Doug Moore, representative of Institute for Building Technology and Safety, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides services to communities, explained how his organization can expedite construction projects Monday in an appearance before the Kingfisher County Commission.

David Henneke, an Enid attorney, appeared before the commissioners a week ago, recommending that they consider an association with IBTS as a means of expediting construction of several projects connected to oilfield development.

He said a steel and concrete building project in a rural area south of Kingfisher had been shut down by the state fire marshal’s office because it did not meet all state requirements.

Bob Bollenbach, owner of Bollenbach Concrete of Kingfisher, explained the dilemma for the Times and Free Press Monday. (Bollenbach’s company is not involved with the projects Henneke mentioned.)

Bollenbach said the state fire marshal’s office requires an architect’s plans for projects outside municipal limits in counties without zoning ordinances and building inspectors, which adds considerably to the total building costs. He pointed out, also, that construction outside incorporated municipal limits where there is no designated building inspector can be delayed for long periods of time due to a backlog of inspections.

Kingfisher County is not zoned and does not have a designated building inspector, as most municipalities do.

Henneke said at the earlier meeting that if a state fire marshal service inspector finds anything not meeting his office’s requirements, the application goes at the bottom of a list of projects and may not resurface again for weeks.

Bollenbach said the system makes it harder to complete projects outside municipal limits and oftentimes the projects are for industrial buildings such as washing bays for trucks that are used intermittently and do not have employees regularly on premises, like a business office would have.

Henneke said IBTS has the credentials to make such inspections and can do it in a much quicker time than the fire marshal’s office.

Moore said his organization’s employees are licensed in Oklahoma to make required inspections.

District 3 County Commissioner Heath Dobrovolny, who has a copy of the contract the organization uses for such work, asked Moore about the process for paying for such inspections.

Moore explained that the county would charge the companies building the structures and pass the fees on to IBTS, retaining an amount needed to reimburse the county for its work.

No action was taken on the matter Monday as it had not been placed on the agenda.

Moore’s presentation was for information only.

Henneke told commissioners that several building projects were being held up for lack of a quicker inspection process, hampering the county’s economic development.

Dobrovolny and District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss, chairman, provided the quorum for Monday’s meeting. Moss said District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek was unable to attend due to illness.

They approved routine business matters including monthly reports for county offices, monthly appropriations and transfers, reimbursement claim forms for the district attorney and county election office fore state funds and a bid notice for District 1 for the potential purchase of a 2015 or newer rubber-wheeled loader.

Commissioners approved pipeline road crossing permits for the following:

• Brickman Fast Line – three-inch water line in District 1 located nine miles east and one mile north of the Dover-Crescent Road-U.S. 81 intersection.

• Recoil Oilfield Services – four-inch poly line located nine miles east and one mile north of Okarche.

• Markwest Energy Operating – six-inch steel gas line in District 3, located four miles south and six miles east of Omega, and 12-inch flat line in District 1 located five miles south of Kingfisher

• Lagoon Water Logistics – six-inch poly line in District 1 located three miles east and three miles north of Okarche.

• Western Land Services – Six-inch poly gas line in District 2 located four miles east and three miles south of Dover.

• Tetra Technologies – four 12-inch flat lines located as follow: five miles north of Loyal, District 3; three miles east of U.S.81-DC blacktop, District 2; six miles east and three miles north of Kingfisher, District 1, and three miles south of Hennessey, District 2.

R&M Pipeline Services – two 10-inch poly lines located six miles east and three miles south of Hennessey in District 2.

• Select Energy Services – two three-inch water lines, one located nine miles east and three miles north of Kingfisher, District 1, and one located three miles south and three miles west of Hennessey, District 2.

•  McDonald Land Services – three 12-inch water lines in District 3 including one located four miles east and one mile south of Omega, one located four miles east and three miles south of Omega and one located five miles east and three miles south of Omega.