Kingfisher County commissioners accepted the second lowest bid on a mobile command center trailer for the county Emergency Management office Monday on the recommendation of KCEM Director Ryan Deatherage.

Deatherage said the lowest bid submitted by High Level Enterprises of Wakarusa, Ind., did not meet specifications, lacking a required component.

Legacy Brothers Inc. of Mebane, N.C., submitted the winning bid of $259,793.

The board approved the purchase unanimously.

Chairman Anthony Schwarz said the command mobile center trailer would be purchased with a state grant from the Oklahoma American Rescue Plan Act, not county funds.

The mobile command center will be taken to emergency sites throughout the county as needed.

Deatherage told the Times & Free Press the expected delivery time of the trailer was six months.

High Level Enterprises bid was $232,179.99.

Deatherage had requested the purchase decision be delayed at the preceding week’s meeting so that he could check the apparent deficiency in the lowest bid.

After his final review, he recommended the Legacy Brothers bid.

Commissioners also heard a request from Cyndi Ice, a resident along County Road NS2860 (also known as Shafenberg Road), east of Kingfisher.

She addressed drainage problems along the road, which was allowing runoff water to increase on the east side of the road where her home is located.

She cited the problem as drainage ditches on the west side of the road having filled in, increasing the amount of water spilling over to her side.

Ice said the drainage problem has increased over the past five years and that a plan submitted to alleviate the problem has been rejected by local residents.

“We respectfully rejected the proposed solution and propose the board to prioritize restoring the west side ditches,” she said, asking for an update on the status of the drainage work “that was scheduled to begin June 12 of last year.”

Ice and a neighbor, Dorothy Hallock, also addressed an increase in the traffic on the road with increased development in the area, including some driving at unsafe speeds.

District 1 County Commissioner Jeff Moss said a solution would continue to be addressed by the county engineer.

In other action, commissioners approved a $9,600 payment to Pinnacle for services and an estimate for right-of-way acquisition on CR NS2855 in District 1 and a12-inch lay-flat pipeline crossing for Devon Energy/ Tetra Technologies at a location five miles west and two miles north of Okarche.

District 2 Commissioner Michael Sparks reported that he would be attending a board of directors meeting of Circuit Engineering District 8 on Wednesday at Alva and Schwarz said he had been invited to attend an event at the Wheatheart Nutrition Center in Kingfi sher on Tuesday.

All commissioners were present for the meeting along with County Clerk Emily Lee as official minute clerk, Sheriff Aaron Pitts, County Engineer Nik Smith, Deatherage, citizen visitor Kelly Buck, Ice and Hallock.