Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-45-103: Duties and powers of the planning commission -

Employees.

The planning commission shall prepare from time to time plans

for the betterment of the municipality as a place of residence or

for business. It may consider and investigate any subject matter

tending to the development and betterment of the municipality, and

make recommendations as it may deem advisable concerning the

adoption thereof, to any department of the municipal government, and

for any purpose make or cause to be made surveys, maps or plans. The

commission shall have the power and authority to employ engineers,

attorneys, clerks and a secretary, or any other help deemed

necessary, subject to the approval of the municipal governing body.

The salaries and compensation of any planning commission employees

shall be fixed by the governing body and shall be paid out of the

municipal treasury as other officers and employees. The necessary

expenses incurred by the commission shall be appropriated and paid

out of the municipal treasury as other legal expenses of the

municipality, but in no event may the planning commission be

authorized to create a deficiency.