Guthrie council approves police contract, accepts city attorney resignation and appoints new city attorney and municipal judge

Guthrie City Council on Oct. 21 unanimously approved several personnel and contract items, including a one-year collective bargaining agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge No. 105, acceptance of the city attorney’s resignation, appointment of a new city attorney, and the appointment of a municipal judge. The council also approved the consent agenda items A through D without separate discussion.

Council approved the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 105 fiscal year 2025–26 collective bargaining agreement by unanimous vote. The agreement was introduced after an executive-session discussion earlier in the meeting; council did not record detailed terms of the contract in the council discussion portion of the public record that night.

The council voted to accept the resignation of William Wheeler as city attorney and then approved an agreement with Marvel Lewis to serve as city attorney for the City of Guthrie. The council also appointed William Wheeler Jr. as municipal judge; all votes on those items were unanimous.

The meeting record shows motions and seconds for each item but does not identify individual council members who made the motions or record roll-call names for the unanimous votes. Where the transcript did record a speaker name, the item or related discussion is attributed accordingly. Council handled these personnel and contract items following a closed executive session called under Title 25 O.S. § 307. Details about the new city attorney’s contract terms, salary, or start date were not specified during the open meeting.