OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma County judge Wednesday ruled the state’s wildlife commission wrongly withheld a severance agreement involving the departure of its former director and must make it available to the public.
Oklahoma County District Court Judge Don Andrews ordered the state’s Wildlife Conservation Commission to release the severance agreement it entered into with former Director J.D. Strong to Oklahoma Voice. Strong received $169,341 in severance when he resigned.
Andrews ruled the agreement is a public record and must be released under the state’s open records law. The record had not been released as of Thursday afternoon…