Harrison County commissioners review cleanup bids

Cleanup continues within individual villages around Harrison County, and the Harrison County commissioners announced four groups of bids regarding various locations around the county at their May 13 meeting.

Commissioner Dustin Corder began with Group 1 from Kovarik Excavating for bids on three properties. The bids came to $6,000 and $3,600, with an additional $4,800 for trash cleanup, for a total of $14,400.

Group 2 was from Dig It Man Excavating LLC for $5,500 for the first property and $2,800 for the second property, with a $500 bid for trash removal. The third property came in with a bid of $2,495, for a total of $11,295.

Group 3 came from Astor Hardwoods, with bids of $4,000, $1,700 and $1,600, for a total bid of $7,300.

Group 4 bids were from Stull Excavating, with bids of $4,950, $3,000 and $3,000 for the third property, with no mention of trash removal. The total bid amount was $10,950.

All bids were tabled for further review.

The commissioners also addressed the Brownfield Grant regarding the Dunbar school demolition in Cadiz. Corder said bids for furnishing material, equipment and labor for demolition are due by 10 a.m. June 3 in the commissioners’ office.

“Late bids will not be accepted,” Corder said.

This came on the heels of last week’s meeting, when owners Jerry and Leslie Cochran appeared before the commissioners to ask about the status of the demolition. The Cochrans were concerned because they had not heard of any movement on the proceedings, but Corder assured them it was moving forward and that the board was not pushing it aside.

In other items, the usual transfers were announced, including the county Emergency Management Agency’s request to have $60,290 as required for a local grant match.

“This will allow normal operations to occur without creating a deficit in either line item as well as satisfy state grant requirements which closes out June 30,” Director Eric Wilson said in his letter to the board.