City Council - Special Meeting

This is Melody Cranford, if you would be so kind to give us the invocation. Yes.

Heavenly Father, we come before you tonight thanking you, first of all, for this day that you have made. We thank you for allowing us to come together to do the bidding and the business of this city, Father God. We pray tonight that you would bind us together in love and in unity and let everything we do be done decently in order. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

Lights, attention, salute, please. in the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I salute the flag, the state of Oklahoma, the symbols of peace unite all peoples.

Roll call, please. Mayor Ryan Lowe. Here. Deputy Mayor Derek Reed. Here. Tracy Hoose.

Here.

Shirley Hilton Flannery. Here. Melody Cranford. Here. Dan Hall.

Here.

Tom Martindale. Here. Mike Brawley. Here. Jeremy Shuler.

Here. Item one, please.

Pursuant to Section 307B1 and B4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes, consider convening an executive session to discuss the employment, hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining, or resignation of City Attorney Kerry Spencer, and if necessary, take appropriate action in open session.

I will now entertain a motion to enter into executive session. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. Roll call, please.

Jeremy Shuler? Yes. Mike Brawley? Yes. Tom Martindale? Yes. Dan Hall? Yes. Melody Cranford? Yes. Shirley Hilton Flannery? Yes. Tracy Hoose?

Yes.

Deputy Mayor Derek Reed? Yes. Mayor Ryan Lowe?

Yes. Motion passes. We are now in executive session. I will entertain a motion to return to regular session. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. Roll call, please.

Jeremy Shuler.

Yes.

Mike Brawley. Yes. Tom Martindale. Yes. Dan Hall. Yes. Melody Cranford. Yes. Charlie Hilton Flannery. Yes. Tracy Hoos.

Yes.

Deputy Mayor Derek Reed.

Yes.

Mayor Ryan Lowe.

Yes. Roll call for attendance, please.

Mayor Ryan Lowe. Here. Deputy Mayor Derek Reed. Here. Tracy Hoos. Here. Charlie Hilton Flannery. Here. Melody Cranford. Here. Dan Hall. Here. Tom Martindale. Here. Mike Brawley. Here. Jeremy Shuler. Here.

Mr. Francis. Thank you, Mayor. Pursuant to Section 307B1 and B4, Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes, the City Council did convene an executive session to discuss the employment, hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining, or resignation of City Attorney Kerry Spencer. An appropriate motion would be to proceed to discuss an executive session. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second.

Roll call, please. Jeremy Shuler? Yes. Mike Brawley? Yes. Tom Martindale?

Yes.

Dan Hall?

Yes.

Melody Cranford? I abstain. Shirley Hilton Flannery?

Yes.

Tracy Hoose?

Abstain.

Deputy Mayor Jared Reed?

Abstain.

Mayor Ryan Lowe?

No.