All the Latest News from the Oklahoma Municipal League
Jodi Cox, Executive Director and CEO of the Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund (OkMRF) attended the City of Okmulgee’s council meeting on July 19, 2022, to present the George Wilkinson annual award to this year's outstanding authorized agent whose performance of duties is exemplary.
Read MoreIn May 2022, the Oklahoma Legislature passed SB429 appropriating $50 million in state ARPA funds to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to establish grant programs for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. The law requires OWRB to establish rules and procedures for the development of the grant programs.
Read MoreEach year at the OML Annual Conference, we recognize our outstanding leaders and projects at the OML Awards Banquet. We will hand out the Mayor of the Year Award, Don Rider Transparency in Government Award, Jeff Shockley Award, Innovations Award and the Woman of the Year.
Read MoreThe newly created Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board is seeking applicants for director of the State Broadband Office. The director will be responsible for building and managing implementation of broadband services throughout the state.
Read MoreThe Mayors Council of Oklahoma recently held their annual Summer Conference in Durant. At their monthly board meeting held on June 21st, they elected two new members to the MCO Board of Directors.
Debra Wimpee, Mayor of Broken Arrow was selected as Vice President, and Bless Parker, Mayor of Miami was chosen to serve as a Director of District 1.
Read MoreOrganizations in 36 rural Oklahoma counties can apply to receive up to $5,000 in funding through a new Oklahoma Arts Council grant program. The state agency has announced the launch of Rural Arts Opportunity Grants to boost arts programming and cultural infrastructure in select areas of the state. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Read MoreOver one hundred Oklahoma mayors, guests, sponsors, OML staff and partners attended the annual Mayors Council of Oklahoma (MCO) summer conference. The conference was held in the city of Lawton. Joining the City of Lawton as event organizers were the Lawton-Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce and the Lawton-Fort Sill Convention & Visitors Bureau. The 3-day event was held at the Apache Casino Hotel.
Read MoreThe 2021 Sine Die Report is now available online!
Read MoreOML is pleased to announce the addition of three prominent Oklahoma organizations to its family of corporate sponsors. They include the Oklahoma Rural Water Association (ORWA), Parkhill | Cardinal Engineering and Sustainable Solutions.
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Read MoreGrantFinder, one of OML’s Oklahoma Municipal Services Corporation (OMSC) partners is a real-time, online searchable database of every federal, state, foundation, and corporate grant available to local governments and their community partners.
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