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Oklahoma County excise board approves multiple school appropriations, $6 million temporary transfer from resale fund
Summary
At its Sept. 15 meeting the Oklahoma County Excise Board approved nine agenda items including cash transfers and temporary appropriations for several charter and academy districts, an employee-benefits appropriation, and a $6 million temporary transfer from the treasurer's resale fund to the general fund to be repaid mid-January 2026.
The Oklahoma County Excise Board approved nine agenda items on Sept. 15, 2025, including temporary appropriations for several school districts, an employee-benefits appropriation, and a $6 million temporary transfer from the treasurer's resale fund to the county general fund.
Board members moved and seconded each item and recorded voice votes of "Aye" for approval; the transcript shows no roll-call tallies. The substance and amounts approved included:
- Resolution 2025-33-19: cash fund transfer for Santa Fe South (G-21) for fiscal year 2024–25 — $1,900,000; approved.
- Resolution 2025-34-21: approval of state and/or federal funds for Oklahoma Connections Academy (District Z-003) for fiscal year 2024–25 — $486,153.24; approved.
- Resolution 2025-34-50: temporary appropriation for Academy of Seminole (District J-002) for fiscal year 2025–26 — general fund $6,890,291; building fund $161,297; approved.
- Resolution 2025-34-99: cash fund appropriation for employee benefits (CJA premiums) — not to exceed $334,030; approved contingent on deposit and budget-board approval.
- Resolution 2025-35-53: approval of state and/or federal funds for WK Jackson Leadership Charter School (G-10) for fiscal year 2025–26 — $146,486.52; approved.
- Resolution 2025-35-54: temporary appropriations for WK Jackson Leadership Charter School (G-10) for fiscal year 2025–26 — general fund $1,229,251; approved.
- Resolution 2025-36-16: fund transfer from general fund (A-1001 cash) to employee benefits fund (4010) and appropriations not to exceed $2,000,000 to pay county claims for FY 2025–26; approved; contingent on budget-board approval.
- Temporary transfer request from the treasurer's resale fund (1130) to the general fund — $6,000,000 to cover payroll and weekly checks; transcript records repayment scheduled for mid-January 2026 and cites "68 Oklahoma statutes section 20 21" as allowing temporary transfers; approved.
Board members asked for additional detail on some late-submitted school budgets and asked the treasurer to provide total resale proceeds by email. Several presenters and staff explained that the transfers or appropriations were late filings from prior fiscal years or part of the county's annual budget process; the employee-benefit items were described as contingent on the budget board's approval at its upcoming meeting.
All listed items were approved by voice vote in the transcript. The board closed after noting upcoming meetings and routine administrative business.
