Kingfisher County commissioners opened 38 six-month bids on road and bridge materials and commercial roadway work for all three districts Monday at their weekly meeting.

Action was tabled on motion of District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss to allow tabulation of the bids by category – lowest to highest – for possible action at next week’s meeting.

Chairman Heath Dobrovolny noted that some of the materials bid were higher than last year while opening and reading each.

The bids are effective from Jan. 1 through June 30.

Commissioners approved the low bid from Midwest Printing of Sapulpa to print ballots for the coming year on recommendation of Election Board Secretary Shawna Butts, who commented the election office has had no problems with Midwest Printing’s ballots in the past.

Commissioners approved a request to change requisition and receiving officers for Chisholm Trail Museum as follows: Removing Jim Lemon as receiving agent and adding Chris Mendez and Aliessia Jones as receiving agents.

A second request for a change in requisitioning and receiving officers was made for the court clerk’s office, including removing Cassie Coughlan as receiving agent, removing Susan Endres as requisitioning agent and adding Jessica Connor as requisitioning agent and Hailey Countryman as receiving agent.

Commissioners approved a training grant for the Kingfisher County Emergency Management office at the request of Director Steve Loftis, who attended the meeting. He said the performance training grant would be used for Assistant Director Ryan Deatherage for state meeting expenses.

Road and bridge program actions received approval.

District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek moved for approval of three actions on the Dover- Crescent Road.

One change involved a change-order in the amount of $422,768 on the state-aided paving project.

Another action dealt with state approval for a bridge over an unnamed creek in the three-mile paving project.

A third dealt with an ODOT modification for emergency flooding repairs on D-C on E730 Road at 291.2.

Moss moved for approval of proposed plans for the Phillips Bridge and approaches on NS 2890 and EW 690 roads, moving the project a step closer to work starting.

Other actions included:

• Approval of a letter to support mental health and substance abuse, which would provide $49,609 for county use. The effort is designed to keep more inmates out of the Department of Corrections custody.

• Approval of an application for burial-cremation for William Russell Clarkson through Sanders Funeral Service of Kingfi sher.

• Permits for Devon Energy to install two 12-inch water lines at a point four miles south of Omega in District 3.

• Approval of county appropriations for the month of November.

• Monthly reports for the court clerk preservation, court clerk and treasurer’s offices.

• Approved submitting signatures of county offi cials to the Secretary of State.

Also present for the meeting were Assistant County Clerk Emily Lee as official minute clerk, County Engineer Nik Smith. Nick Storm of the firm of Storm and Hauser, the county budgetmaker, Keb Lehenbauer of Railroad Yard in Stillwater and Kevin Lane of P&K Equipment.