The resignation of former Tulsa Area Emergency Management Executive Director was accepted Wednesday night by the Tulsa County Board of Commissioners during a special meeting.

Joe Kralicek sent his resignation on Tuesday night.

He made his first court appearance on Wednesday after he was arrested on child pornography charges.

Now, a new executive director of TAEMA has been appointed by Tulsa County Commissioners.

Tulsa County Board of Commissioners special meeting

The Tulsa County Board of Commissioners was in executive session for almost an hour and a half before it accepted Joe Kralicek's resignation and announced Tony Roda as the interim executive director of TAEMA.

Kralicek was not put on leave after his arrest, and Mayor Monroe Nichols called for him to be fired, but Kralicek cho

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