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A committee tasked with nominating the interim Ward 2 Norman City Councilmember has chosen the OU Carl Albert Center’s director of National Education for Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement to be approved in the May 11 city council meeting. The committee, which consisted of Britton Perry – former Ward 2 councilor David Perry’s son — Richard Stawicki and Aleisha Karjala, according to an article by the Norman Transcript, chose Lauren Schueler based on her “ready answers, broad experience and determination.”   Originally there were ten candidates v...

10 hrs ago A committee to find an interim Ward 2 City Councilor nominated Lauren Schueler unanimously, beating out four other contenders in what was a “difficult decision,” the deciders said. If approved by the council during the Tuesday, May 11 meeting, Scheuler will be sworn into the Ward 2 seat. The office has been empty twice in the last year following the death of David Perry and then the resignation of Matt McGarry, who won the Feb. 2021 election. Committee members Richard Stawicki, Aleisha Karjala and Britton Perry — son of David Perry — found Schueler’s ready ...

Apr 25, 2021 The City of Norman received 10 applications for the interim Ward 2 seat, which has been vacant twice in one year. At least two candidates applied for the second time, and two were candidates who vied for the seat during the February special election. The application window closed Friday. The seat became vacant after the death of newly-elected David Perry in August 2020, and the resignation of Matt McGarry this March. A committee will review the applications and make a nomination to the council. The nomination will be subject to council approval. The committee includes former Ward...

1 hr ago The Norman City Council established a nomination committee for an empty ward seat, got an update on a missing persons case and moved forward a proposed Senior Wellness Center during its Tuesday meeting. Ward 2 has a selection committee in place to begin the search for a new councilor after an abrupt resignation in March left the seat empty. Matt McGarry left the seat after he accepted a teaching position with Ivy League university, The Transcript reported previously. The council voted unanimously to approve the consent docket members of the Ward 2 committee as follows: former Ward 2 ...

The Norman City Council confirmed appointments for its Ward 2 candidate selection committee and discussed a potential collaboration with Oklahoma City’s Factory Obscura during its Tuesday meeting.   The formation of the Ward 2 committee follows the recent departure of OU Russian Studies professor Matt McGarry. McGarry previously won the Feb. 9 election with 51.32 percent of the vote but left his council position after receiving an invitation to join the faculty of a public Ivy League institution in Russian studies, according to the Norman Transcript.  The council withdrew an ite...