Members of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) encourage residents of central Oklahoma to attend a public forum scheduled for Tuesday, June 9, 2026.
The public forum will be held following the regular business meeting of the board. There is no way to estimate how long the business meeting will last, so there is no exact time for the start of the public forum. Both the meeting and public forum will be held at the Department of Environmental Quality – Multipurpose Room, 707 N. Robinson, Oklahoma City, OK. The regular business meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. The Environmental Quality Board is the rulemaking authority for DEQ.
The board welcomes input from those concerned about Oklahoma’s environment and the regulations governing their protection. The board’s role at the forum is to listen to citizens. While the board can’t talk about pending permits or enforcement actions, members do want to know about your issues of concern.
The meeting and public forum are open to everyone. To learn more about the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, visit www.oklahoma.gov/deq. For more information regarding this event, contact Quiana Fields at (405) 702-7100.
The agenda for the regular business meeting is as follows:
Executive Director’s Report – Robert Singletary, Executive Director, DEQ
Mr. Singletary’s report may include significant agency accomplishments and activities
since the last Board meeting, as well as information pertaining to budgetary and/or
legislative matters. This report is for informational purposes only, and no action by the
Board is required.
6. Budget Update and Financial Overview (FY 2026) – Kathy Aebischer, DEQ Chief
Financial Officer and Director of Administrative Services
Ms. Aebischer’ s report will include an update and overview of DEQ’s current budget for
Fiscal Year 2026. This report is for informational purposes only. Although discussion may
occur, no action by the Board is required.
7. Legislative Report – Ryan McIntosh
Mr. McIntosh’s report may include information pertaining to new legislation that may
affect the Board or the Department. This report is for informational purposes only, and not
action by the Board is required.
8. Executive Session– Annual Performance Review of Executive Director
Among the statutory duties of the Board are the responsibilities to appoint and set the
compensation of the Executive Director and to assist the DEQ in conducting periodic
reviews and planning activities related to the goals, objectives, priorities, and policies of
the DEQ. In connection with these responsibilities, the Board has determined that it should
conduct a performance review of the Executive Director.
• In open session, discussion by the Board.
• In open session, consideration of possible executive session pursuant to Title 25
Oklahoma Statutes Section 307(B)(1) (discussion of employment actions related to any
individual salaried public officer or employee), if authorized by recorded majority vote
of a quorum of the Board members present.
• In open session, if executive session approved, designation of a person to keep minutes
in executive session.
• In executive session, discussion of Executive Director’s annual performance review
and of possible employment actions by the Board relating to the Executive Director.
9. Reconvene into open session
• In open session, roll call vote to reconvene regular Board meeting.
10. Consider taking action on the following
• In open session, possible roll call vote on specific actions or recommendations as a
result of the Executive Director’s annual performance review.
11. New Business (Any matter not known about and which could not have been reasonably
foreseen prior to the posting of agenda)
12. Next Meeting
The next regular meeting of the Environmental Quality Board is scheduled to be held on
September 9, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The meeting will be held in
the Oklahoma State University Student Union, 110 S. Hester Street, Stillwater, OK
74078, in Room SU 416 (Case Study 2).
13. Adjournment
