All the Latest News from the Oklahoma Municipal League
As an OMSC preferred provider, BP Strategies (BPS) is a comprehensive consulting and brokerage firm that specializes in group medical and other welfare benefit plans; providing additional tools and services to make client plans successful and efficient.
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The Oklahoma Municipal Services Corporation (OMSC), the business arm of the Oklahoma Municipal League (OML), has announced a new strategic partnership with Account Management Resources (AMR), a collection agency headquartered in Oklahoma City.
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The Oklahoma Municipal Services Corporation (OMSC), the business arm of the Oklahoma Municipal League (OML), has announced a new strategic partnership with energy and sustainability expert Schneider Electric.
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Cooper Project Advisors, an Oklahoma City-based company, is an owner’s representative and construction consultancy firm with the experience and expertise needed to ensure building projects are successful
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The Class 7 of the Oklahoma Municipal League’s Community Leadership Development (CLD) class held their graduation session recently in Ponca City.
Read MoreThe Oklahoma Municipal League wishes to congratulate the City of Mustang as one of six first time winners making the list of 20 mid-sized employers as the Oklahoman’s Top Workplaces for 2018.
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OML recently hosted the inaugural planning meeting of the newly formed, Women In Municipal Government (WIMG) group. The group facilitators are Jodi Lewis, OML Legislative Affairs Director and Aspen Roberts, OML Policy Analyst. Approximately 15 women from across the state attended the meeting.
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A new OMSC member benefit enables municipalities to engage with IBTS for pre-event contracts for disaster mitigation and recovery services.
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The rising cost of healthcare for Oklahoma cities and towns has continued to be a struggle as city leaders attempt to provide quality healthcare at affordable prices. Healthcare costs have been unstable and as a result has continued to be a pressing issue for our municipalities.
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From Lisa Soronen at National League of Cities: In South Dakota v. Wayfair the Supreme Court ruled that states and local governments can require vendors with no physical presence in the state to collect sales tax. According to the Court, in a 5-4 decision, "economic and virtual contacts" are enough to create a "substantial nexus" with the state allowing the state to require collection.
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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 5-4 overturned the Quill case which prevented the collection of sales tax on out-of-state vendors who had no physical presence in the state.
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The League is assisting the ABLE Commission by sharing information to help alleviate a backlog of interim alcohol license applications. Currently, there are a number of pending applications that cannot be processed by ABLE until municipalities issue the applicant a Certificate of Compliance.
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OML needs your assistance!! We are in the process of creating an email database consisting of staff or personnel that handle your town or cities communication needs.
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OML is asking our cities and towns to share the good news about your successes, awards, recognitions, projects, and new events that you are enjoying. By allowing us to write about them for the Insight e-newsletter and through social media, OML will reach thousands of Oklahomans that want to know what is happening around our state.
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OML wants to keep YOU informed and connected to all the information about our services, educational workshops, Round Table meetings, conferences and so much more.
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City and Rogers County officials, along with representatives from the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce, Public Service Company, and Italy based company, Sofidel, recently broke ground on a $360 million paper manufacturing plant in the Inola River/Rail Industrial Park.
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In 2005, the look and feel of Broken Arrow's Main Street began to change as the City Council embarked on an expansive downtown revitalization plan. The city created a tax increment financing district (TIF) to help start funding improvements, as well as voters approved general obligation bonds in both 2011 and 2014 to continue the revitalization process.
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Congratulations Mayor Jimmy Tramel! This is awesome news for Pryor and Oklahoma!
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