Larry Shafer

Policy leadership and the city manager

Collinsville describes its government as council-manager. Its elected governing body makes policy, passes ordinances, votes appropriations and exercises overall supervision. The mayor is a member and presiding officer and performs ceremonial duties. The council appoints a city manager to supervise operations and implement adopted policy under a contract specifying responsibilities. This places Shafer at the head of public meetings while reserving day-to-day administration to the manager. A mayor’s presence at a meeting should also be distinguished from an individual vote: the minutes identify who actually voted on each motion.

Career & public service

1. 1975–1979

   University attendance

   Self-reported attendance at Oral Roberts University.

   Larry Shafer professional profile ↗
2. 2004

   Chamber presidency

   Contemporary local coverage identifies him as chamber president.

   cvilleok: Main Street awards ↗
3. January2012

   Ward III service

   Local reporting identifies the new commissioner.

   cvilleok: New Ward III commissioner ↗
4. February2020

   Mayoral election

   Reported winner of the February11 election.

   cvilleok: Larry Shafer wins mayor race ↗
5. June2025

   Budget hearing

   Presided over the budget hearing and commission meeting.

   June2,2025 City Commission minutes ↗
6. September2026

   Current public roles

   City agendas identify him as mayor and municipal-authority chair.

   September21,2026 City Commission agenda ↗September21,2026 Municipal Authority agenda ↗

People, institutions and the relationships between them

Following the connections

Each step below represents a documented relationship. Dates and roles belong to the individual links; a path can span different periods.

Documented relationships

6 documented relationships · Historical and current roles remain distinct.

What the June 2025 minutes establish

Shafer presided over the June 2, 2025 meeting and opened and closed the hearing on the proposed 2025–2026 general-fund budget. The commission approved the budget and an EMS fee increase, renewed the city manager’s contract for two years, and appointed Shelley Nachtigall to the Ward I vacancy. The recorded affirmative votes on these actions name commissioners Joe Sagi, Bob Firth and Danny Stanley. They do not name Shafer as an affirmative voter. These minutes document decisions made during his mayoralty and his role as presiding officer; they should not be converted into claims that he personally cast those votes or unilaterally made the appointments.

A mayor across three governing settings

Larry Shafer is mayor of Collinsville, chair of the Collinsville Municipal Authority and the city’s INCOG board representative. The city’s September 21, 2026 agendas identify him in the first two capacities, while INCOG publishes the regional membership. The titles describe separate public roles. The City Commission considers municipal policy and land-use decisions; the authority meets separately with its own trustee agenda; the regional board connects Collinsville with other local and tribal governments. The records do not establish that Shafer individually controls any of these bodies.

From Ward III to the mayoralty

Local reporting identified Shafer as a new Ward III commissioner in January 2012. The city’s biography describes eight years in that office before his election as mayor on February 11, 2020. The local news site cvilleok reported a 298–289 victory over Jerry Garrett and a transition scheduled for May. Shafer’s professional profile similarly dates his mayoral service from May 2020. The official biography still displays a May 2026 term date, so this profile relies on the later September agendas to establish his continuing role rather than treating that old date as an expiration that necessarily ended his service.

Accounting and civic leadership

The city biography credits Shafer with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and more than forty years in the financial industry. His professional profile lists Oral Roberts University attendance in 1975–1979. These sources describe his background; neither establishes an independently verified graduation date here. His profile also reports Collinsville Chamber of Commerce board service from 2002 to 2007 and the presidency in 2004. The 2004 presidency is corroborated by contemporary local coverage of a Main Street awards event. Those connections place his public career alongside local business advocacy without establishing ownership of a bank or other company.

Earlier planning and nonprofit work

Shafer reports serving on Collinsville’s Vision 2025 committee in 2004–2007 and its comprehensive-planning committee in 2005–2007. He describes those as advisory roles involving capital projects and long-range planning. He also reports serving as a board member and secretary-treasurer of Standing In The Gap from September 2000 through December 2013, with accounting and administrative responsibilities. These are dated self-descriptions, not claims of current positions. Separately, the city’s economic-development roster lists him with a term ending January 1, 2024; that page supports a historical connection but is insufficient to establish a current authority seat.

A continuing agenda of land use and civic participation

The September 21, 2026 commission agenda scheduled a library presentation on the Mayor’s Reading Challenge, consideration of a city property sale and review of an outdoor-advertising site plan. That combination illustrates the range of matters brought before the body Shafer presides over: civic programs, public assets and development regulation. An agenda establishes that an item was proposed for consideration, not how members voted or whether a sale closed. The municipal-authority agenda for the same date lists Shafer as chair alongside four trustees, underscoring the separate meeting record needed to follow the authority’s decisions.

Check the record

Sources & corrections

Research checked 2026-10-29. Roles and financial figures retain their source dates. Sections appear only when supported material is available; an omitted section is not a finding that no such relationship exists.

1. INCOG board roster ↗

   primary · Source date 2026-08-17 · Checked 2026-10-25

   Direct October25 retrieval: August17,2026 roster lists vice-chair Chris Benge, Tulsa County. Distinct from Christian Bengel.

2. City of Collinsville: Larry Shafer ↗

   primary · Checked 2026-10-29

   Biography and education; portrait names Larry Shafer. Displayed May2,2026 term is not used as current-term evidence.

3. Collinsville government structure ↗

   primary · Checked 2026-10-29

   Council-manager powers, mayor as member/presiding officer, manager appointed by council.

4. September21,2026 City Commission agenda ↗

   primary · Source date 2026-09-21 · Checked 2026-10-29

   Page1: Mayor Larry Shafer; items3,7,8. Original scanned PDF visually inspected.

5. September21,2026 Municipal Authority agenda ↗

   primary · Source date 2026-09-21 · Checked 2026-10-29

   Page1: Chairman Larry Shafer and four trustees; consent agenda. Original scanned PDF visually inspected.

6. June2,2025 City Commission minutes ↗

   primary · Source date 2025-06-02 · Checked 2026-10-29

   All five scanned pages visually inspected. Pages1–2 hearing/budget/EMS; page4 manager contract and appointments; page5 signature. Shafer not named among affirmative votes.

7. cvilleok: Larry Shafer wins mayor race ↗

   independent-reporting · Source date 2020-02-11 · Checked 2026-10-29

   Indexed local reporting: February11,2020 result298–289 over Jerry Garrett; planned May transition. Direct archive SSL verification failed; no bypass.

8. cvilleok: New Ward III commissioner ↗

   independent-reporting · Source date 2012-01-16 · Checked 2026-10-29

   Indexed local report on January16,2012 appointment; recycling firm and prior bank employment unnamed. Direct archive SSL verification failed.

9. cvilleok: Main Street awards ↗

   independent-reporting · Source date 2004-04-30 · Checked 2026-10-29

   Indexed April30,2004 report identifies Larry Shafer as Collinsville Chamber president at April27 event. Direct archive SSL verification failed.

10. Larry Shafer professional profile ↗

    self-description · Source date 2026 · Checked 2026-10-29

    Indexed self-description: ORU1975–79; councilJan2012–May2020; chamber2002–07/president2004; Standing In The Gap2000–13. Direct page inaccessible.

11. Collinsville Economic Development Authority roster ↗

    primary · Checked 2026-10-29

    Larry Shafer listed with term expirationJanuary1,2024; historical observation only, no current membership claim.