Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-1-102: Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Municipal Code:

1. "Charter municipality" or "Municipality governed by charter"

means any municipality which has adopted a charter in accordance

with the provisions of the Constitution and laws of Oklahoma and at

the time of adoption of the charter had a population of two thousand

(2,000) or more. Once a municipal charter has been adopted and

approved, it becomes the organic law of the municipality in all

matters pertaining to the local government of the municipality and

prevails over state law on matters relating to purely municipal

concerns;

2. "City" means a municipality which has incorporated as a city

in accordance with the laws of this state;

3. "Governing body" or "Municipal governing body" means the

city council of a city, the board of trustees of a town, or the

legislative body of a municipality, as it may be defined by

applicable law or charter provision;

4. "Mayor" means the official head of the municipal government

as defined by applicable law or charter provision. The mayor is the

presiding officer of the governing body in all statutory forms of

municipal government, and is the chief executive officer in cities

having the statutory aldermanic and statutory strong-mayor-council

forms of city government;

5. "Municipality" means any incorporated city or town;

6. "Officer or official" means any person who is elected to an

office in municipal government or is appointed to fill an unexpired

term of an elected office, and the clerk and the treasurer whether

elected or appointed. When "officer" or "official" is modified by a

term which refers to a personnel position or duty, the holder of the

position or duty is not an officer or official of the municipality

for any purpose;

7. "Ordinance" means a formal legislative act of a municipal

governing body which has the force and effect of a continuing

regulation and a permanent rule of conduct or government for the

municipality;

8. "Publish" or "Publication" means printing in a newspaper

which:

a. maintains an office in the municipality and is

of general circulation in the municipality. If there is no such

newspaper, then in any newspaper which is of general circulation in

the municipality; and

b. meets the requirements of a legal newspaper as

provided in Section 106 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

If there is no newspaper meeting the requirements as

provided for in this paragraph, the term publish or publication

shall mean posting a copy of the item to be published in ten or more

public places in the municipality. When a notice is required to be

published for a prescribed period of time, publishing the notice one

(1) day each week during the prescribed period of publication is

sufficient in accordance with Section 103 of Title 25 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

9. "Quorum" means a majority of all the members of the

governing body, board, or commission, including vacant positions;

10. "Registered voter" means any person who is a qualified

elector, as defined by the provisions of Section 1 of Article III of

the Oklahoma Constitution, who resides within the limits of a

municipality and who has registered to vote in the precinct of his

residence;

11. "Resident" means a person whose actual dwelling or primary

residence is located within the corporate limits of the

municipality;

12. "Resolution" means a special or temporary act of a

municipal governing body which is declaratory of the will or opinion

of a municipality in a given matter and is in the nature of a

ministerial or administrative act. A resolution is not a law and

does not prescribe a permanent rule of conduct or government; and

13. "Town" means a municipality which has incorporated as a

town in accordance with the laws of Oklahoma.