Tim Gatz
Tim Gatz | |
|---|---|
| Executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Governor | Kevin Stitt |
| Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation | |
| In office 2019 – February 28, 2024 | |
| Governor | Kevin Stitt |
| Preceded by | Mike Patterson |
| Executive director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority | |
| In office 2016 – February 28, 2024 | |
| Governor | Mary Fallin Kevin Stitt |
| Succeeded by | Joe Echelle |
Tim Gatz is an American civil servant who served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation, executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, and executive director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, until an attorney general opinion by Attorney General of Oklahoma Gentner Drummond found holding the offices simultaneously violated a dual office prohibition in the Oklahoma Constitution.
Biography
Tim Gatz started working for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in 1990.[1] In 2016, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin appointed Gatz as the executive director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.[2] In 2019, Governor Kevin Stitt appointed him Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation and he was promoted to the executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.[3]
Gatz resigned as the executive director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation on February 28, 2024, after an attorney general opinion by Attorney General of Oklahoma Gentner Drummond found holding the offices simultaneously violated a dual office prohibition in the Oklahoma Constitution.[4] The opinion was requested by State Senator Mary Boren. He was reappointed the executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation after his resignation.[3] Governor Kevin Stitt called the attorney general's opinion "political games."[5]
References
- ^ "Tim Gatz". Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Staff, Journal Record (2019-02-12). "Gatz appointed ODOT executive director | The Journal Record". Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ a b McNutt, Michael (29 February 2024). "AG opinion prompts ODOT director Tim Gatz to resign as Cabinet secretary, OTA director". NonDoc. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Humphery, Spencer (March 7, 2024). "EXCLUSIVE: New OTA director talks Gatz resignation, plans to carry agency forward". KFOR.
- ^ Metzer, Steve (March 1, 2024). "Stitt disappointed 'political games' push public servant out of Cabinet". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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