County commissioners approve second Atoka pipeline permit, postpone master-plan update
Both actions passed 3-0 at the Nov. 9 meeting; a minutes PDF has not been posted.
NORMAN - Cleveland County commissioners on Nov. 9 approved a permit for a second Atoka Pipeline and postponed a recommendation to hire a firm to update the county's 2017 master plan, according to votes recorded in the county's Legistar meeting record. A minutes PDF for the meeting has not been posted.
On a 3-0 vote, Vice Chairman Rod Cleveland moved, and Member Jacob McHughes seconded, approval of a permit application by Smith Roberts and Baldischwiler, LLC, for a 72-inch welded steel water line paralleling the existing 60-inch Atoka Pipeline that carries water from Atoka to Lake Stanley Draper, the record shows. Chairman Rusty Grissom also voted aye.
The board postponed, 3-0, an Infrastructure Committee recommendation to retain a professional firm to update the master plan completed in 2017 by ADG Architecture, on a motion by Grissom, seconded by McHughes. The motion text in the official record is that the item be postponed.
Commissioners also approved, 3-0, the Nov. 2 minutes and consent items 2 through 15, on motions by McHughes, seconded by Cleveland.
Source: Cleveland County Legistar: Board of County Commissioners, Nov. 9, 2026.