The Miami City Council on Oct. 21 approved Resolution CC 2025-13 to incorporate a new supplement (Supplement 21) into the Miami, Oklahoma, Code of Ordinances and approved an amendment to an ordinance that adds chapter, article and section language to allow council members to carry firearms at council meetings.

Both measures were presented as routine items. The codification resolution was described by staff as a quarterly, state-law-required updating process to maintain the city’s ordinances. Council approved the resolution on a voice/roll-call vote with no recorded opposition.

Separately, council considered an amendment that staff said simply inserts the missing chapter, article and section references into an ordinance passed the previous week concerning councilmembers’ ability to carry firearms during meetings. The council voted to approve the amendment; the motion carried with the roll call showing all recorded votes as yes.

The council also approved routine business: the claims list (Item 3a) and minutes from the Oct. 7 regular meeting were approved earlier in the meeting by voice or roll call.

Why it matters: The codification keeps the city code current as required by state law. The firearms-related amendment clarifies where the ordinance will appear in the city's codified code by adding specific chapter/article/section references; the council did not, during this meeting, expand or alter the substantive provisions of the ordinance beyond adding the references.

Votes at a glance:
- Claims list (Item 3a): approved (voice/roll-call; individual recorded ayes during meeting).
- Minutes, Oct. 7, 2025: approved (motion and second recorded).
- Resolution CC 2025-13 (codification to include Supplement 21): motion to approve carried; roll-call recorded as ayes by councilmembers present.
- Amendment to ordinance inserting chapter/article/section for concealed carry by councilmembers: motion to approve carried on roll-call with all recorded ayes.

The meeting also included staff reports and a disclosure that the city’s ARPA-related credit balance from the Miami Tribe stood at $651,483.77 as of Sept. 30, 2025; that figure was given in response to a council request for an update and was not the subject of formal council action during the meeting.

No additional ordinance language or substantive new policy on firearms was debated at length during this meeting; staff described the amendment as an administrative correction to the previously adopted ordinance.