Commissioners announce five Brownfield bids

Funding for the cleanup of dilapidated properties is headed Harrison County’s way, with bid openings announced at the commissioners’ June 3 meeting.

For asbestos and regulated material removal, Land Clearing Specialists Inc. offered a bid of $52,456 for asbestos abatement, transportation costs of $54,440 and a demolition price of $53,104, for a total bid of $160,000.

A second bid was from Raze International in the amount of $228,440, with demolition accounting for $133,640 of that. A third bid for $238,000 came from Siegel Excavating LLC, with demolition costs of $132,000. Bid No. 4 was from Gary Moderalli Excavating Inc., with a bid of $246,700, including $92,200 set for demolition. Bid No. 5 came from ProQuality Demolition in the amount of $493,000, including $300,000 for demolition.

Marlo Construction was the final bidder, with a bid of $214,247, including $68,247 for demolition. A motion by Commissioner Dustin Corder to table the bids for further review was approved.

County Prosecutor Lauren Knight sought and received approval for Agreement 18-26, an application to authorize the prosecutor to delegate tax foreclosure matters to special counsel.

“You guys have an agreement that is with a law firm that the treasurer actually found for prosecution of delinquent real estate tax foreclosures,” Knight said. “This is just you … consenting to that.”

The agreement states that the prosecutor is permitted to delegate and retain “certain delinquent tax foreclosure responsibilities to Sassano, Deighton, Delaney, Higgins & Mommsen Co.” as special counsel.

“The money is coming out of our budget so we already provided for it,” Knight told the board.

The board also approved two more agreements. Agreement 19-26 is a service agreement with Accurate Controls Inc. and the Harrison County Jail.

“ACI agrees to perform services for the client’s security automation systems, installed by ACI at the client’s facility,” according to the agreement.

The board approved the plan in the amount of $38,962.72 for a one-year agreement. A two-year agreement was listed at $776,434.86 and a three-year agreement at $111,298.46.

Agreement 20-26 was for Ohio Cat to perform preventive maintenance duties for the engine and generator. A total segment figure was listed as $3,485.

Two resolutions also were approved, with Resolution 39-26 authorizing a change to the date and location of a regularly scheduled meeting. The change involves the regular June 24 meeting, moving it to noon June 22. The meeting will be held inside the 4-H building at the Harrison County Fairgrounds.