Kingfisher County commissioners requested a total of $60,000 – $20,000 for each district – for road materials from a state fund handled by Circuit Engineering District 8 at their weekly meeting Monday.

District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss requested the funds for topping current shale roads 2860 and 880890 roads with limestone gravel. Estimated total cost of the project is $50,000.

District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek said the requested funding was for 1.5-inch CR (crusherrun) limestone for one mile of roadway on NS 2840 between EW 620 and EW 610. (Estimated total cost of the project is $45,900.)

District 3 Commissioner Heath Dobrovolny requested the funding for 1.5 inch limestone on one mile of NS 2800 Road between EW 760 and EW 770. (Estimated total cost of the project is $45,900.)

Commissioners also accepted a donation of 11,070 yards of shale from Brian Best for District 1. District 1 will provide the equipment and labor to mine the shale from the Best pit located in Logan County.

Commissioners approved payment of the county’s annual dues of $4,550 to Northern Oklahoma Development Authority (NODA) The annual inspection of the Kingfisher County Jail by the state fire marshal was accepted.

Two exceptions were noted – the report of the annual inspection of the fire sprinkler system and documentation of the jail emergency plan – both of which have been corrected and documentation mailed to the fire marshal’s office.

A legal representative agreement between the county and Andrew E. Karim, of counsel with the law office of Harrison & Mecklenburg, Inc., of Kingfi sher received approval.

A change order totaling $5,234 due to Henson Construction Co., which is building the Hennessey Fire Department, received approval, bringing the total balance due to $317,302.

Concrete for the structure has been poured and the contractor is waiting for that to cure before beginning the rest of the construction, Dobrovolny reported.

Also present for the eight-minute meeting were County Clerk Jeannie Boevers, official minute clerk, and County Engineer Nik Smith.