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Commissioners move to create county manager position and name Jessica Clayton; record shows procedural questions
Summary
The board considered a resolution to create a county manager position and appoint Jessica Clayton at an annual salary stated as $47,000; the motion was made and seconded, but the record includes a later comment that a commissioner intended to only 'receive' the resolution and not vote for it.
Oklahoma County commissioners took up a resolution creating a county manager position and naming Jessica Clayton to that role, with the salary cited on the record as $47,000 per year.
A motion was made to approve “resolution 20 25 10 58, which creates [the] position of county manager and to hire Jessica in that position and establish her as a salaried [employee] that earned 47,000 a year,” according to the meeting transcript. The motion was seconded and commissioners responded to voice votes of “Aye.”
At one point after the initial voice vote, a commissioner noted for the record that the resolution had not been attached to the meeting materials and asked that the board receive the resolution. Following additional procedural exchange, a commissioner said, “I'm voting to receive the resolution. Okay. I'm not voting for the resolution,” creating ambiguity in the public record about the final individual vote tally.
Jessica Clayton was acknowledged by a commissioner for her previous service supporting district operations, ARPA matters and jail-site selection work. The board recorded a motion and a second on the resolution; the meeting transcript does not provide a clear, tabulated roll-call vote for the resolution.
The board also discussed the need to formally receive resolution documents into the record. County staff will need to confirm the final adopted language and record the official vote and any variance among commissioners in the minutes.
