Broadband Board to meet for first time this year

 

The Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board opens its 2025 term with its first official meeting of the year.

The Board will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 14, at the Harvey Parkway Building, Room 105, 301 Northwest 63rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73116.

The following is the agenda.

1. Call to Order, Welcome, and Determination of a Quorum

2. Compliance with Open Meeting Act

3. Office Policy regarding Comments and Questions on Grant Processes

4. Discussion and Action to Approve Minutes of the December 10, 2024, Board Regular Meeting

5. Opening Remarks by Chair

6. Status Report from Oklahoma Broadband Office and Possible Discussion

7. Planning Update on Grant Programs and Possible Discussion

A. American Rescue Plan Act – State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARPA – SLFRF)

B. American Rescue Plan Act – Capital Projects Fund (ARPA – CPF)

C. Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)

D. Digital Equity Act (DEA)

8. Committee Report(s)

8.1. Grant Review Committee

9. Discussion and Action to Approve Additional American Rescue Plan Act – Capital Projects Funds
(“ARPA-CPF”) Project Award

10. Discussion and Action to Elect Officers

11. New Business (Any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting.) Title 25 Oklahoma Statutes Section 311(A)(10)

12. Next Meeting, Closing Remarks, and Announcements

13. Adjournment