A County Commissioner’s duties are more than overseeing the county highway system and presiding over the governing board of the county. The duties can vary from county to county and even district to district within the county. Below is a week full of meetings and duties.
Monday
- 6:30am – Men’s Bible study at Journey Church
- 1:00pm – Board of County Commissioners meeting
- 4:00pm – House Appropriations & Budget Committee meeting, HB2954 legislation that I crafted with Representative Cockroft that creates a revolving fund for counties to convert county pickup fleets to CNG fueled vehicles. I was called on to answer questions from several Representatives. The bill passed out of committee without debate 18-4.
- 6:30pm – Cleveland County Fair Board dinner in recognition of Dick Kortemeier for his 22 years of service on the Fair Board
- 7:00pm – Cleveland County Fair Board meeting
Tuesday
- 8:00am – Meeting with the University of Oklahoma to discuss partnerships between the county and the University of Oklahoma.
- 10:30am – Association of County Commissioners (ACCO) district 5 meeting; County Commissioners from Logan, Oklahoma, Cleveland, McClain, Garvin and Murray Counties.
- 11:00am – Circuit Engineering District 5 meeting; Counties of Logan, Oklahoma, Cleveland, McClain, Garvin and Murray Counties for programing transportation and engineering services.
- 1:15pm – Meeting with President Pro-Tem Senator Bingman about legislation concerning changing the property tax millage for safe-rooms in schools.
- 2:30pm – Meeting at Attorney General’s office with the attorney litigating against the Affordable Care Act about the affects of the ACA on counties in Oklahoma. The impending increase cost to counties.
- 4:00pm – I sit on the counties of Oklahoma Self Insurance Group and Self Insurance Fund boards. We were meeting to review the by-laws and articles of establishments.
Wednesday
- 7:30am – Association of County Commissioners (ACCO) legislative breakfast, each Wednesday during session the legislators are invited to eat breakfast at the association’s office.
- 10:00am – Oklahoma Self Insurance Group and Self Insurance Fund board meetings
- 1:00pm – Association of County Commissioners board meeting
- 3:00pm – Meeting in the district
Thursday
- 9:00am – Central Oklahoma Workforce Investment Board, I am the Local Elected Official that oversees the Workforce Investment Board.
- 9:00am – Safety Conference (ACCO)
- 10:30am – Meeting with Bancfirst about county bank accounts
- 1:00pm – Association of Central Oklahoma Governments board meetings (911, Transportation, General Board, and Garber Wellington)
- 3:00pm – Oklahoma Red Ribbon Celebration and Awards Ceremony at the Jim Thorpe Sports Hall of Fame.
- 6:30pm – Meeting with architect about county projects and feasibility study
Friday
- 9:00am – ACCO Safety conference
- Prepare crews and equipment for forecasted winter weather coming in on Sunday