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Billy Kidd Commissioner, District 1
Jack Tipton Commissioner, Chairman, District 2
Johnny Dale Commissioner, District 3
There are three county commissioners’ districts in every county in
Oklahoma. The districts are approximately equal in population and
numbered as district one, two and three. A county commissioner is
elected by the electors within a district to serve on the board of county
commissioners. The board of county commissioners is the chief
administrative body for the county. Many citizens perceive a county
commissioner as mainly being responsible for maintaining and
constructing the county roads and bridges. While these are important
duties required by the office, a county commissioner, as a member of
the board, is also responsible for setting and administering policies
for the county. The board of county commissioners hold, at the county
seat, regular meetings on first Monday of the month, the middle of the
month meeting and the last working day of the month. The agenda
might include legal, personnel and fiscal matters, an agenda is
posted in advance within the courthouse. The board of county
commissioners’ business meetings are open to the public.
The board of county commissioners plays an integral part in the
receiving and expending county funds. As the county’s chief
administrative body, the three county commissioners must make
major financial decisions and transactions. Also, the board of county
commissioners has the official duty to ensure the fiscal responsibility
of the other county officers who handle county funds. By law, the board
has the power and duty to audit the accounts of all the officers who
receive and manage money belonging or appropriated to the county.
The board of county commissioners also has a role in the county
budget process. Near the end of each fiscal year, the board must
collect from each elected and non-elected county official a financial
statement showing their expenditures and remaining revenues for the
current fiscal year, and their estimate of needs for the upcoming fiscal
year.
Furthermore, the board is required by law to prepare a statement
showing the county’s current financial condition, and the anticipated
revenues for the upcoming fiscal year along with an estimate of needs
for each county office. The county clerk assists the board of county
com-missioners in carrying out these duties. The information is
published in a newspaper by the board of county commissioners and
submitted to the county excise board. Final authority for funding each
county office lies with the county excise board.
Unlike the misconception that county commissioners are only elected
to build and maintain county roads and bridges, as members of the
board of county commissioners, they are foremost policy makers and
business managers for the county. All the review and approval
procedures empowered to the board are a means to provide the
public with a fiscally efficient system of county government.