Approval of annual contracts comprised a major part of Monday’s weekly meeting of Kingfisher County commissioners.

The annual agreements included:

• A contract with Craig County Detention Center for holding underage sheriff’s office detainees on an as needed basis. The contract raised the daily fee from $25 to $35;

• A contract with Oklahoma Juvenile Justice Services spelling out details of juvenile detainee maintenance requirements;

• A one-year renewal of the county’s self-insurance workers’ compensation policy with Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma (ACCO) at a fee of $208,881;

• Renewal with ACCO of the county’s self-insured group property and liability insurance at a fee of $353,003;

• Renewal of county health department agreements with eight companies for commercial cleaning as needed;

• Authorization for County Treasurer Robin Rother to invest surplus county general funds, highway funds and industrial authority funds (three documents);

• Depository agreements with BancFirst, Community National and F&M banks; all designated banks included BancFirst of Kingfisher, F&M Bank of Kingfisher, Community National Bank of Okarche, Community State Bank in Cashion, Hennessey and Dover;

• Certification of bonds for Canadian County and Blaine County clerks and treasurers, and,

• Detention service agreements with Legacy Therapeutic Services;

• Contract with Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Wildlife Services for fiscal year for federal trapper services.

In other action, commissioners approved a resolution to dispose of surplus computer equipment for the office of Court Clerk Lauren Stroh, minutes, purchase orders, warrants and payroll for fiscal years 25 and 24, removing AmberLee Green as receiving officer for the emergency management office and adding Kathryn Meeker, approving a hazard mitigation grant award for the county safe room (storm shelter) and a change order for the District 1 shop renovation. District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss reported Circuit Engineer District 8 engineers would make final inspection Tuesday on the Phillips and Robberts Avenue bridges over Kingfi sher and Uncle John Creek bridges, respectively, in District 1 before clearing them for turnover from the contractor to the county.

Present for the meeting in addition to all commissioners – Moss; Anthony Schwarz, District 3, chairman, and Mike Sparks, District 2 – were County Clerk Emily Lee, minute clerk, who was serenaded on her birthday by commissioners and others with “Happy Birthday,” County Engineer Nik Smith, Emergency Management Director Ryan Deatherage and citizen visitor Kelly Buck.