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Okemah board approves purchase of five new school buses totaling $670,148
Summary
The Okemah Board of Education voted to buy three 2026 diesel buses at $132,718 each ($398,154 total) and two 2027 gasoline buses at $135,997 each ($271,994 total); motions were moved by J.C. Haddox and seconded by Bert Robison and passed 4–0 with one absence.
The Okemah Board of Education approved purchases of five new school buses during its Dec. 15 special meeting: three 2026 diesel buses without luggage compartments at $132,718 per unit (total $398,154) and two 2027 gasoline buses without luggage compartments at $135,997 per unit (total $271,994). The combined total for both purchases is $670,148.
Both motions were recorded as moved by J.C. Haddox and seconded by Bert Robison; the transcript records the votes as "Yea" by Jason Bean, Randy Colbert, J.C. Haddox and Bert Robison, with Gina Brandt absent. The board recorded the tally for each motion as 4–0 with one absence.
The transcript records the procurement decisions and unit prices but does not specify the vendor(s) from which the buses will be purchased, delivery schedules, or budget line-item sources; those details were not provided in the meeting record.
