Kingfisher County ended fiscal year 2024 with a healthy $127,316,130.37 balance, according to the annual report from County Treasurer Robin Rother.

County commissioners approved the treasurer’s report at their weekly meeting Monday.

The commission approved the annual county property and liability self-insurance agreement with the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma (ACCO-SIG) at a cost of $328,427, opting to pay the total premium as a money-saving action. If the premium payment had been made in two payments, the cost would have been $331,854.

Commissioners also approved annual agreements with the state Office of Juvenile Affairs and the state Office of Emergency Management.

The Office of Juvenile Affairs agreement authorizes state reimbursement to the sheriff’s office for trans- fer of youthful detainees to approved detention centers, as necessary.

Approval of the Office of Emergency Management county plan authorizes quarterly state payments to assist with the county office’s operation.

Additionally, commissioners approved a county road crossing of a four-inch fresh water pipeline four miles north of Kingfisher in District 1 for Howard Drilling Enterprises and monthly reports for the court clerk and court clerk preservation fund.

Present for the meeting were all county commissioners – Jeff Moss, District 1, chairman; Ray Alan Shimanek, District 2, vice chairman, and Anthony Schwarz, District 3 – along with County Clerk Jeannie Boevers as official minute clerk, County Engineer Nik Smith, 911administrator- Emergency Management Director Ryan Deatherage and Sheriff Dennis Banther.