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Whitley County opens highway department bids; commissioners take bids under advisement
Summary
Commissioners opened bids for fuel, asphalt, aggregates and equipment rental for the highway department and voted to take the submissions under advisement pending staff review.
Whitley County commissioners opened the highway department bid packages at the start of their meeting, reviewing fuel, asphalt, aggregates and heavy‑equipment rental bids from multiple vendors.
During a roughly hour‑long bid reading, county staff recorded gasoline and diesel quotes (examples included National Oil and Gas at $2.03 per gallon and varied diesel bids from Sunoco LP). Firms supplying asphalt and cold‑patch materials — including Pearson Trucking Company, Asphalt Materials Inc., Brooks Construction and Milestone Contractors — submitted per‑ton pickup and delivered pricing. Vendors supplying aggregates and sand (Levy Solutions; Fox Contractors doing business as Kimball Sand & Gravel; Speedway Sand & Gravel; Wolf Plate Gravel) provided detailed FOB and delivered price tables for multiple gradations.
Speaker 1 opened the bids and asked that the opened packages be returned to their envelopes after review. After completing the read‑through, the commission voted to "take the bids under advisement," a routine procedural step that lets highway staff and the purchasing department evaluate compliance, quantities and total cost before awarding contracts.
County staff directed interested contractors to contact highway director Ryan Getz for details about heavy‑equipment rental schedules and minimums; staff also indicated they would post bid schedules to the county website.
The commissioners did not award any contracts at the meeting; the next procedural step is a staff review of the bids for compliance and recommendation to the board.
