A replacement brush truck for Loyal Fire Department, purchase of a drone for the Kingfisher County Emergency Management Center, two telephone sites at the county 911 Emergency Call Center and opening bids on a project to move a generator and concrete pad at the county fairgrounds in Kingfisher were items handled by Kingfisher County commissioners at their weekly meeting Monday at the courthouse.

Loyal Fire Chief Dusty Biehler discussed purchasing a 2015 brush truck from the Cox Store Volunteer Fire Department at a price of $55,000.

The truck would replace one donated to Loyal Fire Department by the Oklahoma Forestry Department.

Biehler said the fiveton truck the department proposed to purchase was in good shape and would require little work – a paint job – to be ready for use.

Bids would not be required as it would be an agreement between two existing state fire departments. The older vehicle would be returned to the state.

An official vote was needed by commissioners as the discussion was not listed as an action item and will be on next week’s agenda. Commissioners indicated support for the potential action.

Commissioners unanimously approved purchase of the drone for the Emergency Management Center. The cost will be paid with federal emergency funds authorized during the COVID 19 pandemic.

The two new phone systems used at the 911 calling center, also approved unanimously, will cost $54 a month.

Two bids were received to move the generator and concrete pad at the fairgrounds – $49,328 from O&P Concrete and Construction of Yukon and $108,014 from RPC Operations of Kingfisher.

Commissioners voted to table action until next week’s meeting in order to allow further study.

The commission approved a juvenile detention contract with the Oklahoma Juvenile Justice Services, Inc., of Garfield County for holding juvenile defendants on an as-needed basis, at a cost of $60 a day and a mutual aid agreement with Blaine, Logan and Major counties, two items in District 2 related to EW 690 Road, increasing the speed limit from 35 to 45 miles per hour from U.S 81 to NS County Road 2820, a distance of four miles and removing the North-South stop signs at the NS 2840 Road-EW 690 Road and at the intersection with NS 2850 Road to northbound traffic only.

An agreement with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to renew an RFP (request for bids in government contracting) for Fiscal Year 2025 received approval. The total cost for FY 25 is $49,609.

Commissioners approved the August report for the court clerk’s office and a pipeline crossing agreement for 12-inch and three-inch lay flat lines for K&J Construction, Inc., located six miles east and one mile south of Kingfisher in District 1.

District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss, chairman, will attend a meeting of the county excise board beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the courthouse when scheduled action will include Kingfisher Public Schools’ estimate of needs for FY 25.

Present for the meeting in addition to Commissioners – Moss, District 1; Ray Alan Shimanek, District 2, and Anthony Schwarz, District 3 – were County Clerk Jeannie Boevers, County Engineer Nik Smith, Biehler, City-County Emergency Management Director Ryan Deatherage, Sheriff Dennis Banther, Mike Walls of Warren Caterpillar and Kevin Lane of P&K Equipment.