Kingfisher County commissioners opened bids on two projects in District 1 and tabled them on the motion of District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss to allow additional staff study.

Three bids were submitted on a project to widen a bridge about one-eighth mile south of S.H. 33 on Reeding blacktop including: Downey Construction, $291,388.60; Redlands Construction, $169,543.96, and Wyatt Construction, $258,244.35.

Moss said the project would replace little more than a tinhorn but the existing structure is too narrow for the traffic the road now carries.

Three bids also were submitted on a project to build a chain link fence and gate at the District 1 shop.

Bidders included American Fencing, $34,930; Affordable Fencing, $17,731, and Jones Fencing, $34,803.

Commissioners approved soliciting bids for labor and materials for construction of a 60-foot by 70-foot driveway and sidewalks for the Dover Fire Department.

Bid specifications are available at the office of County Clerk Jeannie Boevers.

Commissioners tabled an agenda item for a second time regarding participating in the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s County Road Equipment and Machinery Fund. District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek explained the program provided a source of financing for county purchases.

District 3 Commissioner Heath Dobrovolny moved to table the resolution action and bring it back for consideration in two weeks.

Commissioners approved a service agreement between the county health department and Adult Partners for Healthy Living effective Aug. 15. The agreement calls for the county to pay Adult Partner Services a fee of $1,200 for a 12-month period.

Pipeline road crossing permits approved included:

• Markwest Energy – five eight-inch steel gas lines, one in District 1 located two miles north of Okarche, and four in District 3 located as follow: three miles south and three miles east of Loyal, four miles south and two miles east of Loyal, three miles south and two miles east of Loyal and five miles south and one mile east of Loyal.

• Enlink Midstream – three 16-inch steel lines in District 1 located as follow: five miles east and one mile north of Okarche, five miles east and one-half mile north of Okarche and four miles east of Okarche.

•Tetra Technologies – 12-inch lay flat line six miles east of Okarche, District 1.

• Western Land Services – three crossings in District 1, including a 10-inch poly water line seven miles east and two miles north of Okarche, a 12-inch poly gas line seven miles east and five miles south of Kingfisher, and a 10-inch poly water line seven miles east and six miles south of Kingfisher.

• Great Salt Plains Midstream – two four-inch steel oil lines in District 1, one located eight miles east and one mile north of Kingfisher and one located eight miles east and two miles north of Kingfisher.