Members of the Oklahoma Broadband Board of Commissioners will get an update on Tuesday of the state’s spending efforts to expand broadband service into the rural areas.
The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. Rather than the usual live video coverage of what transpires at the meeting, only audio will be provided.
Below 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 August 28, 2025, 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. Oklahoma SLFRF Broadband Middle Mile Program
D. Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)
8. Committee Reports
A. Policy Committee
9. Discussion and Possible Action to Approve Scoring Criteria for American Rescue Plan Act – Capital
Projects Fund (“ARPA – CPF”) Round 2
10. Discussion and Possible Action to Approve American Rescue Plan Act – Capital Projects Fund (“ARPACPF”) Round 2
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11. Discussion and Action on Memorializing the Creation of the Finance Committee
12. Discussion and Action to Approve the Proposed Dates and Times for the Board’s Regular Meetings in
2026
13. New Business (Any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior
to the time of posting.) 25 O.S. 2021, § 311(A)(10)
14. Next Meeting, Closing Remarks, and Announcements
15. Adjournment