It is time to modernize county government
Next month I will chair a legislative hearing convened to consider the training qualifications of county officials. The hearing was requested by State Representative Marty…
Board of County Commissioners
Logan County District 2 Update: Solid waste service
Last year District 2 participated in a solid waste program. It was so well received we once again applied for funding through the Association of…
Numbers update with County Commissioner Mark Sharpton
Essentially,….you paid $74.69 in taxes last year for roads in Logan County.
Update from County Commissioner Mark Sharpton
Well, it looks like two branches of the Federal Government have come to an agreement to bury you and I deeper into a financial hole….
Two projects near completion for District 2
In District 2, much hard work has been put into two major projects over the last few months, and we are glad to report that…
Update from County Commissioner Mark Sharpton
I believe Logan County and the City of Guthrie are starting a mutually beneficial relationship. The city has a need for some “boom mowing” and…
222% increase in 10 years
A few weeks ago I asked the Oklahoma Department of Transportation if they had a record of all of the Logan County Projects associated with…
Budget fouled up
This has been a busy month so far. For the last couple of months county officers have been dealing with the county budget. Unlike the…
County Assessor: Duties and responsibilities
The County Assessor assesses all property for ad valorem taxation and submits the value of each property to the County Equalization Board and later to the…
Logan County District 1 update
District 1 has been a busy place the last few weeks. Right at the end of the 4th wettest rainy spell in Oklahoma history, we had…
County Sheriffs: Duties and responsibilities
The County Sheriff is the chief law officer in the county and is responsible for preserving the peace and protecting life and property in the county….
District 2 Update: Douglas Blvd. resurfacing project begins
Haskell Lemon Construction Company is scheduled to begin work this week on Douglas from Waterloo to Forrest Hills. The first phase of the work will…
County Treasurers: Duties and responsibilities
The County Treasurer serves as the chief financial officer for the county and administers all county monies. All the revenues received by the county from…
Court Clerks: Duties and responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of the Court Clerk are to record, file, and maintain the proceedings of the District Court and to maintain books such as…
County Clerks: Duties and responsibilities
The County Clerk is the principal record keeper for the county and preserves all legal instruments filed by private citizens and public officials within the…
Balancing expense accounts for greatest effectiveness
Near the middle of each month, commissioner districts are notified about how much they will receive from the Tax Commission for the following month. We…
County Commissioner Mark Sharpton: General Duties
Each county in Oklahoma has three County Commissioner districts, which are approximately equal in population and are numbered as districts one, two, and three. One…
Update from Logan County Commissioner Mark Sharpton
The Charter Oak bridge project is moving along a little slower than anticipated but the bridge company is now installing guardrail and applying TBSC, (Traffic Bound…
District 2 Update on Road Projects
Several weeks have passed since the last communication from District 2 so I want to update you on what we’ve been doing.
Logan County District 2 Update: Trash on county roads
One of the laws passed by the state legislature in the 2013 session was SB 89. This bill, authored by Senator Ballenger and Representative Wesselhoft, increases…