By ZIVA BRANSTETTER — Tulsa World
Since it began operations in February, the Workers Compensation Commission has spent $30,000 furnishing its commissioners’ offices and signed a $4,500 contract with a consultant for a “communications strategy” at the same time it employed a full-time public information officer, a Tulsa World analysis shows.
Also, the commission has hired more administrators than counselors to assist injured workers, records show.
Executive Director Rick Farmer said that because the commission is a new agency, it is expected to have one-time costs such as furniture.
