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Oct 29, 2024 · Pawhuska's city manager says improved expense control has been driving better financial numbers for the early months of the 2024-25 fiscal year, but financial uncertainties remain because the city has not yet had an audit for the two previous fiscal years, 2022-23 and 2023-24.. City Manager Jerry Eubanks provided the City Council with figures showing that first quarter expenditures for the ...

Dec 31, 2024 · For residents of the Pawhuska area, 2024 brought both change and surprises. Here are the stories that caught resident's attention in 2024. Scandal in Pawhuska Police Department results in termination of chief, officer The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation in September ...

Jun 17, 2024 · “This is not a quick fix,” Jones said, referring to city government’s efforts to remedy financial problems. She has been deeply involved in the drafting of the proposed budget, which calls for less General Fund spending than in 2023-24, as well as personnel reductions.

Oct 21, 2024 · Jones also commented in the Oct.15 meeting that the Pawhuska general fund has run a deficit for at least three years. Earlier in calendar year 2024 the Council approved a measure to allow the expenditure of restricted revenue funds to …

Sep 19, 2024 · Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation looks into Pawhuska. The Journal-Capital confirmed the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation had launched an investigation at the request of Osage County District Attorney Mike Fisher.. The "target" of the OSBI investigation was unclear, Hennesy's lawyers said.But they alleged it directly involves the city manager's handling of the internal investigation ...

Jun 24, 2024 · Eubanks told the Council on June 20 that he had changed the mathematical/financial basis for the alternative proposal. He effectively simplified it by making the effort to save jobs and preserve public service levels contingent on the transfer during the 2024-25 fiscal year of $1.2 million of electric utility sales revenues to the General Fund.

Oct 7, 2024 · Eubanks was in the process Oct. 3 of preparing a report for city councilors on the first three months of fiscal year 2024-2025. He told the Pawhuska Journal-Capital that at the end of August, two months into the fiscal year, the city was about $340,000 in …