• Payroll Tax Deferral Guidance

• ACEC OKLAHOMA Board Meeting Recap

• ACEC Fall Conference Going Virtual

• ACEC OKLAHOMA Engineering Excellence Awards Entry Info Now Available

• Consulting Engineers PAC Approved Contributions to General Election Candidates

• Approved the Year-End 2019-2020 Financial Report which reported a small net gain for the year as well as showing that the Council is in a strong financial position with cash reserves above the Board Policy 40% level.

• Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and continuing concerns regarding when in-person will be allowed, the Board unanimously voted to "postpone" the 2021 Leadership For Engineers class until such time in-person meeting are again allowed.

• ACEC National Director Brent Schniers reported that the ACEC Fall Conference would be held in a virtual setting rather than as scheduled in San Diego, CA. Schniers urged all members to participate in this educational and informative event.

• Schniers also reported that ACEC was conducting an update of the 2009 QBS Study.

• Chairman of the Board Chad Grinsteiner updated the membership on the search process for a new President/CEO to replace President Sullins upon his retirement in December. He reported that the Search Committee reviewed a number of applications, held a series of Committee meetings, and eventually interview eight candidates. The Search Committee then unanimously recommended four candidates to the Board of Directors. The Board conducted in-person interviews on August 19^th, then met again and through a QBS-type process, unanimously ranked the four candidates. Finally, he reported that the Board had begun the process of entering into negotiations with the top ranked candidate, and if were successful, expected to have an announcement for the membership in September.

• Chairman Grinsteiner reported that in conjunction with the President search, a By-Laws change was possibly needed to address a section of the By-Laws which, when adopted in 2011, did not anticipate a change in operation or different business models which might be available to the Council at this future date.  If necessary, a Special Meeting of the Council will be called to amend the current By-Laws.

• Chairman Grinsteiner next reported on efforts to implement the newly adopted Strategic Plan including the formation for new Committees which would be responsible for developing the implementation plan for each section of the Strategic Plan. The Board approved the formation of the new committee structure.

• President Sullins reported that a Stakeholders group was being formed to develop strategies and an action plan to address a $180 million loss of funding to ODOT enacted during the last legislative session.  The group includes the Board of Directors of AOGC, ACEC OKLAHOMA, Oklahoma Asphalt Pavers Association, Oklahoma Concrete Pavers Association, and the Oklahoma Aggregates Association, with the first meeting set for late September. 

• Registration is now open, and is only $349.00 which includes access to all sessions, roundtables, networking events and the virtual exhibit hall for all three days of the Conference, and,
• Access to all conference sessions and the virtual exhibit hall for up to 90 days post event.