Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-452.1: Director and deputies of country juvenile facilities and

services - Employment by judge responsible for juvenile docket.

With the approval of the board of county commissioners, the

judge responsible for the juvenile docket of any county may employ a

director of county juvenile facilities and services and deputies to

the director as the judge may deem appropriate. The director shall

perform the duty or duties of directions and implementations of

county juvenile facilities and services as prescribed and directed

by the board of county commissioners. Such directors and their

deputies shall serve at the will and discretion of the judge

responsible for the juvenile docket.

The director and deputies of county juvenile facilities and

services shall receive as compensation a salary or salaries to be

fixed by the board of county commissioners, to be paid out of the

general operating fund of the county or out of special funds created

by a vote of the people for the purposes of funding county juvenile

facilities and services. The compensation of the director and any

deputies shall not be governed by the comprehensive salary code, as

provided in Section 180.58 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.