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Commissioners discuss Cherokee Nation invoice for Bridge #30 engineering; minutes do not show formal approval
Summary
Delaware County commissioners discussed a Cherokee Nation invoice of $180,500 for preliminary engineering on Bridge #30 (Stand Watie Road). Chairman David Poindexter described the arrangement as a pass-through to ODOT; the minutes record a motion to discuss but do not record a formal approval to pay the invoice.
The Delaware County Board of Commissioners took up an invoice from Cherokee Nation for preliminary engineering on Bridge #30 in District 1 at its March 17 meeting. Chairman David Poindexter described the arrangement as a pass-through: Cherokee Nation would front the engineering costs and the county would later invoice the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) for reimbursement.
Poindexter confirmed the bridge is on Stand Watie Road and identified it as the first bridge Cherokee Nation built in Delaware County. Commissioner Jake Callihan said the same pass-through procedure will be used for a Summerfield Road project in his district.
The agenda item was described as "discussion with possible action" and the board recorded a motion to take up the discussion; the roll-call vote for that motion carried. The meeting minutes do not record a separate motion or vote explicitly approving payment of the $180,500 invoice.
