The County
Training Program is a joint endeavor between CLGT and OCES. It provides
education, training, and technical assistance to Oklahoma’s elected
county officers, their deputies and staffs, and state and local agencies. This
program involves legislated and voluntary certification and training for the
offices of County Assessor, County Clerk, County Treasurer, Court Clerk, County
Sheriff, County Commissioners, and County Equalization Boards and Purchasing
Agents. Some of the units in the County Training Program are mandated by state
law, while others are voluntarily imposed by county officer associations.
Handbooks,
course books, newsletters, and other training materials provide continuous
training support on the job. The County Training Program itself is mandated by
state law and administered by the Commission on County Personnel Education and
Training. State-appropriated funds are contracted through the Office of the
State Auditor and Inspector.
Sponsor: Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector
PIs: Michael L. Hughes
Division of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources: Ross O. Love
The purpose of
this project is to improve the coordination and effectiveness of federal,
state, local, and other programs, services, and actions affecting rural areas
by facilitating the operation of the State Rural Development Council—a
public and private collaborative partnership—as part of the National Rural
Development Partnership (NRDP).
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture National
Rural Development Partnership
PI: Michael L. Hughes
Subgrade
Stabilization Using Unwashed Mine Tailings from the Tar Creek Superfund Site
Naturally
occurring subgrade materials will be collected, evaluated, tested and studied.
Sieve analysis of the chat materials will be performed. Results of the research
will provide positive answers regarding the suitability of chat as subgrade
material as envisioned by Governor Keating’s Tar Creek Superfund Task
Force.
Sponsor: Oklahoma Transportation Center for
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
PI: Michael L. Hughes
Funded by the
Federal Highway Association and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this program provides
for a resource center to furnish information, training, and technical
assistance related to road and bridge construction, repair, and maintenance to
over 49 tribal governments in a four-state area. The TTAP mission is to meet
the educational needs of tribal governments related to roads, bridges, public
transit, transportation systems, inter-governmental coordination, and economic
development. An important part of the mission is to provide training sessions,
classes, and workshops geared to specific tribal needs. The TTAP center also
maintains a mailing list, publishes a quarterly newsletter, keeps a library of
technical literature and videotapes, and provides on-site assistance. The TTAP
center at OSU is one of six TTAP centers across the U.S. and part of a network
of fifty-seven technical assistance centers.
Sponsors: Federal Highway Administration, Bureau
of Indian Affairs
PIs: Joseph D. Paden, Michael L. Hughes
CLGT, in
partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s Transit
Planning Division, provides educational programs, software development, and
technical assistance for Oklahoma’s rural public transit systems. The
program serves the Project Directors and their staffs at 22 rural public
transit systems throughout Oklahoma. CLGT has developed computer programs to
facilitate record keeping and data reporting and continually works to update
these programs to meet changing reporting requirements and computer hardware/software
capabilities. On-site training is also offered to keep pace with hardware and
software changes, computerization of new transit projects, and changing
personnel. CLGT also presents workshops and statewide conferences on various
transit subjects and helps coordinate the Bus Operators Rodeo each year. CLGT
helped to coordinate a national transit conference in 2000 with speakers and
attendees from across the country. Recently, CLGT helped the Oklahoma Transit
Association launch a statewide certification program for transit professionals.
Oklahoma is one of the first states in the nation to introduce such a program.
Sponsor: Oklahoma Department of Transportation
PIs: Steven Singleton, Michael L. Hughes
Funded by the
Federal Highway Association and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, this
statewide program serves as a resource center to furnish information, training,
and technical assistance related to county and local road and bridge
construction, repair, and maintenance. The LTAP Center at OSU is part of a
network of 57 similar centers located throughout the United States. The
Center’s main emphasis is on providing classes and seminars on a number
of transportation topics. The LTAP Center coordinates a County Roads Scholar
program in which a series of nine courses related to road and bridge
maintenance, construction, and repair is offered to county commissioners, their
foremen, and workers. These courses are from one to four days in length and
cover subjects such as aggregate road maintenance, supervisory skills,
surveying, soil testing, plan reading, and equipment maintenance. The
LTAP’s mission is to stimulate an active, progressive, and cost-effective
transfer of highway technology and technical assistance to rural and local
governments. The LTAP center also maintains a mailing list, publishes a
quarterly newsletter, keeps a library of technical literature and videotapes,
conducts workshops and conferences, and provides on-site assistance.
Sponsors: Federal Highway Administration, Oklahoma
Department of Transportation
PIs: Douglas A. Wright, Michael L. Hughes