Garfield County — The Colony OK

An empty commissioners' meeting room with a three-seat dais, two flags and rows of vinyl chairs.

County DeskSEP 9, 2026

Garfield County commissioners meet their lawyers on Skeleton Creek, a month after the appeals court reversed the county's win

The Sept. 8 agenda lists two closed sessions with counsel, one on the landowners' zoning case over the NextEra solar-and-battery site north of Enid and one on a federal wrongful-death suit against the sheriff, before six appointments to the Fairgrounds Trust Authority.

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