norman Police Departmentâs proposed budget increase by nearly $1 million during the June 16, 2020 meeting.
The ruling was upheld unanimously by the Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday, The Transcript reported.
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