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Meeting held

City Council Special Meeting

Monday, October 12, 2026 at 4:00 pm
City Hall Council Chamber - 22 E. Main Street, Edmond, Oklahoma

Written from the agenda posted before the meeting. It says what was up for a decision, not what was decided.

At this special meeting the council will consider appointing Laura K. McDevitt of Williams, Box, Forshee & Bullard, P.C. as acting city attorney. It will also consider a contract with her and the firm worth up to $40,000.00, after a closed-door executive session on the job.

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    The council will meet in private to discuss hiring an acting city attorney, which state law allows.

    As written on the agenda

    Executive Session to Discuss the Employment of the Acting City Attorney as Authorized Pursuant to 25 O. S. Section 307(B)(1).

  2. 3

    The council will consider appointing Laura K. McDevitt, a lawyer with the firm Williams, Box, Forshee & Bullard, P.C., as Edmond's acting city attorney.

    Williams, Box, Forshee & Bullard, P.C.

    As written on the agenda

    Discussion and Consideration of Appointing Laura K. McDevitt, with Williams, Box, Forshee & Bullard, P.C., as Acting City Attorney.

  3. 4

    The council will consider approving a contract of up to $40,000.00 with Laura K. McDevitt and Williams, Box, Forshee & Bullard, P.C. for her to serve as acting city attorney.

    $40,000.00 Laura K. McDevittWilliams, Box, Forshee & Bullard, P.C.

    As written on the agenda

    Discussion and Consideration of Approval of Contract with Laura K. McDevitt and Williams, Box, Forshee & Bullard, P.C. to Provide Services as Acting City Attorney; Up to $40,000.00.

2 procedural items — call to order, minutes, adjournment and the like
  1. 1 The mayor will open the meeting.
  2. 5 The meeting will end.

The original agenda is the official record; if anything here differs, the agenda is correct.

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