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Grady County commissioners approve routine purchases, appointments and a personnel pay raise
Summary
At its Aug. 25, 2025 meeting, the Grady County Commissioners unanimously approved multiple purchase orders and vendor payments, reappointed three members to the Grady EMS board, authorized a sheriff’s grant application and approved a pay increase for the county Emergency Management Director after an executive session.
The Grady County Commissioners on Aug. 25, 2025, during a regularly scheduled meeting, unanimously approved a slate of routine financial items, appointments and a pay increase for the county’s Emergency Management Director.
Why it matters: The votes authorize county spending, update trustees for emergency services governance and increase the salary of a senior emergency-management official, all actions that affect county operations and budgeting.
The board approved Blanket Purchase Orders #261834–261956 and a long list of vendor payments and purchase orders spanning the 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 fiscal periods. Commissioner Gary Bray moved to approve the purchase orders; Commissioner Zachary Davis seconded. The motion carried with Commissioners Gary Bray, Zachary Davis and Ruth Bingham voting AYE.
Other motions approved unanimously included reappointing Bill Schwenk, Kim Duke and Klayn Hitt to the Grady Emergency Medical Services district board of trustees through June 30, 2030; authorizing the sheriff’s office to apply for the 2025 Sheriff Funding Assistance Grant; awarding a bid to Ultimate Truck Gear for $3,100 to upfit one 2024 Ford F‑150 for District 2; and approving the deposit of a reimbursement check from Canadian Valley Technology Center with allocations to Highway Districts 1–3.
After an executive session under Title 25, Okla. Stat. §307(B)(1) to discuss the employment of an individual, the board approved a pay increase for Dale Thompson, Emergency Management Director, raising his pay to $5,280.00, citing expanded responsibilities. The motion was made by Ruth Bingham, seconded by Zachary Davis, and passed unanimously.
The board also approved the disposal (junking) of a wooden utility building at the Cox City station in accordance with Title 19 §421; approved and signed deeds for Delma Pena (TID 23713 C00l-00288-002-0-000-00) and JCVS RET, LLC (TID 23047 C0Ol00-208-004-0-001-00); and tabled several items including procedures for pauper's burials, updating requisitioning and receiving officers, and the bid to scan and digitize images for the Court Clerk.
Votes at a glance (motions, mover/second, outcome): • Approve minutes (Aug. 18, 2025): Mover Zachary Davis; seconder Ruth Bingham; outcome: approved, AYE: Bray, Davis, Bingham. • Approve minutes (Aug. 19, 2025): Mover Zachary Davis; seconder Gary Bray; outcome: approved, AYE: Bray, Davis, Bingham. • Approve Blanket POs #261834–261956: Mover Gary Bray; seconder Zachary Davis; outcome: approved, unanimous. • Approve listed 2024–2026 purchase orders/payments: Mover Gary Bray; seconder Zachary Davis; outcome: approved, unanimous. • Reappoint Bill Schwenk, Kim Duke, Klayn Hitt to Grady EMS board (terms to 6/30/2030): Mover Gary Bray; seconder Zachary Davis; outcome: approved, unanimous. • Authorize sheriff to apply for 2025 Sheriff Funding Assistance Grant: Mover Gary Bray; seconder Zachary Davis; outcome: approved, unanimous. • Table pauper's burial procedures: Mover Zachary Davis; seconder Gary Bray; outcome: tabled, unanimous. • Approve deeds for Delma Pena and JCVS RET, LLC: Mover Ruth Bingham; seconder Zachary Davis; outcome: approved, unanimous. • Table updating requisitioning/receiving officers: Mover Zachary Davis; seconder Gary Bray; outcome: tabled, unanimous. • Table scanning/digitizing bid for Court Clerk: Mover Zachary Davis; seconder Gary Bray; outcome: tabled, unanimous. • Award upfitting bid to Ultimate Truck Gear, $3,100: Mover Ruth Bingham; seconder Gary Bray; outcome: approved, unanimous. • Enter executive session re: employment of an individual (Dale Thompson) under Title 25 §307; outcome: entered and returned to open session, unanimous. • Approve raise for Dale Thompson to $5,280.00: Mover Ruth Bingham; seconder Zachary Davis; outcome: approved, unanimous. • Approve disposal (junk) of Cox City utility building per Title 19 §421: Mover Gary Bray; seconder Zachary Davis; outcome: approved, unanimous. • Approve deposit of Canadian Valley Technology Center reimbursement (allocations to Highway Districts 1–3): Mover Gary Bray; seconder Zachary Davis; outcome: approved, unanimous. • Approve estimate of needs, request for appropriations and transfers for County Highway, Sales Tax–Fire Dept., Sheriff and Assessor: Mover Zachary Davis; seconder Gary Bray; outcome: approved, unanimous.
What the record shows and what it does not: The minutes list many purchase-order numbers, vendor names and dollar amounts; where the transcript records only that an item was presented (for example a long list of payments), this article summarizes the board action rather than reproducing the full vendor list. Several items were explicitly tabled; where no further direction was recorded (for example the opioid project monthly report), the minutes show no formal action.
No direct public-comment quotes about these motions appear in the record. For the items above, the transcript attributes motions, seconders and unanimous AYE votes to Commissioners Gary Bray, Zachary Davis and Ruth Bingham.
