City Council gets a safety grant, proposed changes to RV rules and more in this week’s county notebook

Board of County Commissioners: The Allocation of Beverage Tax for the month of August 2021 is to be distributed as follows: Bristow $3,564.39; Depew $402.58; Drumright $2,458.83; Kellyville $972.38; Kiefer $1,424.51; Lawrence Creek $126.97; Mannford $2,601.28; Mounds $987.87; Oilton $857.80; Sapulpa $17,372.85; Shamrock $86.71; Slick $111.48. 

Sapulpa City Council: A $27K grant from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office (OHSO) was accepted by the Council. The grant, which will be in effect for a year from the end of this month, provides funds to pay our police department overtime and travel expenses to reduce alcohol-impaired driving in our community, occupant protection (seat belts), and speed enforcement, to “try to make our roads safer for our citizens,” say the SPD.