Title 11, Title 11 — Cities and Towns

In a statutory town, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: 1. Trustees from odd-numbered wards; and 2. The clerk. At the next general municipal election, th…

At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered year following adoption of the town board of trustees form of government, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: 1. Four-year terms: Trustees from odd-numbered wards; and the clerk. 2. Two-year t…

officials after submission to vote. A. The city council of any city may provide by ordinance for the submission to a vote of the registered voters of the city the question of providing for the appointment by the mayor, with the approval of the council, of the city marshal, the st…

Terms. In a statutory council-manager city, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: 1. Councilmembers from Wards One, Two and Five (if one). At the next gener…

At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered year following adoption of the statutory council-manager form of government, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: 1. Four-year terms: Councilmembers from Wards One, Two and Five (if one). 2. Tw…

Terms. In a statutory strong-mayor-council city, the terms of the elected officers shall be staggered so that at any one general municipal election, the following officers are to be elected for four-year terms: 1. Councilmembers from Wards One, Two and Five (if one). At the next …

At the first general municipal election held in the odd-numbered year following adoption of the statutory strong-mayor-council form of government, the officers to be elected and their terms are as follows: 1. Four-year terms: Councilmembers from Wards One, Two and Five (if one). …

of general municipal election ballot. The ballots for the general election in a statutory council- manager or statutory strong-mayor-council city shall be of the office block type, listing the names of independent candidates and party nominees for each office under the respective…

conformance with general election or town meeting procedure. A. If the term of an elected officer as set forth in the notice of the last election for the office will expire in an even-numbered year, a regular municipal election or town meeting, if the municipality is subject to t…

Sections 1 through 15 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Town Meeting Act". Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.

Election - Ordinance providing alternative procedure - Repeal of ordinance. A. Except as otherwise provided in this act, Section 16-301 et seq. of this title, all municipalities with fewer than two thousand (2,000) residents, according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, that…

meetings. In municipalities subject to the provisions of Section 16-301 et seq. of this title, a biennial town meeting of the voters shall be held on the first Tuesday in April in each odd-numbered year for the purpose of electing municipal officers and considering questions rais…

Notice of the biennial town meeting or special town meeting for the purposes of electing officers and considering initiative or referendum questions shall be given by the governing body of the municipality in accordance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of T…

Registration requirements - False affidavits. A. When a municipality fails to hold a biennial meeting on the first Tuesday of April in an odd-numbered year, the governing body shall immediately schedule and give notice of a special town meeting for the purpose of electing officer…

- Minutes - Ballots - Nomination and election of officials - False affidavits. A. Except as otherwise provided in this act, Section 16-301 et seq. of this title, the mayor shall be the presiding officer of town meetings, shall decide questions of order and shall make public decla…

voting - Penalty. A. The presiding officer at a town meeting shall follow reasonable and necessary procedures to ensure that persons who are not registered voters of the town do not vote. Registered voters shall be seated in a clearly marked area separate from persons not registe…

A person present at the meeting electing him or her to municipal office shall be treated as accepting, unless he or she declines before the meeting is adjourned. When not present, he or she shall be served as soon as possible with a written notice of election, signed and mailed b…

Notification of changes in list. The municipal clerk shall file with the secretary of the county election board a list of the names and addresses of the municipal officers elected and shall notify the secretary of the county election board of any changes in the list as filed. Add…

Any person nominated for municipal office may, at any time before 5:00 p.m. of the third business day following the town meeting in which he or she was nominated, contest the correctness of the announced results of said election by filing a written petition with the district cour…

Judgment - Ineligibility for office - Liability of contestant - Damages. When a petition alleging fraud is filed, said petition must be accompanied by a cash bond of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), running in favor of the contestee and conditioned upon payment of any and all l…

Sufficiency of allegations - Hearing. When a petition alleging irregularities other than fraud is filed, the petition must allege a sufficient number of irregularities and of such nature as to: 1. Prove that the contestant is lawfully entitled to be announced the winner; or 2. Pr…

meeting to fill contested office. In the event, after a hearing is conducted pursuant to Section 11 or 12 of this act, it is deemed impossible to determine who should be announced the winner, the judge shall notify the presiding officer of the town meeting of the same. It shall t…

Correction - Rectification of other errors and omissions - Validation of business of original action. When any of the requirements of this act as to notice of a biennial or special town meeting have been omitted or not complied with, the omission or noncompliance, if the meeting …

Option to be conducted at town meeting. Whenever in Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes provisions are made for election of officers or consideration of questions at elections conducted by the county election board pursuant to Section 16-101 et seq. of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Stat…

Deposit of monies. A. Any act of a municipal governing body which provides for the borrowing of monies or for appropriating monies shall not be valid unless a majority of the governing body of the municipality votes in favor of the action. The municipal governing body may not app…

A. Any invoice against a municipality must be presented in writing and examined in the manner provided by municipal ordinance or in absence of such ordinance by other applicable law. The municipal ordinance shall establish an internal control structure adequate to provide reasona…

No costs may be recovered against a municipality, in any action brought against it, for any unliquidated claim which has not been presented to the governing body for auditing, nor for claims allowed in part unless the recovery shall be for a greater sum than the amount allowed wi…

Any governing body member who intentionally votes to appropriate money or to allow any bill or claim which is not authorized by law shall be personally liable to the municipality for the amount of such money appropriated, or bills or claims allowed, with costs of suit, in an acti…

procedures engagement. A. The governing body of each municipality with Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or more in total revenue to all funds, including component units of which the municipality is a beneficiary, during a fiscal year shall cause to be prepared, by an independe…

Form. An auditor shall file with the State Auditor and Inspector, at the same time a certified copy of an audit or agreed-upon-procedures report is filed as required in Section 17-105 of this title, two copies of a prescribed form setting forth for the fiscal year audited the fun…

compliance - Form required. Independent auditor's reports relating to federal awards compliance will be in a form consistent with the auditors' reports in the most recent audit guide for state and local governments prepared by The American Institute of Certified Public Accountant…

If a municipality does not file a copy of its audit or agreed- upon-procedures report as provided in Section 17-105 of this title, the State Auditor and Inspector shall notify the Oklahoma Tax Commission which shall withhold from the municipality its monthly allocations of gasoli…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Auditor and Inspector to be designated the "Special Investigative Unit Auditing Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all moni…

The municipal governing body may create a capital improvement fund and place in the fund any money available to the municipality. Money in the fund may be accumulated from year to year. The fund shall be nonfiscal and shall not be considered in computing any levy when the municip…

For the purpose of creating a capital improvement fund and expending money therefrom, capital improvement shall mean all items and articles, either new or replacements, not consumed with use but only diminished in value with prolonged use, including but not limited to roads and s…

Exemption from municipal taxation. Any municipality may, by a majority vote of the registered voters of the municipality voting on the question, exempt from municipal taxation for a period not to exceed five (5) years new manufacturing establishments and public utilities locating…

Any municipality subject to the annual audit requirements of Section 17-105 of this title shall cause to be published, within thirty (30) days of receipt of its annual audit report, a notice of availability of the annual audited financial statements for public inspection. All pub…

procedures - Uniform jackets. To facilitate the payment of vendor invoices and contract estimates the municipal finance officer may design a uniform jacket to be used by all departments and divisions of the municipality whereon shall be provided summarized information relative to…

- Remedies. A. A municipality or any public trust of which the municipality is beneficiary or any nonappropriated governmental agency or instrumentality of the state is authorized to use a reverse auction bidding procedure to obtain bids for the purchase of goods or services of a…

or award contracts. The procedures set out in Section 17-115 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes may be used to obtain acquisitions or award contracts for all needed operations or purchase orders. Added by Laws 2006, c. 301, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.

Budget Act – Temporary budget. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Government COVID-19 Emergency Budget Act". B. Municipal governments may adopt a temporary budget for the 2021 fiscal year if the municipal governing body determines adopting a yearly budg…

This act may be cited as the "Municipal Budget Act". Laws 1979, c. 111, § 1. 0

The purpose of this act is to provide an alternate budget procedure for municipal governments which will: 1. Establish standard and sound fiscal procedures for the adoption and administration of budgets; 2. Make available to the public and investors sufficient information as to t…

This act shall apply to any incorporated city or town which, by resolution of the governing body, opts to come under and comply with all its provisions and requirements. Once a municipality has selected the Municipal Budget Act to govern its budget procedures, the provisions of t…

A municipality that opts to prepare its budget pursuant to the Municipal Budget Act may select a budget format based on funds and departments or, in the alternative, it may select a format based on purpose. A purpose-based budget shall be subject to all other requirements of the …

As used in this act, except as provided in Section 4 of this act: 1. "Account" means an entity for recording specific revenues or expenditures, or for grouping related or similar classes of revenues and expenditures and recording them within a fund or department; 2. “Appropriated…

of officers, employees and departments. At least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, a budget for the municipality shall be prepared by the chief executive officer and submitted to the governing body. The chief executive officer may require any other offi…

A. The municipal budget shall present a complete financial plan for the municipality and shall present information necessary and proper to disclose the financial position and condition of the municipality and the revenues and expenditures thereof, both past and anticipated. B. Un…

fund or account. Any monies received or expended by a municipality must be accounted for by fund and account. Each municipality shall adopt an appropriation for the general fund and for all other funds established by the governing body pursuant to the provisions of Section 17-212…

proposed budget. The municipal governing body shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the budget year. Notice of the date, time and place of the hearing, together with the proposed budget summary, shall be publi…