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Apr. 21—Enid city commissioners either discussed or voted to approve a slew of items all concerning regular city business Tuesday. A hearing was held for public input over annually provided federal funds known as Community Development Block Grants. At the second meeting in May, commissioners — three of whom already sit on the city's CDBG funding commission — will vote to approve this year's ...
Feb. 19—City commissioners extended Enid's mask mandate through April after what one commissioner-elect called "round four of the Enid mask debacle" Thursday night. With Ward 5 Commissioner Rob Stallings the sole no vote, the commission and Mayor George Pankonin voted 6-1 in favor of continuing the current mandate until midnight April 30 to try to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Enid. Ward 3 ...
Kauger OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – An Oklahoma city commissioner who supported a face mask mandate has defeated a recall petition from unhappy constituents. The state Supreme Court ruled Jan. 26 that the effort to oust Enid commissioner Ben Ezzell from office won’t continue after Ezzell filed an objection in Garfield County District Court. The ruling says the state laws governing signature collection weren’t followed. A 1998 ruling held that city recall measures are governed by state statutory provisions for initiative and referendum. That case concerne...
Ward 3 Enid City Commissioner Ben Ezzell Billy Hefton | Enid News & Eagle ENID, Okla. â Recall petitioners are disputing Ben Ezzellâs assertions that prior state rulings could be applied to his appeals case and argue that the Enid city commissioner is using legal tactics to thwart his recall. In an answer brief filed Tuesday in both district court and Oklahoma Supreme Court, the petitioners argue they have both followed all Enid City Charter requirements and that cited state statutes and rulings do not extend to recall elections. âThis appeal is ...
Ward 3 Enid City Commissioner Ben Ezzell Billy Hefton | Enid News & Eagle ENID, Okla. â Ben Ezzell has suggested the state may be facing âan issue of first impressionâ regarding recall elections throughout Oklahoma in his appeal of the petition for his recall as city commissioner. In his brief in chief filed last Thursday, Ezzell argues that the state Supreme Court therefore has the opportunity to apply the same standard of review as a question of law for recall petitions as it has done before for other petitions. Ezzell provided two main arg...