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Votes at a glance: McAlester council adopts tourism-board ordinance, recycling-fee change, surplus/property-code updates; appointments tabled

3296254 · May 14, 2025
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Summary

The McAlester City Council approved a package of ordinances — creating a tourism board, changing the recycling fee law to fund operations and tie the fee to CPI, adjusting surplus-property procedures, and adopting new property-maintenance standards — and granted a 90-day extension for repairs at a condemned house.

The McAlester City Council on multiple separate votes approved ordinances to (1) establish a seven-member tourism board, (2) allow the recycling fee to be used for operations and tie the fee to the consumer price index, (3) revise surplus/obsolete property thresholds and procedures, and (4) adopt a new property-maintenance code. Council also approved two budget amendment ordinances and granted a 90-day extension for completion of repairs at a condemned house at 312 West Warner Avenue.

Tourism board: The council approved an ordinance creating a seven-member tourism board and declared the ordinance an emergency to allow immediate appointment of members. Council corrected a typographical term-length provision during the meeting (three members appointed to three-year terms) and…

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