ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025-09

No. 811-December 11-1 Time

ORDINANCE

NUMBER 2025-09

AN ORDINANCE OPTING OUT OF THE OKLAHOMA TOWN MEETING ACT: REQUIRING ELECTIONS AND INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM QUESTIONS TO BE DECIDED ONLY THROUGH ELECTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COUNTY ELECTION BOARD; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF WAYNE, OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1. Pursuant to 11 O.S., Section 16-302, the Town of Wayne hereby declares that it shall not be governed by the Oklahoma Town Meeting Act as a means of electing its officers and deciding initiative and referendum questions.

SECTION 2. The Town of Wayne shall hereby elect its officers and decide initiative and referendum questions through elections conducted by the County Election Board pursuant to 11 O.S., Section 16-101 et seq.

SECTION 3. The effective date of this Ordinance shall be the 1st day of December, 2025.

SECTION 4. All ordinances or part thereof which are inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Ordinance No. 2025-09 shall be automatically repealed on April 8, 2026.

Adopted this 1st day of December, 2025.

TOWN OF WAYNE,

OKLAHOMA

By /s/ Hailey Herrin

Vice-Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/ Audrey Worley

Town Clerk