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Claudia Conner

Thu, Feb 6, 2020 6:10 PM

Yesterday was a weather event. Coming from the State, the Dept. of Public Safety and Governor send notices to employees about weather closures. This can be county by county or area wide. However, I don't think Cities ever close. A friend that works at OKC told me OKC has not closed in 17 years and others here have told me Bethany closed only once in about 20 years due to no power. Bethany ordinances requires the City Clerk to have City Hall open 8-5 Mon -Fri, bit that assumes no emergency.

I'm just wondering if that's all cities and the origin of that.

Claudia Conner
Bethany City Attorney
6700 NW 36th
Bethany, OK 73008

Yesterday was a weather event. Coming from the State, the Dept. of Public Safety and Governor send notices to employees about weather closures. This can be county by county or area wide. However, I don't think Cities ever close. A friend that works at OKC told me OKC has not closed in 17 years and others here have told me Bethany closed only once in about 20 years due to no power. Bethany ordinances requires the City Clerk to have City Hall open 8-5 Mon -Fri, bit that assumes no emergency. I'm just wondering if that's all cities and the origin of that. Claudia Conner Bethany City Attorney 6700 NW 36th Bethany, OK 73008

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Rick Knighton

Thu, Feb 6, 2020 6:16 PM

We closed once for ½ a day. Everyone who came in was given 4 hours of admin leave for that afternoon. Those who did not come in were required to use 8 hours of vacation. One of our labor unions argued that it was unfair for those that did not come in to be charged 8 hours of vacation - i.e., the should only be required to use 4 hours of vacation and should be given 4 hours of admin leave for the afternoon. Although he vehemently disagreed, the city manager finally relented. And then vowed that we would never close again.

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From: Oama oama-bounces@lists.imla.org On Behalf Of Claudia Conner
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 12:10 PM
To: oama@lists.imla.org
Subject: EXTERNAL EMAIL : [Oama] Weather

Yesterday was a weather event. Coming from the State, the Dept. of Public Safety and Governor send notices to employees about weather closures. This can be county by county or area wide. However, I don't think Cities ever close. A friend that works at OKC told me OKC has not closed in 17 years and others here have told me Bethany closed only once in about 20 years due to no power. Bethany ordinances requires the City Clerk to have City Hall open 8-5 Mon -Fri, bit that assumes no emergency.

I'm just wondering if that's all cities and the origin of that.

Claudia Conner
Bethany City Attorney
6700 NW 36th
Bethany, OK 73008

We closed once for ½ a day. Everyone who came in was given 4 hours of admin leave for that afternoon. Those who did not come in were required to use 8 hours of vacation. One of our labor unions argued that it was unfair for those that did not come in to be charged 8 hours of vacation - i.e., the should only be required to use 4 hours of vacation and should be given 4 hours of admin leave for the afternoon. Although he vehemently disagreed, the city manager finally relented. And then vowed that we would never close again. Rickey J. Knighton II | Assistant City Attorney | City of Norman 201 West Gray | P.O. Box 370 | Norman, Oklahoma 73070 ' 405.217.7700 | 6 405.366.5425 | * rick.knighton@normanok.gov<mailto:rick.knighton@normanok.gov> | þ www.normanok.gov<http://www.normanok.gov/> This e-mail is the property of the City Attorney's office, City of Norman, Oklahoma, and the information contained in this e-mail is protected by the attorney-client and/or the attorney work product privilege. It is intended only for the use of the individual named above and the privileges are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by e-mail. If the person actually receiving this message or any other reader of the message is not the named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of the communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us and return the original message. From: Oama <oama-bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Claudia Conner Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 12:10 PM To: oama@lists.imla.org Subject: EXTERNAL EMAIL : [Oama] Weather Yesterday was a weather event. Coming from the State, the Dept. of Public Safety and Governor send notices to employees about weather closures. This can be county by county or area wide. However, I don't think Cities ever close. A friend that works at OKC told me OKC has not closed in 17 years and others here have told me Bethany closed only once in about 20 years due to no power. Bethany ordinances requires the City Clerk to have City Hall open 8-5 Mon -Fri, bit that assumes no emergency. I'm just wondering if that's all cities and the origin of that. Claudia Conner Bethany City Attorney 6700 NW 36th Bethany, OK 73008

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Claudia Conner

Thu, Feb 6, 2020 6:20 PM

That's the argument given to me by an ex-policeman now working for the City on a different capacity. The unions would negotiate that leave issue at contract time. Hearing your story, I he might have been correct.

From: Rick Knighton Rick.Knighton@NormanOK.gov
Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 12:17 PM
To: Claudia Conner claudia.conner@bethanyok.org; oama@lists.imla.org
Subject: External SourceRE: Weather

We closed once for ½ a day. Everyone who came in was given 4 hours of admin leave for that afternoon. Those who did not come in were required to use 8 hours of vacation. One of our labor unions argued that it was unfair for those that did not come in to be charged 8 hours of vacation - i.e., the should only be required to use 4 hours of vacation and should be given 4 hours of admin leave for the afternoon. Although he vehemently disagreed, the city manager finally relented. And then vowed that we would never close again.

This e-mail is the property of the City Attorney's office, City of Norman, Oklahoma, and the information contained in this e-mail is protected by the attorney-client and/or the attorney work product privilege. It is intended only for the use of the individual named above and the privileges are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by e-mail. If the person actually receiving this message or any other reader of the message is not the named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of the communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us and return the original message.

From: Oama <oama-bounces@lists.imla.org mailto:oama-bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Claudia Conner
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 12:10 PM
To: oama@lists.imla.org mailto:oama@lists.imla.org
Subject: EXTERNAL EMAIL : [Oama] Weather

Yesterday was a weather event. Coming from the State, the Dept. of Public Safety and Governor send notices to employees about weather closures. This can be county by county or area wide. However, I don't think Cities ever close. A friend that works at OKC told me OKC has not closed in 17 years and others here have told me Bethany closed only once in about 20 years due to no power. Bethany ordinances requires the City Clerk to have City Hall open 8-5 Mon -Fri, bit that assumes no emergency.

I'm just wondering if that's all cities and the origin of that.

Claudia Conner
Bethany City Attorney
6700 NW 36th
Bethany, OK 73008

That's the argument given to me by an ex-policeman now working for the City on a different capacity. The unions would negotiate that leave issue at contract time. Hearing your story, I he might have been correct. From: Rick Knighton <Rick.Knighton@NormanOK.gov> Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 12:17 PM To: Claudia Conner <claudia.conner@bethanyok.org>; oama@lists.imla.org Subject: *External Source*RE: Weather We closed once for ½ a day. Everyone who came in was given 4 hours of admin leave for that afternoon. Those who did not come in were required to use 8 hours of vacation. One of our labor unions argued that it was unfair for those that did not come in to be charged 8 hours of vacation - i.e., the should only be required to use 4 hours of vacation and should be given 4 hours of admin leave for the afternoon. Although he vehemently disagreed, the city manager finally relented. And then vowed that we would never close again. Rickey J. Knighton II | Assistant City Attorney | City of Norman 201 West Gray | P.O. Box 370 | Norman, Oklahoma 73070 ' 405.217.7700 | 6 405.366.5425 | * rick.knighton@normanok.gov<mailto:rick.knighton@normanok.gov> | þ www.normanok.gov<http://www.normanok.gov/> This e-mail is the property of the City Attorney's office, City of Norman, Oklahoma, and the information contained in this e-mail is protected by the attorney-client and/or the attorney work product privilege. It is intended only for the use of the individual named above and the privileges are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by e-mail. If the person actually receiving this message or any other reader of the message is not the named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of the communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us and return the original message. From: Oama <oama-bounces@lists.imla.org<mailto:oama-bounces@lists.imla.org>> On Behalf Of Claudia Conner Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 12:10 PM To: oama@lists.imla.org<mailto:oama@lists.imla.org> Subject: EXTERNAL EMAIL : [Oama] Weather Yesterday was a weather event. Coming from the State, the Dept. of Public Safety and Governor send notices to employees about weather closures. This can be county by county or area wide. However, I don't think Cities ever close. A friend that works at OKC told me OKC has not closed in 17 years and others here have told me Bethany closed only once in about 20 years due to no power. Bethany ordinances requires the City Clerk to have City Hall open 8-5 Mon -Fri, bit that assumes no emergency. I'm just wondering if that's all cities and the origin of that. Claudia Conner Bethany City Attorney 6700 NW 36th Bethany, OK 73008

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Heather Poole

Thu, Feb 6, 2020 7:45 PM

Midwest City likewise hardly ever closes for weather, we did not close
yesterday, though our Juvenile Court docket yesterday was continued.

Rick Knighton Rick.Knighton@NormanOK.gov 2/6/2020 12:16 PM >>>

We closed once for ½ a day. Everyone who came in was given 4 hours of
admin leave for that afternoon. Those who did not come in were required
to use 8 hours of vacation. One of our labor unions argued that it was
unfair for those that did not come in to be charged 8 hours of vacation ‑
i.e., the should only be required to use 4 hours of vacation and should
be given 4 hours of admin leave for the afternoon. Although he
vehemently disagreed, the city manager finally relented. And then vowed
that we would never close again.

This e‑mail is the property of the City Attorney's office, City of
Norman, Oklahoma, and the information contained in this e‑mail is
protected by the attorney‑client and/or the attorney work product
privilege. It is intended only for the use of the individual named above
and the privileges are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by
e‑mail. If the person actually receiving this message or any other
reader of the message is not the named recipient or the employee or
agent responsible to deliver it to the named recipient, any use,
dissemination, distribution, or copying of the communication is strictly
prohibited. If you have received this e‑mail in error, please
immediately notify us and return the original message.

From: Oama <oama‑bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Claudia Conner
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 12:10 PM
To: oama@lists.imla.org
Subject: EXTERNAL EMAIL : [Oama] Weather

Yesterday was a weather event. Coming from the State, the Dept. of
Public Safety and Governor send notices to employees about weather
closures. This can be county by county or area wide. However, I don't
think Cities ever close. A friend that works at OKC told me OKC has not
closed in 17 years and others here have told me Bethany closed only once
in about 20 years due to no power. Bethany ordinances requires the City
Clerk to have City Hall open 8‑5 Mon ‑Fri, bit that assumes no
emergency.

I'm just wondering if that's all cities and the origin of that.

Claudia Conner
Bethany City Attorney
6700 NW 36th
Bethany, OK 73008

Midwest City likewise hardly ever closes for weather, we did not close yesterday, though our Juvenile Court docket yesterday was continued. >>> Rick Knighton <Rick.Knighton@NormanOK.gov> 2/6/2020 12:16 PM >>> We closed once for ½ a day. Everyone who came in was given 4 hours of admin leave for that afternoon. Those who did not come in were required to use 8 hours of vacation. One of our labor unions argued that it was unfair for those that did not come in to be charged 8 hours of vacation ‑ i.e., the should only be required to use 4 hours of vacation and should be given 4 hours of admin leave for the afternoon. Although he vehemently disagreed, the city manager finally relented. And then vowed that we would never close again. Rickey J. Knighton II | Assistant City Attorney | City of Norman 201 West Gray | P.O. Box 370 | Norman, Oklahoma 73070 ' 405.217.7700 | 6 405.366.5425 | * rick.knighton@normanok.gov<mailto:rick.knighton@normanok.gov> | þ www.normanok.gov<http://www.normanok.gov/> This e‑mail is the property of the City Attorney's office, City of Norman, Oklahoma, and the information contained in this e‑mail is protected by the attorney‑client and/or the attorney work product privilege. It is intended only for the use of the individual named above and the privileges are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by e‑mail. If the person actually receiving this message or any other reader of the message is not the named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of the communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e‑mail in error, please immediately notify us and return the original message. From: Oama <oama‑bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Claudia Conner Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 12:10 PM To: oama@lists.imla.org Subject: EXTERNAL EMAIL : [Oama] Weather Yesterday was a weather event. Coming from the State, the Dept. of Public Safety and Governor send notices to employees about weather closures. This can be county by county or area wide. However, I don't think Cities ever close. A friend that works at OKC told me OKC has not closed in 17 years and others here have told me Bethany closed only once in about 20 years due to no power. Bethany ordinances requires the City Clerk to have City Hall open 8‑5 Mon ‑Fri, bit that assumes no emergency. I'm just wondering if that's all cities and the origin of that. Claudia Conner Bethany City Attorney 6700 NW 36th Bethany, OK 73008