Oklahoma County commissioners approved a $6,000,000 real estate purchase agreement for 1100 Southeastern Ave in Oklahoma City on a 2-1 vote during their March 26 meeting. The county described the parcel as roughly 33 acres and said the acquisition would allow officials to entertain a land swap with the Crooked Oak School District that could relocate the district’s football field and provide land for Public Buildings Authority (PBA) development.

County staff told commissioners the purchase would position the PBA to pursue future development, ground leases or sales to generate revenue. “This will allow us to have the ability to entertain that swap, and then have extra land for the public buildings authority use, whether that be as a potential site for our county fair, potential development…,” a staff member said during the discussion. The staff member said the county’s acreage could provide frontage along Northeast and Eastern for future uses.

The county also said it had received letters from the Crooked Oak School Board authorizing the district’s superintendent to negotiate a potential land swap. The staff member said Crooked Oak has indicated it needs about 20–21 acres; the county described the parcel it would acquire as approximately 33 acres.

Commissioner Maugh opposed the purchase and urged caution, citing competing funding needs for the county’s jail construction. “I just wanna say for the record, I’m opposing this because we don’t have enough money to build the jail already. And this is going an extra $6,000,000 of money that even though it's not the jail bond, it is money that could be used for the construction of the jail,” Commissioner Maugh said. He also expressed doubts about the school district’s immediate ability to build the stadium and described the county’s purchase as potentially “more valuable than what we’re getting in terms of what they’re willing to swap.”

Supporters argued the purchase does not obligate the county to a swap but puts the county in a position to pursue partnerships or development that could generate revenue for the PBA. A county official said that whether Crooked Oak builds its athletic complex all at once or in phases, the district had communicated intent to move forward.

The board first voted to receive the contract and then to approve the purchase agreement. Commissioners voted to approve the contract 2 to 1. No executive session was held on the item following the vote.

The purchase agreement names 1100 Southeastern Ave as the property to be acquired for $6,000,000. The county said funding for the transaction would come from PBA revenue sources. The agreement was described on the record as enabling, but not obligating, a future land swap with Crooked Oak School District. The county did not specify a closing date or the precise terms of any future land-swap agreement during the meeting.

Motion and vote details appear in the public record; the board recorded the approval as passing 2 to 1 with Commissioner Maugh registered in opposition.