County decides on new bids for road equipment

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August 7, 2012

County decides on new bids for road equipment

Bob Forrest Guest Writer The Ada News The Ada Evening News Tue Aug 07, 2012, 10:56 AM CDT

Ada —

Pontotoc County commissioners played musical chip spreaders at Monday’s meeting.

District 3, represented by commission chairman Justin Roberts, will buy a 2001 Roscoe chip spreader from District 1, represented by Gary Starns, for $65,000. Bids were also opened for a new or used spreader for District 1, but commissioners voted to re-let bids because there was no option for financing in those opened Monday.

Two of the three bids opened at Monday’s session were for new chip spreaders — used in black-topping roads — at a cost of $131,119 and $123,084 and a 1995 model at a cost of $75,000.

In other action, commissioners voted to let bids for new flooring for the Oklahoma State University extension office, and they tabled a contract with the Chickasaw Nation for use of the Agri-Plex for a jobs fair Sept. 20 pending a review of the document by district attorney Chris Ross.

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