Cleveland County Equalization Board Special Meeting Summary – February 12, 2026
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Cleveland County Equalization Board Special Meeting Summary – February 12, 2026
This special meeting of the Cleveland County Equalization Board was held on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM in Norman, Oklahoma. The board addressed routine organizational items, including officer elections, review of procedures, and scheduling of future meetings. No public comments were made. The meeting lasted approximately 30 minutes.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes: The board approved the minutes from the July 30, 2025 meeting by motion (Thompson, seconded by Wullich). Roll call: Thompson – yes, Wullich – yes. Motion carried.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No members of the public spoke or submitted testimony during this meeting.
Discussion Items
- Election of Chairman for 2026: Board member Wullich nominated Chuck Thompson to remain as chairman. Thompson seconded. Roll call: Thompson – yes, Wullich – yes. Motion carried.
- Election of Vice-Chairman for 2026: Thompson nominated Josh Edge to continue as vice-chairman. Wullich seconded. Roll call: Thompson – yes, Wullich – yes. Motion carried.
- Organizational Meeting and Review of Forms and Procedures: Linda (assistant clerk) presented information on training requirements (initial training from Center for Local Government Technology for equalization, and excise board training from OSU’s county training program). She noted that current board members are up to date on training. Discussion addressed protest procedures: property owners must first have an informal meeting with the assessor’s office before filing a formal protest with the county clerk. The assessor’s office reports about 117,000 parcels in Cleveland County, with approximately 50 protests expected per year. The board discussed preferences for receiving protest materials – digital format preferred, but paper accepted and scanned. It was agreed to maintain flexibility for last-minute submissions, especially for individual property owners. No immediate rule change; board will consider drafting written guidance for the next meeting.
- Scheduling of Special Meetings and Notice to Taxpayers: The board approved scheduling special meetings to begin at 10:00 AM and approved the Notice to Taxpayers form. Motion by Wullich, seconded by Thompson. Roll call: Thompson – yes, Wullich – yes. Motion carried. The assessor noted that due to county population under 300,000, protest hearings must offer three dates spaced 10 days apart; likely no hearings until April 2026.
Key Outcomes
- Approved minutes of July 30, 2025 (unanimous).
- Elected Chuck Thompson as Chairman and Josh Edge as Vice-Chairman for 2026 (unanimous).
- Accepted the organizational presentation on forms and procedures, including acknowledgment that board members’ training is current (unanimous).
- Approved the scheduling of special meetings at 10:00 AM and the Notice to Taxpayers form (unanimous).
- No new procedures were formally adopted; board will consider drafting written guidance on protest material submission for the next meeting.
- Meeting adjourned by motion (unanimous).
Meeting Transcript
Yes, you should if it does, yeah, you're ready to go. All you're gonna do is um you're the the meeting's not launched yet, is it Rebecca? It is round it's launched, so you're ready to go. Just says join meeting. It looks like a straight way. Where's the joint meeting at? Yeah, you're in. You're in. You're ready to go. Yeah, we put every everyone. We put passwords around here, so if it gets out, you'll that's what you put in. I think that's what happened. Thank you. Test I test old man's skills for well, if I can get through it, I don't know, we'll see. Yeah, he replied he replied by email to Linda. And I think he replied some time ago. He did. He did I read that. That's why I put I left it tenant of them on my calendar because I didn't know what they're used for decision, maybe so. But we can talk more about what we're gonna do about things like that going forward. So okay, well it's ten o'clock, and so we will call this um regularly scheduled uh meeting of the Cleveland County Equalisation Board. I'm sorry, it's a special meeting, uh, on Thursday, February twelfth at ten AM. And so um and again, we're all learning the process here, and so I'm assuming I would say have a quorum call, but do we do that with you and on the screen? Yes. Okay, so let's have a quorum call. Here's here. We have a quorum. Okay, we do have a quorum. And um I think uh that all popped up on my screen. And so now we're on to um looks like uh yeah, notice the meeting was properly um posted, and so there's there's not really a motion for that though, is it right? Okay, so we're ready to go on to um approval of the minutes. And uh they were circulated in advance of this meeting, and uh uh I've read them and and uh I don't have any recommended uh changes from me, John. Do you have anything? Uh no. So would I make a motion for that? I think that would be I'll make a motion that we pass that. So um I think they're okay. You've done that. I will second the motion. And um and so John and I will vote here, but we'll also have uh a roll call. Is that correct? Okay. So if you please call rolling. Sure. Thompson? Yes. Yes. Thank you. So now we're on to uh items of business, and that is uh uh discussion possible action. Uh see what the rest of that oh here we go.
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