The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved several contract and budget items during its meeting.

Engineering contract supplements (Item 183) were presented by Justin Hernandez. Key statewide supplements included a $3,000,000 aggregate increase for on-demand bridge inspection services, $1,500,000 for on-demand architectural services, and $750,000 for balanced mix design program development. District-level supplements included amounts of $170,000, $140,928 and $55,000 for specific projects; the commission moved and approved the item.

Change orders with cumulative totals of $150,000 or less (Item 184) were presented for information only. The commission also approved larger change orders (Item 185, parts A–T) after presentation.

Item 186 addressed claims for additional payment. District 2 (McCurtain County, Frontier Bridge Incorporated) had an original contract of $3,196,114.99 and a recommended settlement of $490,988.67 after negotiated compensation for weather-related delays; District 3 (Pontotoc County, Overland Corporation) recommended $114,063.65 for increased repair depth and added pay items; District 5 (Dewey County, C3 Construction) reported a net increased cost of $1,378,898.53 with savings from unused items reducing the payable increase to $706,512.21. Because the payable amounts exceeded the statutory 10% limit for new items on contracts over $1,000,000, commission approval was required and granted for the recommended additional payments.

Item 187 proposed administrative rule updates, including correcting an Open Records Act citation, updates to the size-and-weight permit chapter (Title 7 30), and changes intended to align certain permit dimensions with neighboring states; the commission approved the proposed rules.

Item 188 contained fiscal year 2026 budget revisions: Part A requested increases to the highway program using carryover and redistribution (federal funds $171,688,986; state funds $469,528,487); Part B requested $45,000,000 for right-of-way rebudgeting; Part C requested $7,692,731 for capital program increases using state carryover. The commission approved the budget revisions.

Item 189 authorized the department to negotiate terms with the Oklahoma Capital Improvement Authority to support repayment of the State Highway Capital Improvement Revenue Bond Series 2026 and to refund the 2016 series to realize reduced debt service; the commission approved proceeding with negotiations. The commission also approved proposed bid openings, awards from November bid openings (various call-order numbers listed) and routine adjournment.

All motions called for votes and were announced as carried; the transcript records the chair asking commissioners to cast votes and announces motion outcomes. Where individual vote tallies were not read into the record in full, the minutes show the motions passed.