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Belmont County commissioners approve contracts, hires, $104,730 oil lease and $698,110 chip-seal bid
Summary
At their April 15 meeting, the Belmont County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved $711,410.70 in bills and a series of contracts and hires, including a $569,797 sewer contract, a $104,730 oil and gas lease with Ascent Resources, and a $698,110 chip-seal contract; several personnel and grant actions also passed.
The Belmont County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a package of contracts, purchases, personnel actions and grants during a regular meeting April 15 in St. Clairsville.
The board voted to pay certified bills totaling $711,410.70 and approved multiple interfund transfers, including a $150,000 transfer to a USDA water bond payment fund and a $36,599.83 transfer to a water and sewer capital improvement fund. Commission President Jerry Echemann and Commissioners Vince Gianangeli and J. P. Dutton voted yes on each motion.
In procurement and infrastructure actions, commissioners approved a $569,797 contract and notice to proceed with Border Patrol, LLC for the Pennwood Lift Station and force main project, with funding identified as ARPA and District Capital Improvement Funds (N14). They also awarded the county engineer’s Project 26-2 2026 chip-seal program to SC Construction and…
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