Kingfisher County is preparing to serve as a pilot program for an Emergency Management disaster recovery program to be applied to all 77 Oklahoma counties.

Commission Chairman Heath Dobrovolny reported during county commissioners’ weekly meeting Monday that he and deputy county Emergency Manager Ryan Deatherage would coordinate with state emergency management officers beginning at 1 p.m. Tuesday to help develop the program, some of which will deal with county roads and bridges.

District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek observed it was his opinion that such a program should have been initiated at the onset of emergency management.

Commissioners referred two plans for a permanent OSU Extension office on the county fairgrounds prepared by Corbin, Merz, & Haney Architecture and Interior Design to the extension staff for recommendations as to which best suited their needs.

The permanent structure is planned for construction on the east side of the fairgrounds, on the south side of the street entering the fairgrounds from 13th Street.

The extension staff has been operating in a portable building since the former office in the Courthouse Annex had to be vacated due to water issues.

In other action, commissioners approved declaring as surplus six computer desks for the office of County Assessor Carrie Turner.

A number of permits for pipeline crossings on county roads received approval as follow:

• BCE Mach III Midstream Holdings– four 10-inch and one 12-inch poly permanent salt water lines in District 2 located as follow: nine miles west and two miles south of Hennessey, eight miles west and one mile south of Hennessey, two miles east and three miles south of Hennessey and 10-inch and 12-inch lines located five miles east and three miles south of Hennessey.

• K&J Construction – three-inch and 12-inch lay flat lines located two miles north and three miles west of Dover, and 12-inch and three-inch lay flat poly lines located three miles east of Dover, both in District 2, and twelve-inch lay flat line located two miles west and five miles north of Loyal, District 3.

• Enlink Midstream – Four-inch steel line located five miles south and five miles east of Hennessey, District 2.

• Pioneer Telephone Cooperative – numerous roads in the Hennessey vicinity for fiber optics line installation, District 2.

Several activities involving commissioners were announced for coming days, including tax rolls at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, and tax protests at 9 a.m. Wednesday and a free chip and seal class at Pond Creek on Thursday, June 22, provided by Oklahoma State University for commissioners interested in doing their own blacktopping work.

All commissioners were present – Dobrovolny, Shimanek and Jeff Moss, District 1, along with Deputy County Clerk Emily Lee as official minute clerk, and County Engineer Nik Smith.