Each County has Three Commissioners

In the great State of Oklahoma , each County has three (3) County Commissioners , who are elected from individual, geographic districts to serve a four (4) year term. The three-member Board of County Commissioners is the administrative body of the County. The Board has general supervision over all the fiscal affairs of the County, as well as each Commissioner having individual responsibilities unique to their District.

One Commissioner in Each District

Each County is divided into three districts, as equal in population as possible and numbered 1, 2, and 3 respectively. One Commissioner is elected from each district. District boundaries are set every 10 years following the federal census. Oklahoma County Commissioners are required to fulfill the needs of their District with taxpayer funds provided, each year, in a Highway Cash Account and a Highway Levy Account.

An Oklahoma County Commissioner is a Constitutional Officer, who must fulfill his or her Constitutional and Statutory duties, including, but not limited to:

• Supervises and manages all real estate owned by the County
• The County Commissioners are to maintain the County Courthouse , the County Office Building , The Investors Capital Building, The County Jail, The Human Services Center, The County Juvenile Center, The County's OSU Extension Center , a downtown OKC parking garage, and three highway maintenance offices
• Designates, constructs, maintains, and repairs all County highways, roadways, and bridges
• Advertises for bids on major County purchases and awards all contracts
• Approves all claims covering materials, supplies, or services purchased by all County offices and paid for by County funds
• Calls all County Bond Elections and County Sales Tax Elections
• Through the Department of Training and General Assistance, provides pharmacy services and prescription medicines, emergency food vouchers, indigent burials, ambulance service, medical services, temporary housing and convalescent care, and job training for the indigent, destitute, and unemployable County residents. This department also helps coordinate the federal Food Stamp program
• Votes on all zoning applications and regulations of the County Planning Commission
• Conducts proceedings, sets date of election, canvasses returns, and issues Orders of Incorporation of all towns and/or cities in the County
• Audits the accounts of all County offices
• Publishes, in a newspaper, a complete report of the official proceedings of all meetings of the Board
• Appoints one member each of the County Excise Board and Board of Equalization
• Transacts business on behalf of the County as its governing board/body politic

In addition, Oklahoma County Commissioners serve, appoint, or participate in: The Metropolitan Library System, The City-County Health Department, The County Retirement Board of Trustees, The County Planning Commission, several County trusts and the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments.