Brenda Miller was announced as the interim director for the Okmulgee County OSU Extension during Monday’s meeting of the board of commissioners.

She, who is the Northeast Area Family and Consumer Sciences Specialist, is serving as the interim director following the departure of Tanner Miller, who resigned last Friday.

Miller also introduced Jill Gibbons, who is the Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Educator; and Buffy Richardson, who is now the program assistant for OSU Extension. She previously served in the Community Nutrition Education Program (CNEP), but assumed the new position this week.

The commissioners also approved the Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector’s Office to engage in audits for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022. The FY21 audit will be Financial & Federal; while FY22 will only be a financial one. The County Treasurer’s Office will oversee the financial statements for both years and will be the point of contact for the state office.

The commissioners voted to table moving forward on a purchase/ lease purchase for property located next to the Wilson Fire Department, pending final changes to the contract.

Agenda items approved were:

• Minutes from April 10 meeting

• Blanket Purchase Orders: District 1 to Cintas for $800; District 2 to Cintas for $700 and to RPI for $1,000; Nuyaka Fire to RPI for $1,000 and S&H Auto for $1,000.

• Employee Forms: Requisitioning and Receiving Officers for 911 Communications

• Utility Permits: District 3 with Rural Water District 1

• Private Property Agreements: District 2 with Chris Ledbetter, cleaning ditches

• Approved 324A Claim for Bristlecone Road project, along with Supplement #1 for the project

• Claims and Appropriations Undersheriff Fred Mc-Guire, on behalf of Sheriff Eddy Rice, reported there was a semi-tanker fire over the weekend at Hwy. 52 and Bald Hill Road, which was handled by area fire departments. Emergency Management was not needed at the scene.

Citizens having business at the Okmulgee County Courthouse are reminded about the new ID scanner system that is now being used. You must have identification to enter the courthouse, and once the information is in the system, one only has to swipe their ID to enter.

Sheriff Rice stated last month that ID Scanners will hopefully speed up getting people into the courthouse, instead of a “gridlock of people coming in.” There is an avenue for those without ID to be entered into the system manually by the deputy at the desk.