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Wagoner council fails to approve city and EMS budgets after heated debate over pay and policies
Summary
City of Wagoner council voted down adoption of the fiscal 2025–26 city and EMS budgets after a split vote that followed prolonged public comment and council debate over pay scales, merit raises and employee handbook changes.
The City of Wagoner failed to adopt its fiscal 2025–26 city and EMS budgets on June 11 after a 4–2 roll-call vote left the package short of the support needed to pass. The vote followed hours of public comment and council debate focused on salary increases, a recently adopted wage study and proposed employee-handbook changes.
The council’s discussion ranged from questions about how raises were calculated to calls for a line-by-line review of proposed employee-policy changes. Resident Donna Gaither, who identified herself as a paralegal and Wagoner resident, spoke during the budget public hearing about several line items and asked how funds set aside for the cemetery and animal-control building would be…
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