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Cleveland County Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting – March 23, 2026

Board of County Commissioners & Boards — Monday, March 23, 2026

BodyCleveland County, Oklahoma

SessionBoard of County Commissioners & Boards

DateMonday, March 23, 2026

StatusFILED

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0:00

Do you remember what item it was on?

0:07

Um which one is that for?

0:11

Um the court clerk is it number six.

0:44

I'll put it up.

0:47

I can't believe we need it here.

0:55

You can still do this because I don't have to do it back in fact.

3:02

Is Ron not here today?

3:04

Huh?

3:05

Ron not here today?

3:07

He wasn't at the meeting for budget board.

3:13

But he could be something.

3:57

Okay, Mark won't be here today.

4:00

No, he'll be out set.

4:03

Um I can get you what you need anything?

4:17

Go ahead.

4:47

Uh got the lights working in the lady's room, so we call the needroom.

4:50

Oh, okay.

4:54

I hope everything goes up well tomorrow.

5:00

Yeah, I don't know exactly.

5:01

We're I think the main thing is gonna be in here and she wants volunteers for setup and whatever it is she wants to have done.

5:16

It's hard to sh I think she kind of backed off uh doing a lot of extreme decorating, like Victorian big door.

5:30

That's that's not just easy to snap out.

5:33

Yeah.

5:35

She might as well just hired a party planner.

5:39

Yeah.

5:40

That's a lot of work.

5:42

Oh back in the day I could make it pull a rabbit out with that, but I think all that uh planning a wedding really decoration is not easy to pull off.

6:05

You know, it takes a lot of extreme planning and getting all your decor together.

6:12

What's a party planner?

6:13

She had to hire a party planner for something else.

6:15

Yeah.

6:26

And and uh he's either had to top it or you know a little bit over top a little bit over top.

6:33

Yeah, you'd have to be a little way over top and top to pull it off and uh my motto is keep it simple if you if you don't have that much um time and energy and um you basically have to come in early in the morning and start decorating house.

6:59

Oh I know it's not like an event of a year.

7:08

I tell you, uh I don't I don't think you ever met Dorinda Harvey, but now that girl could decorate uh but it was back in the day, you know and people would laugh about it right now but she could do the most amazing things with and don't laugh, but with crepe paper.

7:36

But we had uh thing that was a style.

7:40

That was what you had.

7:41

Yeah, that was what you had to work with.

7:43

Yeah.

7:44

But she fixed it so pretty and decorative and uh it my god, I never seen anything like it since.

7:55

And she had all the and it was in the spring and she picked all these spring flowers and it had just uh beautiful spring bouquets and that it cost nobody nothing, you know.

8:11

And uh I remember making flowers out of tissue paper.

8:16

Yeah, well she I mean she made uh the trim around the table and all of it and it was in a lavender.

8:26

Um I know it was a white and lavender and all these beautiful flowers and uh it just looked gorgeous.

8:35

I wish I had pictures of it.

8:37

Yeah.

8:38

I remember make a flower down tissue paper.

8:41

And it looked just like a flower.

8:43

I know.

8:44

And it's beautiful.

8:45

It was pretty it was really yeah, pretty.

8:47

Yeah, I remember.

8:48

Yeah, we used to do uh back in the days stuff with crepe paper.

8:54

And uh yeah, she just had all that trimmed out and can't describe it all in detail, but it just looked gorgeous.

9:07

I was trying to think what it was.

9:11

It was probably somebody's retirement party I would imagine.

9:19

I just still in shock over volume.

9:24

Oh I hit this is gonna hit hard for so many people because he interacted with I didn't know he was chief of the fire department in Ghostby.

9:40

Did you know that?

9:42

I did not and I've known him for thirty years.

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Summary of Proceedings

Cleveland County Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting – March 23, 2026

The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners met on Monday, March 23, 2026, in Norman, Oklahoma. The agenda scheduled the meeting for 1:00 PM; the official timestamp indicates 18:45 UTC (1:45 PM CDT). Chairman Jacob McHughes and Vice Chairman Rusty Grissom were present; Member Rod Cleveland was absent. All votes were 2-0 in favor. The board approved minutes, consent items with corrections, a letter of support, a memorandum of understanding, a mutual cooperation agreement, and a courthouse elevator replacement contract.

Consent Calendar

Approved the minutes of the March 17, 2026, meeting.
Approved blanket purchase orders and claims for travel, maintenance & operations, and capital outlay.
Approved personnel services payroll for the period ending March 15, 2026.
Approved an error correction for purchase orders #20260137, #20261578, and #20261579 totaling $10,308.76, transferring funds from GF Commissioners General Government Maintenance & Operations (100124-54000) to GF Commissioners Maintenance & Operations (100120-54000).
Approved the Court Clerk Records Management and Preservation Monthly Report for February 2026.
Approved an error correction transferring $32.48 from General Fund Court Clerk Travel (100161-53000) to General Fund Court Judges Travel (100160-53000).
Approved the County Assessor's end-of-month report for February 2026.
Approved the allocation of Alcoholic Beverage Tax collected in February 2026 for March 2026, totaling $65,004.92, with payments to Etowah ($50.63), Lexington ($640.06), Moore ($19,995.76), Noble ($2,224.30), Norman ($40,768.51), and Slaughterville ($1,325.66).
Approved Cash Fund Appropriations for February 16 to March 15. Vice Chairman Grissom noted two corrections: the Jail Commissary (item 20) should be $58,445.27 instead of $61,276.86, and Sheriff Service Fees (item 25) should be $221,656.51 instead of $218,824.92. The consent agenda passed with those changes.

Discussion Items

Slaughterville T-Mobile Hometown Grant: The board approved a letter of support for the Town of Slaughterville's grant application for the Slaughterville Park Safety Improvement Project. The letter confirms Cleveland County's partnership and designates Brian Wint as project manager.
Hunger Free Oklahoma MOU: The board approved the 2026 Memorandum of Understanding with Hunger Free Oklahoma for the Noble Farm Market to accept DUO program services.
Cemetery Road Agreement with City of Noble: The board approved a mutual cooperation agreement for work on Cemetery Road from Bradshaw Lane east 1.05 miles to Highway 77. The City of Noble received $207,000 from the Municipal Road Drilling Activity Fund; the city is required to provide 25% of the project, and Cleveland County District 3 will pay 12.5% of the city's 25%. Chairman McHughes noted that because it is a joint road, the arrangement benefits both parties.
Elevator Replacement Contract: The board approved Contract for Bid #COM-2176 for replacing the Cleveland County Courthouse elevator. Discussion noted the elevator was already in service in the late 1980s. The bid had been awarded earlier, and the contract was reviewed by the District Attorney's office.

Key Outcomes

All motions carried unanimously (2-0) with Chairman McHughes and Vice Chairman Grissom voting in favor.
No new business was reported.
Board members offered condolences for Brian James, who served Cleveland County since 1987 and managed the Cleveland County Fairgrounds since 2014, and died while acting as a first responder. The board adjourned following statements.

Meeting Transcript

Do you remember what item it was on? Um which one is that for? Um the court clerk is it number six. I'll put it up. I can't believe we need it here. You can still do this because I don't have to do it back in fact. Is Ron not here today? Huh? Ron not here today? He wasn't at the meeting for budget board. But he could be something. Okay, Mark won't be here today. No, he'll be out set. Um I can get you what you need anything? Go ahead. Uh got the lights working in the lady's room, so we call the needroom. Oh, okay. I hope everything goes up well tomorrow. Yeah, I don't know exactly. We're I think the main thing is gonna be in here and she wants volunteers for setup and whatever it is she wants to have done. It's hard to sh I think she kind of backed off uh doing a lot of extreme decorating, like Victorian big door. That's that's not just easy to snap out. Yeah. She might as well just hired a party planner. Yeah. That's a lot of work. Oh back in the day I could make it pull a rabbit out with that, but I think all that uh planning a wedding really decoration is not easy to pull off. You know, it takes a lot of extreme planning and getting all your decor together. What's a party planner? She had to hire a party planner for something else. Yeah. And and uh he's either had to top it or you know a little bit over top a little bit over top. Yeah, you'd have to be a little way over top and top to pull it off and uh my motto is keep it simple if you if you don't have that much um time and energy and um you basically have to come in early in the morning and start decorating house. Oh I know it's not like an event of a year. I tell you, uh I don't I don't think you ever met Dorinda Harvey, but now that girl could decorate uh but it was back in the day, you know and people would laugh about it right now but she could do the most amazing things with and don't laugh, but with crepe paper. But we had uh thing that was a style. That was what you had. Yeah, that was what you had to work with. Yeah. But she fixed it so pretty and decorative and uh it my god, I never seen anything like it since. And she had all the and it was in the spring and she picked all these spring flowers and it had just uh beautiful spring bouquets and that it cost nobody nothing, you know. And uh I remember making flowers out of tissue paper. Yeah, well she I mean she made uh the trim around the table and all of it and it was in a lavender. Um I know it was a white and lavender and all these beautiful flowers and uh it just looked gorgeous. I wish I had pictures of it. Yeah. I remember make a flower down tissue paper. And it looked just like a flower. I know. And it's beautiful.

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