Fellow Attorneys: In a couple of my towns/cities, a council member re-filed to serve another term, and did not receive an opponent, so the Election Board office mailed the Certificate of Election to City Hall.Doesn't this person take a new Oath on an Agenda to begin the new term?   Or... can the person simply continue under their former Oath from their past term?  (I think not.) Thanks so much, Kay WallEufaula(918.689.7737 office)

New election. New term. New oath. At least that is how we do it in Mustang. Jonathan E. Miller City Attorney City of Mustang 1501 N. Mustang Road Mustang, Oklahoma 73064 Telephone: (405) 376-7746 Facsimile: (405) 376-7721 This email is sent by the City Attorney and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the email and any attachments. If you are a and officer, employee or agent of the City of Mustang, you should not share this email with others. Sharing this email may result in a loss of the attorney-client privilege. From: Kay Robbins Wall <lkrw@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 3:49 PM To: OAMA Luistserv <oama@lists.imla.org> Subject: [Oama] new oath for new term if no opponent? Fellow Attorneys: In a couple of my towns/cities, a council member re-filed to serve another term, and did not receive an opponent, so the Election Board office mailed the Certificate of Election to City Hall. Doesn't this person take a new Oath on an Agenda to begin the new term? Or... can the person simply continue under their former Oath from their past term? (I think not.) Thanks so much, Kay Wall Eufaula (918.689.7737 office)

Concur with Jon - per 8-103 they take the oath before starting the duties of the office. The previous oath was for the previous term. Seems silly but it is legally a new term of office. If it helps - think of this - council member takes the oath, serves a term, rotates off and then, a full cycle later, runs again and wins. We’d assuredly make that person take a new oath, right? The continuity in office isn’t the issue so much as it being a new term. Sent from Matt’s iPhone > On Apr 20, 2023, at 9:51 PM, Jon Miller <JMiller@cityofmustang.org> wrote: > >  > New election. New term. New oath. At least that is how we do it in Mustang. > > Jonathan E. Miller > City Attorney > City of Mustang > 1501 N. Mustang Road > Mustang, Oklahoma 73064 > Telephone: (405) 376-7746 > Facsimile: (405) 376-7721 > > > This email is sent by the City Attorney and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the email and any attachments. If you are a and officer, employee or agent of the City of Mustang, you should not share this email with others. Sharing this email may result in a loss of the attorney-client privilege. > > > > > From: Kay Robbins Wall <lkrw@sbcglobal.net> > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 3:49 PM > To: OAMA Luistserv <oama@lists.imla.org> > Subject: [Oama] new oath for new term if no opponent? > > Fellow Attorneys: In a couple of my towns/cities, a council member re-filed to serve another term, and did not receive an opponent, so the Election Board office mailed the Certificate of Election to C > sophospsmartbannerend > Fellow Attorneys: > > In a couple of my towns/cities, a council member re-filed to serve another term, and did not receive an opponent, so the Election Board office mailed the Certificate of Election to City Hall. > Doesn't this person take a new Oath on an Agenda to begin the new term? > > Or... can the person simply continue under their former Oath from their past term? (I think not.) > > Thanks so much, > > Kay Wall > Eufaula > (918.689.7737 office) > -- > Oama mailing list -- oama@lists.imla.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oama-leave@lists.imla.org