Following the weekly meeting of the McIntosh County Commissioners meeting Monday morning a quarterly meeting of county officials was held.

The main topic of discussion at the meeting was whether to create a “do not hire” or “do not re-hire” list, which would be to prevent the employment of individuals who have criminal intent or other issues that would make them unemployable.

Most officials were concerned about the legality of such a list and they agreed to seek an opinion from Assistant District Attorney Greg Stidham.

During the weekly meeting of the county commissioners, County Clerk Deena Farrow was given permission to increase the spending limit on the county credit card from $2,000 to $5,000 so she could purchase a new walk-through metal detector online.

The current detector is not functioning.

In other business, commissioners approved allowing the 911 office to move into the room formerly used by the commissioners for their weekly meetings.

The new meeting room for the commissioners is now in the new wing of the courthouse.

However, because of the remodeling now taking place on the first floor of the courthouse the commissioners’ meeting room is temporarily being used by the County Election Board and the commissioners are meeting in a room at the McIntosh County Criminal Justice Center (location of the county jail).

The 911 dispatch center remains in Checotah.

Also at Monday’s meeting, commissioners listened to a sales pitch by Proactive Security Solutions seeking to provide security for county offices.

The Tuttle-based company provides an array of security items for schools and governments across the state.

No action was taken.