The Oklahoma County board received a staff update on the county's forfeiture account and approved retirement benefits for four employees during its regular meeting.

A staff member reported the forfeiture account balance through October as $1,700,000.0 and said $731,000 of those funds had been diverted to the county pension plan as the annual contribution. The speaker noted that the accounting entry for that diversion had not yet posted and that, once reflected, the adjusted forfeiture balance would be about $1.0 million (the transcript includes a numeric transcription that appears as "1000000 32," which the board member framed as an approximate adjusted balance pending month-end posting).

The board also approved retirement benefit items for four employees. The items recorded in the transcript were:

- Steven Schottenkirk (District 3), qualifies for retirement (item introduced by staff).
- Thomas Harlow (county clerk's office), qualifies for retirement; board motion to approve recorded and approved by voice vote.
- Jacob Benedict (public defender's office), qualifies for retirement; motion and approval recorded.
- Andre Hayes (Juvenile division), qualifies for retirement; motion and approval recorded.

Each retirement item was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; the transcript records the board calling for "All in favor, say aye" and affirmative responses. No recorded roll-call vote or counts by name appear in the transcript.

What happens next: the retirement benefits will be processed per county personnel and payroll procedures; the forfeiture accounting will be updated in the next monthly report to reflect the diverted pension contribution.