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All three Alfalfa County commissioners attended their meeting on Monday morning. Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross, joined by county clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger, took care of the routine items, approving previous meeting minutes, maintenance and operation warrants for payment, and blanket purchase orders. There were a few road-crossing permits: three for District 2, totaling $1,847.75, and one for District 1, totaling $500. Next, the three men signed the juvenile detention services agreement by and between Oklahoma Juvenile Justice...
Alfalfa County commissioners Garret Johnson and Mike Roach manned the meeting this week without Nate Ross. The two men were joined by County Clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger and got started by handling the usual orders of business: minutes, blanket purchase orders, maintenance and operation warrants for payment. After that, they signed the County's financial statement for the fiscal year that just ended June 30, followed by approving authorized signers at Gateway Bank for the Payroll Tax and County...
The Alfalfa County commissioner meeting this week was brief. Garret Johnson was out, but Mike Roach and Nate Ross made a quorum. County clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger was on vacation, so Lacey Roquemore sat in and helped facilitate the movement of paperwork. Roach and Johnson approved maintenance and operation payment warrants and blanket purchase orders, except for one PO that needed correcting. The two moved on to approve the detention transportation FY 2024-2025 contract renewal of the FR 2023 contract. Then, TJ Rockenbaugh was added as the...
This week, Garret Johnson and Nate Ross of the Alfalfa County commissioners were without their fellow commissioner, Mike Roach, but the two were enough to make a quorum. After approving last week's meeting minutes, they tried calling a representative with NextLink Broadband but could not get through due to inclement weather in Texas. They went ahead and signed the letter of support and moved on to take care of the large stack of maintenance and operation warrants for payment, blanket purchase orders, monthly officer reports, and court clerk...
Alfalfa County commissioners Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross had a lengthy agenda Monday morning. The three began by signing the usual paperwork: maintenance and operation warrants for payment, blanket purchase orders, and last week's meeting minutes. All of that was followed by lapsed appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 2023-2024 to FY2024-2025 and FY2022-2023 to FY2024-2025. Since this was the month's first meeting, the three men signed appropriations and the allocation of taxes for...
Stan Bixler, Todd Holder and Scott Riley of the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority were enough to make a quorum for their June meeting. Woods County Economic Development Executive Director Jeremy Zeller and consultant Sonja Williams joined them. (Williams formerly served as WCEDC director.) Authority members started by reviewing the finance report. Holder said there was nothing notable in it, and after reviewing it, they approved the report that showed $589,835.44 in checking/savings. WCEDC Executive Director Report Zeller's executive director...
The meeting for the Alfalfa County commissioners was short this week. Commissioners Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross enacted changes to the Alfalfa County road-crossing permit policies and procedures. Now, all applications for road crossings must be turned in to each individual district no later than five days before a board of commissioners meeting, with a check or money order only. Commissioner Garret Johnson's District 1 barn is located at 64784 Latimer Rd. in Byron, Commissioner Mike Roach's District 2 barn is at 315 S. Euclid in...
Randy McMurphy, Stan Kline and Melissa Fisher of the Woods County Industrial Development Authority (WCIDA) met Tuesday morning for their quarterly meeting. Other members, Brodie Bush and Bob Baker were out on harvest, but Woods County Economic Development Committee (WCEDC) Executive Director Jeremy Zeller was there. The three board members began by approving past meeting minutes and reviewing the financial report. Kline asked Zeller if there was anything of note in the report. Zeller pointed out the WCEDC's pass-through pledge of $4,500 that...
At their meeting Monday, Garrett Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross of the Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners reviewed six-month bids, awarding vendors based on the lowest costs, availability, location, or terms. They signed a resolution for an agreement between Alfalfa County and Garfield County for the latter's shale pit, followed by approving the interlocal cooperative agreement with contiguous counties between Grant and Alfalfa Counties. Next was an agreement with County Budgeting Services LLC for the 24-25 fiscal year. County Clerk...
Two Alfalfa County employees attended the Board of Commissioners meeting Monday morning with questions about raises. Donna Irvin and Diane Williamson asked Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross why county highway employees received a raise when the 10 deputies in the courthouse had not gotten one since 2016. All three commissioners explained that highway employees are paid from a different budget than the deputies, who are paid out of the County General account, and that there just wasn't any money to give raises from that budget. Irvin aske...
The upcoming new 24-25 fiscal year called for Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross of the Alfalfa County commissioners to sign many resolutions into effect. Those included designating the Cherokee Messenger and Republican as the official county newspaper, designating the first deputies for the county's officers, and designating interest for several accounts, including the Ambulance District, Sales Tax Fairgrounds, Invest Highway Cash Funds, and Assessor Cash. The commissioners also signed resolutions for the following items: • Designating c... Full story
Alfalfa County commissioners Garret Johnson, Mike Roach, and Nate Ross handled their usual business items (previous meeting minutes, M&O warrants for payment, blanket purchase orders) before signing the P-card (State of Oklahoma purchase card program) paperwork. They then signed temporary appropriations for County General, Cash, Highway, and Sales Tax accounts for FY 24-25 and then declined to enter into an agreement for predator and rodent control. However, they did sign an engagement letter from Angel, Johnston, and Blasinggame, PC, for the...
During their Monday meeting, Alfalfa County commissioners Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross tabled a cooperative agreement for predator and rodent control. The three men weren't sure they would use the service enough to warrant renewing a contract with a substantial rate hike. Ross said he would do some inquiring, and they could revisit the matter at the next meeting. The commissioners approved a materials request form for District 1, followed by approving a $990.08 transfer of appropriations from the Treasurer M&O account...
The beginning of May brought with it lots of paperwork for the Alfalfa County commissioners. Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross approved monthly items like appropriations and tax allocations for alcoholic beverages and motor vehicles, monthly officer reports and highway expenditures. They also had blanket purchase orders and maintenance and operation warrants for payment to sign. After that, they approved a correction transfer for the Sales Tax - County General Personal Services account 1311-1-2000-1110 to the Sales Tax County General...
Alva was among the communities Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell visited last week to host the 36th Annual Lt. Governor's Turkey Hunt. Ardmore, Duncan, Elk City, Okemah and Woodward were on his list the same day, with Hugo scheduled the following week (April 24–26). The turkey hunt is an economic development tool that showcases Oklahoma communities to prospective businesses and helps them familiarize themselves with the area and its people. Since its inception in 1988, the Lt. Governor's A... Full story
All three Alfalfa County commissioners were present at their Monday meeting this week. County Clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger and Admin Assistant Nancy Lambert joined Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross as the three men started their regular paperwork. They approved last week's minutes, blanket purchase orders, and maintenance and operation warrants for payment for fiscal years 2023-24 and 2022-23, followed by a resolution for $250,000 from the County General account into a CD at ACB Bank. The commissioners declared equipment to be surplus:...
The subject of internet domains dominated the discussion at the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority meeting this past Tuesday afternoon. Board members Stan Bixler, Allan Poe, Todd Holder, and Scott Riley were joined by Woods County Economic Development Committee executive director Jeremy Zeller, Sonja Williams, who used to hold that position but now serves as a consultant to the board, and Shelley Reed, the Woods County clerk. In January, the group talked about internet domains, and at that time Bixler explained that the consulting firm Emblem S...
Mike Roach, one of the Alfalfa County commissioners, was absent from their meeting on Monday, but Garret Johnson and Nate Ross were there and heard from Cherokee city manager Chad Roach, who was on hand to ask for help cleaning up a burned-down house in town. The house, near the high school, burned down almost two years ago and is not only an eyesore, the city manager said, but it could pose a danger to kids passing by. Roach said he wishes to have the mess cleared up before high school graduation, and Johnson and Ross said they would help to g...
Dacoma Farmers Co-op held their 107th annual meeting last week and boasted a great turnout. The building was filled with people, prizes and great barbeque with all the trimmings from The Bull Smokehouse and Saloon in Alva. The board's vice president, Terry Budy, kicked things off with an opening prayer before attendees filed in line for the meal. Trent Milacek, a risk management advisor with CoMark Equity Alliance, spoke briefly while the mealtime was winding down. Milacek said it looked like... Full story
During this week's Alfalfa County commissioners meeting, two representatives from Share Medical Center gave a brief presentation. Commissioners Garret Johnson, Mike Roach, and Nate Ross were in attendance, along with county clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger and administrative assistant Nancy Lambert. Each listened attentively to hear what Mark Almack and Regina Wilson had to say as the pair spoke about the hospital's services and how beneficial it is to have it nearby. They highlighted some of their healthcare providers, including Dr. Tupper, an...
Alfalfa County commissioners Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross had a relatively short agenda this week but, due to the month's beginning, they had to sign large amounts of paperwork. This paperwork included the usual maintenance and operation warrants for payment, blanket purchase orders, and last week's meeting minutes. The commissioners, joined this week by Lacey Roquemore, who sat in for county clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger, and administrative assistant Nancy Lambert, signed those things, and then the monthly items, including...
Alfalfa County commissioners Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross had a relatively short agenda this week but, due to the month's beginning, they had to sign large amounts of paperwork. This paperwork included the usual maintenance and operation warrants for payment, blanket purchase orders, and last week's meeting minutes. The commissioners, joined this week by Lacey Roquemore, who sat in for county clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger, and administrative assistant Nancy Lambert, signed those things, and then the monthly items, including...
Monday's Alfalfa County commissioner meeting was brief. Garret Johnson was absent, but Mike Roach and Nate Ross handled the short agenda. They removed Justin Lucas as a Cherokee Rescue receiving officer and appointed Darren Lancaster. For Alfalfa County's OSU Extension office, they removed Megan Ferrel as a requisitioning officer and designated Erin Metcalf. Roach and Ross signed the $2,500 Quarter 2 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program (EMPG) for FY 23 and approved a private property access easement in District 2 at the NE½ of...
All Woods County Industrial Development Authority members and Woods County Economic Development Committee Executive Director Jeremy Zeller met for a lengthy meeting this past Tuesday morning. Randy McMurphy, Stan Kline, Melissa Fisher, Brodie Bush, and Bob Baker approved the minutes from last month's special meeting and then dug in deep on the organization's finances, specifically the structure of accounts. Finances McMurphy kicked off the conversation, saying there appeared to be a hole in rent money from the buildings they own, which made it...
This week's commissioner meeting in Alfalfa County didn't have much on the agenda, but reviewing and signing a large stack of paperwork took quite a bit of time. Before getting to the remaining agenda items, Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross took care of all the maintenance and operation warrants for payment, along with some blanket purchase orders and last week's meeting minutes. They approved the publication of items heading to Sturgeon's Corner for auction on Apr. 1 at 9 a.m. Those were a 2016 JD 6135E Tractor (invoice number D3...
