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Garfield County commissioners set highway spending limits, award bids and approve permits and purchases
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Summary
At their March 2 meeting the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners adopted resolutions setting maximum monthly highway expenditures totaling $8,862,863.36 across funds, awarded a gypsum rock bid, approved contract and purchase orders, and cleared multiple permits and transfers. All motions passed unanimously.
The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners on March 2 approved a slate of budgetary resolutions, procurement actions and permits affecting highway funding, infrastructure projects and county operations.
Vice‑Chairman Reese Wedel moved to adopt Resolution #26‑43, determining maximum monthly highway expenditures at $5,878,962.78. The board then approved related caps for CBRI funding (Resolution #26‑44 at $2,638,631.23) and CIRB funding (Resolution #26‑45 at $345,269.35). Each resolution passed with Aye votes from Clarence Maly, chairman; Reese Wedel, vice‑chairman; and Joe Kegin Jr., member.
Why it matters: the resolutions set legal monthly spending limits the county may use for highway projects and operations, which frames how the county budgets road maintenance and capital work in the coming months.
The board approved multiple project and procurement items tied to county infrastructure. Joe Kegin Jr. moved to approve the Title Sheet for State Aid Project #CIRB‑224C(062)RB (County Road EW‑40), State Job #24868(09), from Circuit Engineering District #8 for District #2. The commissioners also approved the Title Sheet for a Rural Water Line Relocation (JP #28679(07)) for District #3.
In procurement actions, the board awarded Bid #26‑9 for 1½ gypsum rock to Arcosa at $11.00 per ton for use across Garfield County districts. Commissioners approved a quote from Team Life for $8,565.00 to replace automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in county buildings and authorized a Managed Network Service Agreement and equipment lease with Pioneer Telephone Cooperative.
Officials also cleared several permits: driveway permits for Jessica Davis, Kevin Hart and Nathan Gragert and road crossing permits for Poly Pipe Inc. and Summit Utilities Oklahoma. The board authorized transfers of appropriation balances, including a $45,000 transfer from contingency to Juvenile and a $15,000 transfer within Highway‑Unrestricted.
The meeting record shows the board examined and approved a long list of purchase orders and claims covering multiple funds, with vendor payments including Pictometry International Corp. and DoLese Bros. Co. Blanket purchase orders on file in the County Clerk’s office were authorized, and the board approved individual blanket POs that exceeded encumbered amounts (example: PO #2883 to Landrun Co‑op for Douglas Fire Dept., $138.38).
Votes at a glance: • Resolution #26‑43 (maximum monthly highway expenditures $5,878,962.78) — mover: Reese Wedel; outcome: approved; vote: Maly, Wedel, Kegin (3‑0). • Resolution #26‑44 (CBRI maximum $2,638,631.23) — mover: Joe Kegin Jr.; outcome: approved; vote: 3‑0. • Resolution #26‑45 (CIRB maximum $345,269.35) — mover: Reese Wedel; outcome: approved; vote: 3‑0. • Title Sheet for State Aid Project #CIRB‑224C(062)RB — mover: Joe Kegin Jr.; outcome: approved; vote: 3‑0. • Bid #26‑9 awarded to Arcosa (gypsum rock at $11.00/ton) — mover: Reese Wedel; outcome: approved; vote: 3‑0. • AED replacement (Team Life, $8,565.00) — mover: Joe Kegin Jr.; outcome: approved; vote: 3‑0.
The board scheduled its next regular meeting for March 9, 2026 and adjourned. The meeting record lists no dissenting votes for the approved items.