DUTIES OF THE BRYAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

• Supervise and manage all real estate owned by the County.
• Maintains the Courthouse, Courthouse Annex, D.A. Building, Fair Grounds, and three road maintenance offices.
• Advertises for bids on major County purchases and awards all contracts.
• Approve all claims covering materials, supplies, or services purchased by all County offices and paid with County funds. Designate, construct, maintain, and repair all County roadways and bridges. Indigent burials and rural grave internment.
• Appoint one member of the County Excise Board and Board of Equalization.
• An appointed Commissioner sits on each of these respected boards: CED, SODA, RSVP, Durant Chamber of Commerce, and LEO - Workforce Oklahoma.
• Relies on the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector for oversight and guidance.

DISTRICTS

The Board of County Commissioners, created by the State Constitution, is composed of three Commissioners elected by the people. The County is divided into three districts, as equal in population as possible and numbered 1, 2, and 3, respectively. One Commissioner is elected from each district. District boundaries are set once every 10 years following the federal census.