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Afton Board Removes Trustees

 The Afton Board of Trustees votes to remove three trustees from banking documents during an emergency town meeting yesterday.

 The board voted 4-0 to remove Rebecca Collins and Mike Nelson from the community’s banking documents, and voted 3-0 in favor of removing Jason Spear from signing banking documents. The board also voted 3-1 in favor of requesting Nelson and Spear to step down from their elected positions.

 According to Mayor Kristi McChurin, if Nelson and Spear do not resign, city leaders will submit documentation to District Attorney Doug Pewitt to file an ouster to remove them from their elected positions.

 A petition with fifty signatures seeks to oust the men because of lack of trust.

 Collins was terminated December 27th as Afton office manager following criticism of her bookkeeping practices, but was kept as the town’s office manager.

 The city has 60 days to fill Collins’s elected position.

 The decision to fire Collins and ask for resignations comes after the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation served a search warrant at Afton City Hall days before Christmas.


No arrests have been made; no charges have been filed.

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