There will be no oil and chip work done on county roads this summer.

County Commission Chairman Heath Dobrovolny said the county received no bids for oil and chip work this summer.

Inquiry as to why revealed that contractors had committed all their oil supplies earlier than usual.

Dobrovolny said Kingfisher County commissioners will seek bids for oil and chipping work by January next year.

“We’ve got roads that need work; a bidder whose work was not satisfactory a couple of years ago disrupted the county’s annual summer oil and chip rotation,” Dobrovolny said, indicating early efforts were imperative next year to get the county oil and chip projects back in sync.

Commissioners last week voted to decline a bid for recycling work – smoothing rough places with a large tiller – on county roads preparatory to applying oil and chips.

Commissioners approved start of work n construction of a drive through and storage buildings for the new health department building.

Dobrovolny said work on the remodel of the principal building has hit a snag regarding telecommunications related to a state office in a county building.

Commissioners approved a right-of-way-acquisition services agreement with Pinnacle Consulting Management Group for the bridge replacement over Uncle John Creek on East Robberts Avenue in Kingfisher, a District 1 project.

Brad Logan was named requisitioning office in the Sheriff’s Office, succeeding Todd Davis, and Amberlee-Green was named receiving agent in the Emergency Management Office, succeeding Gina Turner.

A 2020 Caterpillar motor grader belonging to District 2 was declared surplus on Motion of District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek, who said he had received bids on the unit.

Shimanek reported he had heard reports of new COVID cases in the Hennessey area this week after Dobrovolny referred to a report from the state health department showing that COVID cases at Cashion has increased from two to five, with all other communities unchanged.

District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss moved to approve the state inspection report of the county justice center (new sheriff’s office) showing that the facility had no deficiencies.

Commissioners approved appropriations for the month of April and monthly reports from the offices of sheriff, treasurer, county clerk, assessor, court clerk court clerk preservation officer and health department

County Clerk Jeannie Boevers served as minute clerk and County Engineer Nik Smith attended the meeting as well as John Storm and Nick Storm of Storm and Hauser,l accountants, as guests.