District 1 County Commissioner Jeff Moss announced atMonday’sweekly commissioner meeting that he had a meeting scheduled Tuesday with Oklahoma Department of Transportation and other agencies in an attempt to speed up the start on replacement of the Robberts Street bridge at the east edge of Kingfisher.

Concerns from federal agencies about barn swallows nesting under the bridge had caused ODOT to delay the work start until September.

Originally the project was scheduled to start in the near future.

Moss said he would notify the public of possible changes to the plan after the meeting.

Commissioners approved monthly reports for the election board, a letter to the Oklahoma Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in support of the sheriff’s offi ce request for $49,609 in funding for local services, a contract with Western Plains Youth and Family Services in Woodward for housing juvenile offenders as needed for fiscal year 2025 at a cost of $68 per day and a request by Ace Land, Inc., for a pipeline road crossing permit located four miles north of Kingfisher near the U.S. 81 curve in District 1.

All commissioners were present – Moss, chairman; Ray Alan Shimanek, District 1, vice chairman, and Anthony Schwarz, District 3, as well as County Clerk Jeannie Boevers, minute clerk, and County Engineer Nik Smith.