Kingfisher County commissioners accepted the bid of Zyzer Asphalt of Kingfisher to do chip and seal work in all three districts Monday. Zyzer submitted the low bid in all three districts using prescribed material.

Zyzer’s bid by district follows:

• District 1, 12.5 miles, $1,174,537.01; • District 2, 17.75 miles, $1,667,842.54 total, and,

• District 3, 6.75 miles, $634,249.98 total Grand total for all three districts by Zyzer: $3,476,629.53.

The bid totals of the second low bidder, Circle C Paving of Goddard, Kan., by district were District 1, $1,281,019.76; District 2, $1,819,048.05, and District 3, $691,750.67, for a grand total in all three districts of $3,791,818.48.

District 2 Commissioner Michael Sparks moved to table accepting a bid on a sand and salt spreader to allow him more time to study the bids from two companies, Bruckner’s Truck and Equipment and Industrial Truck and Equipment, both of Oklahoma City. Industrial Truck submitted two bids on the spreader.

Commissioner Anthony Schwarz, District 3, chairman, and District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss, vice-chairman, joined Sparks in voting to table the matter.

Commissioners approved three agenda items – authorizing disposal of surplus equipment for the election board and court clerk, and approving an invoice of $8,700 from Pinnacle Consulting Management Group for payment for work done on a bridge over Turkey Creek on EW 715 Road in District 2 before going into executive session with attorneys regarding a class action suit pending in the U.S.District Court for the Northern District of Ohio involving a drug company regarding alleged damages due to opioid use.

A news release from the Massachusetts attorney general’s office provides these details on the matter: 55 Attorneys General Sign On To $7.4 Billion Purdue Settlement ‘Massachusetts Will Receive Up To $105 Million’ “BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell … announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has also informed the attorneys general of its plan to proceed with the settlement, which would resolve litigation against Purdue and Sacklers for their role in creating and worsening the opioid crisis across the country. Now that the state sign-on period has concluded, local governments across the country will be asked to join the settlement contingent on bankruptcy court proceedings.”

Commissioners approved taking part in the settlement following the close of the executive session.

Among attendees at Monday’s meeting in addition to all commissioners were County Clerk Emily Lee, minute clerk, County Engineer Nik Smith, Sheriff Aaron Pitts, citizens Julie Matthews, John Byrd and Kelly Buck and Brad Wittrock of Zyzer.