The City of Warr Acres has provided an online method for people to pay their traffic tickets. Through an agreement with  TrafficPayment.com citizens may now pay their tickets online instead of mailing payment or coming in to the Court Clerk's office. Online payments are typically available 24hours a day, and may be made with most common credit card and some debit cards. Payments may also be made via telephone by calling TrafficPayment.com at 1-800-444-1187.

This is a courtesy notice to all Utility customers with delinquent accounts. On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 the City Council passed an Ordinance that allows bills turned over to collections to be assessed a 35% collection fee. To avoid having your delinquent bill sent to collections and assessed the 35% fee you have until October 10, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. to come to City Hall and pay IN FULL your account. You will continue to be charged for current monthly services; only the amount that was past due will be sent to collections, so this gives you an opportunity to start fresh.

Warr Acres now has a locked drop-off box located in its police station lobby for prescription pill disposal. The lobby is open 24 hours a day and is located on the south side of the City Hall complex. The units are provided free to municipalities. Chief Roger Patty and Lt. Hugh Osborne worked hard to get this box for us through the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. For those of you who have lost loved ones, and have unused prescriptions to dispose of, this is great. This medicine will not go into the landfill or down the toilet to ultimately end up in our water supply. You cannot throw away liquids,syringes, glass or inhalers. Correctly disposing of prescriptions will also keep kids from finding and misusing these unused or expired prescriptions. In 2010 over 700 people died from drug over doses due to drugs found in family medicine cabinets. I can't imagine the grief those parents and grandparents feel. The drugs are collected from the disposal boxes and burned. So far this year the drug enforcement teams have disposed of over a ton (2000 pounds) of pills and pain patches. Drug enforcement is currently working on a program to purchase locking safes for people on fixed incomes. They are seeking onations for this program. Each safe cost $100.00. This would be a great project for a church or organization to raise money to help keep drugs out of the hands of young people. For more information view a recent broadcast on KFOR's web site CLICK HERE.

The Warr Acres Police Department reminds you to buckle up for safety. Seatbelts save over 13,000 lives every year, and is the single most effective thing you can do to protect yourself in a crash. Air bags are designed to work with seatbelts, not to replace them. Fit matters, so make sure you are properly wearing your seatbelt, and make sure everyone in the vehicle is wearing their seatbelt. For more information visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration web site.

The City has partnered with PublicSurplus.com for auction sales of surplus equipment. These items have been declared surplus by the City and are available for civilians and City employees to bid on The items will be updated as often as necessary to provide for the quickest process to remove surplus City property. If you are interested in bidding CLICK HERE to visit the site.

First and foremost stay tuned to radio and television for up to the minute weather information.  Have a safety plan for where ever you might be.  Know where safe rooms or shelters are located in you workplace or school.  Think through and practice your plan in advance so all family members know what to do.  When Warning Sirens are sounded DO NOT get in your car and drive to City Hall or City Park Storm Shelters.  These shelters are intended for those persons that are out in the parks or driving down the street when the sirens sound.  Know where the closest safe room or shelter is to where you are.  Get to know your neighbors and find out if they have storm shelters that you may be able to go to in the event of a tornado.  Every year people get in their cars and drive to City Hall and find no room in the shelter, this puts you in more danger.