We would like to thank everyone that signed the petition!!

Thanks so much to everyone that signed the petition!  If you have not signed the petition you can still sign one until Wednesday morning.

Thanks to all involved that helped obtain the required number of signatures.

Please get out and sign the petition so YOU can be more proactive on how our tax dollars are spent. 

Thank you.

The comments by Councilor Korb are a little “off base” since the audit workshop was ONLY an informational workshop.  The State Auditor was only there to answer questions and educate the public on the audit process.   It would have been irresponsible of the State Auditor to have an opinion at that time on whether or not there were any violations or anything illegal going on within the City of Glenpool. 

It was ONLY an informational workshop Councilor Korb and the Auditor will provide a professional opinion once an audit has taken place, not before and definitely not at an informational workshop.

We have been told for the last four years there never has been a statute mandated report after the end of the fiscal year on the finances and administrative activities of the city for the preceding year.   This is just one item (Item #04) that our City Council should be enforcing so as NOT to violate a State Statute.  Due to the fact this item has not been produced for at least four (4) years, the City is violating another State Statute.

Item #05 states that the City Manager is responsible for keeping the “council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the city” and yet we CANNOT get any reports/data from the City on the financial condition of the City of Glenpool.

This is another reason why we need the State Auditor to audit the City of Glenpool.

Amazing, our elected official is DENIED access to a city employee that is in charge of our Finance Department.

This is another violation of the State Statute, Section 10-107 – Limitation of Council Authority to Act Through City Manager; that states “Except for the purposes of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with the administrative service of the city solely through the city manager.

The Mayor wanted to meet with the new Finance Director to INQUIRE about city business and he CANNOT! 

I thought we were trying to be more transparent and fiscally responsible.  How does keeping the Mayor from meeting with the Finance Director in order to INQUIRE about city business make our local government MORE transparent and MORE fiscally responsible???

Another perfect reason to have the State Auditor in here to audit our city hall and ALL facets of what has been happening to this city for almost five (5) years.

Please sign the petition(s) so this administration will be held accountable for all of their actions to date.

In paragraph 16 on page 3 within the recently approved “Code of Ethics” it states “except for the purpose of limited verbal inquiry, members therefore shall not interfere with the administrative functions of the City…”, this partial statement itself modifies a state statute.  I did not know that our City Council could modify our state statutes.

Here is an excerpt from the State Statute our City Council has modified/amended to suit their own needs;  from Section 10-107 – Limitation of Council Authority to Act Through City Manager;  Except for the purposes of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with the administrative service of the city solely through the city manager.    Our city council revised the State Statute to say “limited verbal inquiry” instead of just “inquiry.”  How can they do this?

Also, in paragraph 16 of the “Code of Ethics” it states “members will strive to conduct all communications through the City Manager unless such inquiry will require less than one hours response on the part of the employee.”  This statement alone violates state statutes due to the fact this City Council approved a clause that LIMITS the inquiry process to an hour or less.  Why does this Council again approve something that amends or modifies a statute for what seems to ONLY benefit the City Manager and our city administration in their efforts to limit access to public records and/or information related to helping our council members govern our city.

How can our City Council members “strive to conduct all communications through the City Manager” since it is a known fact that the City Manager DOES not respond to ALL City Council members via email and does not respond to citizens that expressly state that they want a written response from our City Manager.

If the City Council has the authority to DENY access to public records and/or administrative records to a City Council member, isn’t that a violation of the Open Records Act?    Wouldn’t this also be a violation of our rights to access public records through our elected officials who would obtain and share this information with the public? 

If the council members want to make an inquiry (examination of facts, request for information or a systematic investigation often of a matter of public interest) from ANY employee at city hall, according to the statute provided below they can do that and they DO NOT need city manager approval to make this inquiry and there is NO time limit for making these inquiries.

Doesn’t the employee’s at city hall WORK for the PEOPLE of Glenpool?  Isn’t it their job to provide information to ANY city council member OR possibly a resident of Glenpool?  Don’t they get paid to SERVE the PUBLIC?  How can we or any city council member be “keeping the staff” from doing their jobs when part of their job is to SERVE the PUBLIC?  It sure seems this administration wants to be employed by the public but does not really want to serve the public and does not want the public to know what they are doing at City Hall.  Something to think about.

It is obvious the city administration DOES NOT want ANYONE checking on things at city hall INCLUDING our own city council members!  Why do you think this is?   Isn’t it obvious?

This is just ONE MORE reason to have an investigative audit of the City of Glenpool by the State Auditor. 

Here is the State Statute that states city council limitations:

Article Article X – Council-Manager Form of City Government
        Section 10-107 – Limitation of Council Authority to Act Through City Manager;

Except for the purposes of inquiry (defined below), the council and its members shall deal with the administrative service of the city solely through the city manager. The council and its members may not:

1. Direct or request the city manager or other authority to appoint or remove officers or employees;

2. Participate in any manner in the appointment or removal of officers and employees of the city, except as provided by law; or

3. Give orders on ordinary administrative matters to any subordinate of the city manager either publicly or privately.

Definition of INQUIRY

It is pretty clear that the residents of Glenpool need the State Auditor to audit this city due to the fact that over the past five (5) years we went from $4,900,000 in bond debt to over $39,000,000 in bond debt!  What have the residents received in return?

Please get out and sign the petition, the future of this city depends on this very important audit.

We have asked for basic financial documents such as; Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement(s) and Profit and Loss Statement(s) but have been told that they cannot provide those documents to us.

As per the Oklahoma State Statutes, the City Manager MUST “keep the council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the city.”   How is our City Manager to do this without being provided with these basic financial documents?   If the city manager is being provided these documents then why doesn’t the public get to see them?  Does our City Manager even know what the financial condition of the city is? 

Here is the link to what the State Statutes say ALL city manager’s must do at the minimum;  City Manager - Duties as per the Oklahoma State Statutes.

Item #04 under “City Manager – Duties” has not been performed since at least 2007.  We asked for these reports and were told “no such reports exist.”   This is a violation of State Statutes and our governing body (city council) is responsible for enforcing state statutes and is accountable for this lack of oversight.