Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-46-103: Duties and powers of regional planning commission -

Employees and expenses.

The regional planning commission shall prepare from time to time

plans for the systematic development and betterment of the regional

district for residence, manufacturing or business purposes. It may

consider and investigate any subject matter tending to the

development and betterment of such regional district and make

recommendations as it may deem advisable concerning the adoption

thereof to any department of the municipal or county 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 attorneys,

engineers, clerks and a secretary, and to pay for their services,

and to pay for such other expenses as the commission may lawfully

incur, including the necessary disbursements incurred by its members

in the performance of their duties as members of the commission. It

shall be lawful for the board of county commissioners to appropriate

money for the expenses of such regional planning commission.