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Bristow City Council adopts amended resolution calling 2025 municipal elections
Summary
At a Dec. 11 special meeting the Bristow City Council adopted an amended resolution and mayoral proclamation authorizing the Creek County Election Board to hold a Feb. 11, 2025 primary and an April 1, 2025 general election for council seats; the vote among members present was unanimous.
The Bristow City Council on Dec. 11 adopted an amended resolution and mayoral proclamation authorizing the Creek County Election Board to hold a Primary Election on Feb. 11, 2025, and a General Election on April 1, 2025, for the nomination and election of councilmembers from the city’s four wards.
According to the minutes, "Motion was made by Church with a second by Witty approving to adopt the Amended Resolution of the City Council of the City of Bristow, Oklahoma, and Mayoral Proclamation calling and authorizing the Creek County Election Board to hold a Primary Election on February 11, 2025, and General Election on April 1, 2025." Councilmember Joe Church moved the measure and Councilmember Randy Witty seconded it; the roll-call vote among members present was Church, Aye; Fletcher, Aye; Groom, Aye; Peters, Aye; and Witty, Aye. The minutes identify the action as Resolution #R1415110424-Amended.
The resolution directs the Creek County Election Board to run the elections and establishes filing periods for council offices; the minutes do not specify the exact filing dates. The action as recorded covers election contests for one councilmember from each of Bristow’s four wards, and it also provides for nomination and election of one councilmember from wards one, three and four for unexpired two-year terms.
The resolution was recorded in the minutes as passed 5-0 by members present. The council’s next procedural steps, as indicated in the minutes, are standard: notice of election will be provided and filing periods will be published per the resolution. The minutes do not record further debate, public comment, or any amendments to the resolution.
