Randy Poindexter of Cashion, former Kingfisher fire chief, was announced as the county’s new emergency management director at Monday’s meeting of Kingfisher County commissioners.

Poindexter succeeds Ryan Deatherage, who resigned earlier. Poindexter, who attended Monday’s board meeting, served as Kingfisher fire chief from 2007 until 2013.

Poindexter was selected from a group of candidates who were interviewed by commissioners over several weeks before his selection was officially announced.

He served a time with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department before returning to the Kingfisher County post.

“I am excited about this opportunity,” Poindexter said following the announcement.

Commissioners also discussed but took no action on a suggestion by District 2 County Commissioner Michael Sparks under new business that the board authorize a certificate of compliance for Linda Wilcox of Hennessey for her store under a new state requirement.

Sparks said he had supplied information regarding the certificate to the district attorney’s office.

He said the county has no zoning ordinance with which to provide the certificate and a qualified individual, who has been identified, can provide the needed compliance certificate at no cost to the county.

An agenda item authorizing the county to designate a member to the recently joined Central Oklahoma Workforce Development Area (COWDA) board of directors was tabled on motion of Sparks to allow further study.

Commissioners also took the following actions:

• Accepted Circuit Engineering District # 8 requirement to identify any equipment to be sold at the CED auction on March 13 by January;

• Approved a sheriff’s department grant application request for a Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) LLE through the District Attorneys Council;

• Approved application for the sheriff’s assistance grant of $168,000;

• Approved a notice to bidders for asphalt overlay projects for Districts 1 and 3. Sealed bids will be accepted in the office of the county clerk until 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 and will be opened at the commissioners’ regular meeting on Jan. 12. A pre-bid conference will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29, in the commissioners’ office in the courthouse. A similar overlay project was completed previously in District 2.

Present for the weekly meeting were all three county commissioners – Anthony Schwarz, chairman, District 3; Jeff Moss, vice-chairman, District 1, and Sparks, District 2 – County Clerk Emily Lee as minute clerk; County Engineer Nik Smith, Sheriff Aaron Pitts, Kevin Lane of P&K Equipment and Poindexter.