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Okemah Board of Education approves consent agenda, awards structural contract
Summary
At a May 4 special meeting the Okemah Board of Education approved its consent agenda, awarded Bid Package #05A to Buffalo Steel for $81,700, acknowledged an executive-session item under O.S. 25 §307(B)(1), and adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
The Okemah Board of Education convened a special meeting on May 4, 2026, called roll and recorded attendance at 5:30 p.m.; Jason Bean, Gina Brandt, Randy Colbert and Mekko McGirt were present and J.C. Haddox was recorded absent. The board approved its consent agenda by voice vote, with a motion by Randy Colbert and a second by Gina Brandt; the record shows Yeas 4, Nay 0, Absent 1.
On the same agenda the board voted to accept Bid Package #05A — Structural Fabrication (stairs, bollards, railings) — awarding the contract to Buffalo Steel in the amount of $81,700.00. The motion to accept Bid Package #05A was moved by Randy Colbert and seconded by Mekko McGirt; the vote was recorded as Yeas 4, Nay 0, Absent 1. The agenda also included a line referencing possible executive session authority under Oklahoma statute O.S. 25 §307(B)(1); the transcript records the statutory citation but does not specify the subject(s) of any executive-session discussion. The meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Items listed on the consent agenda included: expenditures/revenue approval; General Fund encumbrance #190-193 and Payments #2611-2641; Building Fund and Sinking Fund encumbrances/payments where some reference numbers were not filled in the public record (not specified). No public comments or additional staff presentations were recorded in the transcript.
