The Cherokee Nation will be receiving an invoice for more than $2 million from Sequoyah County for the Garvin Branch bridge.

At last Monday’s meeting, the county commissioners approved sending the invoice for $2,069,482.63, and executing the Office of Management and Budget Uniform Guidance Compliance form.

District 3 Commissioner Jim Rogers noted that the bridge is a County Improvements for Roads and Bridges (CIRB) project.

“By utilizing the Cherokee Nation funds, that’s gonna free up some of the CIRB projects and some of the federal monies that they had available to help out with the bridges in Cherokee Nation territory,” Rogers told the commissioners.

Rogers explained that the Cherokee Nation payment merely passes through the county to the ODOT, which has oversight of the project. The project funding is authorized by the Cherokee Nation’s Tribal Transportation Program and the Tribal Transportation Program Bridge Program.

“We appreciate the Cherokee Nation,” county commissioners chair Beau Burlison said on behalf of the commissioners.

Bids were also opened for a six-month road materials contract for the county’s three districts. Due to the number of bids received and the need for review, the commissioners delayed awarding the contract until next weeks meeting.

The commissioners tabled discussion on a resolution to amend the county’s personnel policy, as well as a correctional communications services agreement between the county sheriff’s office and City Tele-Coin Company. The commissioners chose to take no action on the county assessor’s request to let a bid for a new compact 4WD truck with a lease-purchase option.

In other matters the commissioners approved:

• A county road machinery and equipment revolving fund lease renewal • A memorandum of understanding by and between Sequoyah County Emergency Management and the Cherokee Nation

• The disposal of equipment by the county election board, a Merels computer that no longer accepts updates

• An insurance verification form for ODOT county road machinery and equipment revolving fund

• An appointment of Walter A. Rau to the EOD Library System’s board of trustees through June 30, 2026

• A transfer of appropriations from treasurer M&O to treasurer personal service in the amount of $1,600.88

• A transfer of appropriations from commissioners travel to assessor travel in the amount of $200

• A transfer of appropriations from commissioners travel to court clerk travel in the amount of $300

• A transfer of appropriations from OSU Extension contractual services to OSU Extension M&O in the amount of $1,700