Kingfisher County commissioners opened 30 bids on the six-month bid list for road and bridge materials and commercial roadway work Monday.

Several bids were noticeably higher than the preceding six-month bids, leading District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek to observe that rampant increases in the price of fuel are driving up costs of all work and projects.

Shimanek moved to accept all the bids – tabulated lowest to highest – for use as needed during coming months.

Commissioners approved a low bid of $72,500 from Calm Construction of El Reno to build a new county health department drive-through and storage building.

Other bids received came from Ray Scott Construction of Ponca City, $171,810, and Tri Cor Construction of Oklahoma City, $105,365.

Commissioners also approved solicitation of new bids for labor and materi als, cleaning and painting the exterior of the courthouse and annex.

Bids will be accepted until 4 p.m. July 1 at the office of County Clerk Jeannie Boevers and will be opened at the commissioners’ regular meeting July 5.

Monthly reports of the offices of sheriff, county clerk, treasurer, assessor, court clerk and court clerk preservation fund, election board and health department received approval as did requests for six county right-of-way permits for pipeline crossings:

• Lagoon Water Logistics, LLC – six-inch permanent processed water line located seven miles east and one mile south of Kingfisher, District 1;

• H2 Services – 12-inch temporary lay-flat line located seven miles east and two miles north of Okarche, District 1;

• K&J Construction, LLC– 12-inch lay-flat water line located five miles east and one mile south of Kingfisher, District 1;

• Ovintiv – 16-inch poly line located four miles west and one mile north of Kingfisher, District 3;

• Ovintiv – 16-inch poly line located three miles west and and one mile north of Kingfisher, District 3, and,

• Quail Run Land Co. – three-inch poly line located six miles south and eight miles east of Hennessey, District 2.

Boevers served as official minute clerk and County Engineer Nik Smith assisted with the bid openings.