A Yukon construction firm will take on the task of remodeling the new Kingfisher County Health Department building.

Calm Construction submitted the winning bid Monday during the regular meeting of the Kingfisher County commissioners.

Calm was one of five bids opened during the 35-minute meeting.

The company’s bid was $700,000 with a 5 percent contingency included.

The bid said the task of remodeling the property at 421 W. Bowman Ave., previously purchased by the county, would take 140 days.

Commissioners Ray Shimanek, Jeff Moss and Heath Dobrovolny unanimously voted to accept the bid after it was reviewed by Robert Barnett, a construction administrator with Architects in Partnership (AIP), which drafted the plans for the building.

Other bids submitted were:

• Shiloh Enterprises, $703,000 and 175 calendar days to complete;

• W.L. McNatt & Company, $777,000 and 212 days;

• Lambert Construction, $784,400 and 155 days;

• Anderson & House, $1,000,083 and 300 days.

The next step will be for Dobrovolny, the commission chairman, to sign a notice to proceed and set a start date for the project, he said.

The 5,000 square-foot building was purchased for $250,000 in July solely from health department budget savings.

It was originally constructed in 1988.

The remodeling costs will also be paid for from the department’s savings, which were accumulated for about 20 years.

Commissioners also approved a quote from Railroad Yard Inc. for a bridge project in District 3.

The quote was for $43,450 plus $35 per foot for extra pile driving and $250 per slice for additional welding for piling over 40 feet.

Other bids were submitted by Dean Horn ($59,000 plus $25 per foot for additional piling over 40-foot driving and welding) and Rick Deitz ($63,700 plus $50 per foot for additional piling over 40- foot driving and welding).

The bridge is located about four miles west of Loyal on County Road E720, then one-quarter mile south on CR N2700.

Prior to the action items, commissioners approved a declaration designating the week of Feb. 21- 25 as Farm Bureau Week in the county.

Local Farm Bureau agent Doug Hauser was at the meeting as were county Farm Bureau board members Mike McGee, Randall Newton and Wally Curry. They were joined by county secretary Rachel Kochenower.

Commissioners approved an application for county burial/ cremation for the late Michael Francis Woods, formerly of Hennessey. Woods had no local next of kin. The cost will be $600.

The following road rights of way were also approved:

• A 12-inch lay flat line for Ovintiv four miles west and one south of Loyal in District 3;

• A 10-inch poly line six south and four east of Hennessey and a 12-inch poly line eight east and one north of Dover, both in District 2 and both for BCE-Mach III Midstream Holdings;

• Two 12-inch lay flat lines for McDonald Land Services, LLC, one four west and one south of Loyal in District 3 and the other three south and one east of Kingfisher in District 1;

• A 12-inch lay flat and fourinch poly line for K&J Construction eight east and one north of Dover in District 2;

• A four-inch steel line for MarkWest Energy three west and two south of Loyal in District 3.

An 18-inch culvert was also approved on CR N2960 about 1,610 feet north of CR E830 in District 1.

Commissioners also reviewed a report stating active COVID cases are down 174 from a week ago.

In that report, Kingfisher had 109 active cases (down 63), Hennessey had 65 (down 53), Cashion had 27 (down 10), Okarche had 13 (down 24) and Dover had six (down 17).

Loyal had no active cases (down 7) and Omega also had none, the same as a week ago.