Tar Creek trust violated meeting act, Oklahoma high court rules

The state Supreme Court said the trust involved in the federal relocation plan for residents of Tar Creek should not have allowed appraisers and the state's secretary of the environment in a closed meeting.

BY MICHAEL MCNUTT | Published: June 23, 2010 Comment on this article

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The high court sent the open meeting matter back to Ottawa County District Court for the judge to decide whether the violation was willful and whether residents should be allowed to see records of the executive session of the Lead-Impacted Communities Relocation Assistance Trust.

Larry Roberts, trust operations manager, declined to comment Tuesday on the ruling.

Johnny and Patty LaFalier and Missy Beets sought class status for residents whose buyout payments were reduced because they were paid by their private insurance carrier or the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a 2008 tornado. They claimed they had signed a contract for the purchase of their property; their property was damaged by the tornado, and the insurance payment they received on the property was deducted from the relocation assistance offer.

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