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Grant County commissioners approve routine disbursements; chair flags two unposted blanket purchase orders
Summary
The Grant County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved minutes, payroll, vendor payments, tax allocations and other routine disbursements on Jan. 7, 2026; Chair Steve Stinson also noted two blanket purchase orders that were not listed on the posted agenda.
Grant County commissioners voted unanimously on a slate of routine financial and administrative measures during their Jan. 7, 2026, regular meeting in Medford.
Chair Steve Stinson called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. and a roll call established a quorum. Clerk Kerstin Orcutt confirmed the agenda had been posted in compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act (Title 25, 301-314 O.S.). Commissioners present were Chair Steve Stinson, Vice-Chair Keith McClure and Commissioner Craig Fredrick.
The board approved minutes from the Jan. 5, 2026, regular meeting following a motion by Commissioner Craig Fredrick and a second by Commissioner Keith McClure; the vote was recorded as Stinson—aye; McClure—aye; Fredrick—aye.
Commissioners then approved a series of purchase orders and travel claims covering multiple county funds, including listed payments and vendor entries in the minutes such as items recorded to Bank of America, ODOT/Comptroller, Shattuck National Bank and others across the General, Highway, Utilities and Rural Fire funds. The minutes list specific payment entries and amounts (examples include several Bank of America charges and multiple Shattuck National Bank entries); the board’s motion to approve the claims passed unanimously.
The board also approved administrative and budget items including the creation of new SAG accounts for FY26, a transfer of appropriations, regular payroll for officers and employees for December 2025 (to be disbursed in January 2026), and statutory travel for elected officials for December 2025. Each motion was moved, seconded and carried with all three commissioners voting in the affirmative.
Commissioner Fredrick moved and Commissioners McClure and Stinson approved the monthly mortgage tax and certification fee for December 2025, the allocation of alcoholic beverage tax for December 2025 and the allocation of motor vehicle tax for December 2025 for disbursement in January 2026; those motions also passed unanimously.
The board approved payment of Bank of America P-card charges for November 2025, and the minutes record that two new blanket purchase orders (PO #2234 for Burbank Materials and PO #2243 for Little B’s) needed to be “ran through” but were not listed on the posted agenda; Chair Stinson raised that point under new business to place it on the record.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:26 a.m. after a motion by Commissioner McClure and a second by Commissioner Fredrick. The minutes contain a certification and signatures dated Jan. 12, 2026.
Why it matters: While the items voted on were routine financial and administrative measures that permit county operations and disbursements, the chair’s note about blanket purchase orders not appearing on the posted agenda raises a procedural flag related to agenda posting and public notice under the Open Meeting Act.
