DEL CITY — Members of Del City’s city council voted Thursday to allocate money to explore “any and all legal remedies” the suburban community might pursue to keep a new Oklahoma County jail away from 1901 E Grand.
Council members’ unanimous approval of the resolution came as county commissioners continue to evaluate the property as the jail’s possible new home and after Del City’s mayor reported Midwest City’s city council adopted a resolution the same evening opposing the same property as a jail location.
Del City’s resolution did not include a specified dollar amount, but council members told about 60 people who attended their meeting they aren’t waiting for Oklahoma County to make a jail location decision before starting their fight.
“I am going to fight to my last breath for Del City,” Ward 4 Councilman Scott Tatom said.
Ward 3 Councilmember Claudia Browne told residents she believes the 1901 E Grand area of Oklahoma City has been badly neglected for generations.
“This is called for because we aren’t getting heard (by all of the county commissioners),” Browne said.