the county must move forward with the project to comply with requirements within the
economic development agreement between the city, the Norman Tax Increment Finance Authority and the
OU Foundation.
“When petitioners appealed the District Court’s ruling, they did not request injunctive relief from the Supreme Court barring enforcement of the District Court’s ruling, which, if granted, would have re-frozen the City’s ordinance,” Smuzynski wrote.
Smuzynski wrote that while public comment is an important part of county commissioners meetings, it is not typically included in the structure of authority meetings.
Cynthia Rogers, OU economics professor and petitioner to bring the project to a public vote, said city officials are better at listening to the public’s opinion regarding the project than the board of commissioners.