Muskogee County commissioners approve grants, equipment disposals and contracts in unanimous votes

The Muskogee Board of County Commissioners approved a set of routine motions and contractual actions during its July 21, 2025 regular meeting, adopting minutes and reports, awarding or approving several agreements and accepting a $300,000 sheriff—s grant intended to fund employee stipends.

Chairman Ken Doke; Vice-Chairman Keith Hyslop; and Commissioner Kenny Payne presided over the meeting and carried the motions listed in the meeting minutes. County Clerk Polly Irving was present to record the actions.

The board unanimously approved opening the meeting and a series of routine items: purchase orders, monthly reports and the regular meeting minutes for July 14, 2025. Commissioners also approved the special meeting minutes for July 15, 2025; the minutes record Vice-Chairman Keith Hyslop as abstaining on that item.

Among approvals:

- A resolution to dispose of District 2 equipment: a 2016 air compressor, item number D406-0204, was authorized for disposal.

- Payment of an E911 Trust Authority invoice for 10% of rural police department fees for FY 02-25-2026, in the amount of $11,146.90, charged to the Safety Sales Tax account.

- A lease-purchase agreement between the Brushy Mountain Fire Department and Armstrong Bank for a 2009 rescue fire truck in the amount of $160,250 with a 6.350% interest rate.

- Acceptance of a $510 donation to the Sheriff—s Office from Owens-Illinois General Inc.

- Approval of an application and utility permit from Valor Telecommunications of Texas, LLC to construct and maintain 176 feet of buried 12-CT fiber optic cable by trench and bore at E Hawley St and E Sheridan Dr in Boynton, Okla.

- An OMECorp Genesis Business Systems maintenance agreement for an M25001i in the Court Clerk—s Office.

- Fire Department Review Committee appointments to the Keefeton Volunteer Fire Department Board, appointing Steven Croftcheck (5-year term), Ronnie Boswell (4-year), Mark Maples (3-year), Lance Walker (2-year), James Hil (1-year) and an alternate designation.

- Approval of a Road Use Agreement for roadway improvements in District 3 covering 123rd from OK-72 to 174th, 113th from OK-72 to 174th, and 174th from 103rd; the agreement places the cost of the work, including drainage, on the company performing the improvements.

The board approved an Application for a Sheriff—s Assistant Grant from the Oklahoma Grant Exchange in the amount of $300,000. The minutes state that the grant cannot be used for salaries but may be used for stipends; the sheriff—s intent, as recorded in the minutes, is to provide each employee a $3,000 stipend split into two payments.

Bids for Bid 2025-032 (mowing) closed at 9:30 a.m.; the commissioners accepted all compliant bids and tabled them for further review.

One item recorded as "No Action" in the minutes was consideration of a Pitney Bowes NASPO ValuePoint MV Lease Agreement (Option C) for the Health Department.

All motions in the minutes are recorded as approved; where the minutes specify an abstention, that abstention is noted above. No recorded roll-call tallies beyond the three commissioners are provided in the minutes.

The meeting recessed briefly and adjourned at 9:33 a.m.