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Wind farm gets go-ahead

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Kingfisher County commissioners gave the “green light” to Wagon Wheel Wind Project’s road use agreement Monday on motion of District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek.

The project is located in District 2 in Kingfisher County and extends east Logan County.

The agreement had been tabled at two prior meetings to allow the project to make changes satisfactory to Shimanek and the board.

It was approved unanimously with District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss, chairman, and District 3 Commissioner Anthony Schwarz joining Shimanek in voting “yes.”

Tanner Yost, project engineer with Kirkham Michael, consulting engineers for the project, and Max Moore of Wagon Wheel, also attended the meeting but did not speak.

Commissioners approved two change orders for Ellsworth Construction of Oklahoma City related to the 2023 fiscal year county paving work contract – a $27,014.40 deduction on a District 1 overlay on EW 89 road, providing a $1,164,325.47 final cost, and a $192,571.98 deduc-tion on District 3 roads NS 270 and EW 77, providing a final cost of $1,426,217.72.

Commissioners approved a resolution for disposing of equipment for the sheriff’s department – a desk and digital camera and also approved a state fire marshal’s report of the county jail, showing it approved by the state inspector, Dustin Renner.

Sheriff Dennis Banther was present for the meeting.

Joel Counts was approved as requisition officer for District 1, succeeding Mark Adams.

A pipeline county road crossing permit for K&J Construction in District 1 received approval – a 30-day permit for a 12-inch lay flat water line located seven miles east and five miles north of Kingfisher.

Also present for the meeting were County Engineer Nik Smith and County Clerk Jeannie Boevers as minute clerk.