Kingfisher County commissioners opened six bids on an emergency management command center, ranging from $232,179.99 to $377,706, and voted to close the courthouse Friday and possibly Monday due to completion of the work to upgrade electrical service to the courthouse.

Commissioners tabled action on the Emergency Management Command Center until next week’s meeting to allow Emergency Management Director Ryan Deatherage to inspect them and determine the lowest and best bid.

Regarding the courthouse electrical system upgrade, commissioners scheduled next week’s meeting to be held on Tuesday rather than the usual Monday schedule.

Commission Chairman Anthony Schwarz explained that the contractor would definitely be working on the project Friday and likely Saturday and Sunday and possibly on Monday.

In order to allow County Clerk Emily Lee to post the required legal notice of the meeting without undue confusion, commissioners voted to schedule its next meeting for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12.

The Emergency Management Command Center bids in order of opening follow:

• Legacy Brothers Inc. – Option 1-$259,793; Option 2-$285,404, Mebane, North Carolina;

• Nomad Global Communication Solutions – $377,706, Whitefish, Montana; • EZ Stack Inc. – $265,650, Watertown, New York;

• Phoenix Contracting – $314,500, Ruskin, Florida;

• Mobile Concepts Specialty Vehicles – $284,988, Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania; • High Level Enterprises – $232,179.99, Wakarusa, Indiana.

Commissioners approved three county pipeline road crossings, all in District 3 as follows: Ovintiv Energy – two 16-inch layflat lines, one starting at a point five miles west and one mile south of Loyal and the other one beginning one mile west and one mile north of Loyal.

Glenn Energy Services – four-inch steel line located seven miles east and one mile south of Loyal.

Also approved were recurring agenda items – minutes of regular meeting held July 28 and agenda, purchase orders, warrants and payroll for Aug. 4, FY 24-25 and FY 25-26; plus monthly reports for the health department, assessor and county clerk.

A recess was called after the actions on the regular meeting agenda were handled with a meeting with Pioneer Telephone Cooperative slated at 11 a.m. regarding lease agreements for radio tower antennae currently on Pioneer towers.

Only discussion and no action was planned at the continued meeting, Schwarz said.

The press and visitors exited the meeting while commissioners resumed signing regular district activity documents.

Present at the meeting in addition to commissioners – Schwarz, District 3, chairman; Jeff Moss, District 1, vice-chairman, and Mike Sparks, District 2 - were Emergency Management Director Deatherage, County Engineer Nik Smith, Sheriff Aaron Pitts, Lee as official minute clerk and citizen visitor Kelly Buck.