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Grady County transfers employee to Emergency Management, ends commissioner assistant role after executive session
Summary
After an executive session Aug. 19, 2025, the Grady County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to transfer Kimberly Thomas Smith to Emergency Management at her current pay rate reporting to Supervisor Dale Thompson, and to terminate the commissioner assistant secretarial position at the courthouse.
Following an executive session on Aug. 19, 2025, the Grady County Board of Commissioners approved personnel changes affecting a county employee and the courthouse staff.
Commissioner Zachary Davis moved, and Commissioner Gary Bray seconded, to enter executive session under Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 307-B1 to discuss employment matters concerning Kimberly Thomas Smith. The board voted aye: Gary Bray, Zachary Davis and Ruth Bingham.
After returning to open session, Davis moved and Bray seconded to approve an expansion and clarification of Smith's job duties and chain of command: Smith will be transferred at the same rate of pay to the Emergency Management department and will report to Supervisor Dale Thompson. The motion passed unanimously.
The board also approved a motion by Davis, seconded by Bray, to terminate the commissioner assistant secretarial position at the courthouse; that motion passed unanimously.
All recorded votes on the personnel motions were aye by the three commissioners. The minutes do not specify effective dates for the personnel changes or provide additional detail about revised duties beyond the transfer and reporting line. The meeting recording is available from the county clerk's office for anyone seeking the verbatim discussion.
