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Local Government
The City of Norman earned the Government Finance Officers Association's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the 36th consecutive year, recognizing the city's fiscal year ending 2027 budget documents.
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The Norman City Council unanimously banned camping, firearms and watercraft at George M. Sutton Urban Wilderness Park and appointed Deborah Rohrbough as city auditor at $137,622 a year with a 12-month severance package during its Tuesday, Oct. 27 meeting.
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Cleveland County commissioners approved the county's FY27 Community Safety Investment Fund proposal targeting homelessness response and indigent treatment services, and passed a resolution lighting the courthouse green for Operation Green Light for Veterans from Nov. 4-11.
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The Norman Arts Council will hold a public Q&A on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at MAINSITE Contemporary Art to discuss a proposed Art Center building that would serve more than 25 arts organizations as part of Norman Forward 2.
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Norman's new "Idaho Stop" ordinance takes effect Nov. 12, allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yields and red lights as stop signs under specific safety conditions.
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Norman city staff are developing an anti-camping ordinance after a special council meeting Oct. 20, with a fuller plan expected before the council in November as a new state law allowing property-owner compensation claims takes effect.
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Noble's City Council meets Monday, Oct. 19, to vote on annexing 25.5 acres on Burkett Road, seek federal funds to widen Etowah Road and hear the city's first-quarter financial report.
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Norman's City Council Oversight Committee is considering an ordinance that would ban pet stores from selling dogs and cats obtained from commercial breeders, a preemptive move since no Norman store currently sells commercially bred pets.
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