The Muskogee City Council voted to rescind its annexation ordinance that affects Polaris Technology. The city will now start the process over.

This is the city’s third attempt at annexing land where Polaris sits, and the company says it’s because the city keeps making mistakes.

The cryptocurrency data mining facility has been operating at the industrial park for two years.

During Monday night’s meeting, the city council acknowledged it made a “technical error” in its original filing, so the council voted to rescind the annexation. It then voted to reinstate it and start from scratch.

The annexation means Polaris would have to pay a 3 percent tax to the city, which the company is against.

The company spokesman says they thought the city was rescinding the annexation to negotiate a fair

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