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Council amends city code to let mayor declare man-made emergencies, approves emergency ordinance
McAlester City Council · November 13, 2025
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Summary
Council approved an ordinance and an emergency declaration to expand the mayor's authority to declare man-made emergencies in addition to natural disasters; counsel said the change filled a gap identified during discussions about a federal shutdown.
Councilors voted to amend city code (chapter 38) to broaden the mayor’s emergency-declaration authority to include both natural and man-made emergencies and immediately adopted the ordinance as an emergency…
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