Oversight board hears schedule pressure, new pharmacy cost on Oklahoma County jail and behavioral care projects

The Citizens Bond Oversight Advisory Board heard construction and budget updates on the new Oklahoma County Adult Detention Center and the Behavioral Care Center, including a newly required on-site pharmacy and efforts by the contractor to recover roughly 35 days of schedule delay.

The board met in regular session and approved minutes from its Jan. 20, 2026 meeting before taking the project reports. County project staff member Stacy (last name not specified in the transcript) summarized recent change orders for the behavioral care center and said the project’s contingency is limited because subcontractor bids consumed much of the allowance. "We actually issued change orders for about 24,000 of that, and Flintco took responsibility for $58,000 of that," Stacy said, adding that an additional $240,000 was put into a unilateral change order while responsibility for that amount is still to be determined.

Why it matters: the behavioral care center will provide onsite treatment capacity tied to the county’s broader detention strategy, and unplanned costs or delays could affect the county’s capital budget and the timeline for moving kitchen and laundry operations out of a failing mechanical system at the existing jail.

Stacy told the board the largest recent change order—$161,303—covers a pharmacy that was not in the original scope but was required by the vendor contracted to operate the behavioral care services (identified in the transcript as Cree Oaks). "We had to put a pharmacy in the building," Stacy said, explaining the mental-health vendor’s licensing requirement.

Contractor Ron Warner, who introduced himself as director of ProFlinko, said crews are preparing a recovery schedule and described mitigation steps: re-sequencing work, running additional shifts, double-shifting crews in some areas and deploying overtime where needed. "Right now we're trying to make up 35 days," Warner said, adding that the team is bringing in temporary chillers and accelerating interior work once areas are dried in.

The board also received a phase 1 update for the new county jail. Stacy said bids for the phase 1 construction were favorable and that the county expects strong local participation—"over 90% of the money...is gonna stay right here in Oklahoma City," she said. Stacy outlined the phase’s scope as intake and assessment, kitchen and laundry relocation from the failing downtown system, minimum-security housing and the central plant that runs facility systems, and said the estimated completion for the first phase is 2028.

Warner said the prime contract is signed, subcontracts have been issued to 14 firms and the team plans to rebid finish-out work in May. He reported early mobilization activities such as dirt work, demolition and fencing are already underway.

There were no public comments. A committee member asked that the project schedule be circulated before future meetings; Stacy agreed to include the schedule in materials provided the weekend before meetings. The board adjourned after the business was concluded.

Details to note: the transcript records specific dollar figures discussed by staff—about $24,000 in issued change orders, $58,000 taken by Flintco, a $240,000 unilateral change order currently assigned to be determined and a $161,303 pharmacy change order. Staff and the contractor described schedule pressure and recovery efforts; the contractor set an internal aim to begin setting detention pods around December of an unspecified year and the board was told the first jail phase is expected to complete in 2028.

Next steps: staff will circulate project schedules ahead of future meetings as requested; no formal board votes on project actions were recorded in the transcript beyond approval of the meeting minutes.