SiteOne Landscape Supply awarded supply bid for Fairground sprinkler system

POMEROY–The Garfield County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) awarded three bids, one for supplying material for the sprinkler system project, another for wood and waste removal, and a third for the rock crushing contract at their meeting on March 21.

A bid to supply materials only for the Garfield County Fairgrounds sprinkler system project from SiteOne Landscape Supply was approved for $28,294.19. Ironsides Custom Grinding’s bid to grind and remove the wood and yard waste at the Airport rock pit for $16,500 was approved. Konen Rock Crushing out of Walla Walla’s bid for the 2022 rock crushing contract at the Schuster Pit was awarded. Their bid was for $342,177.77. A second bid submitted for the contract from Debco Construction was for $342,500, a difference of only $322.23.

Garfield County District Court Clerk Katie Magill informed the board that the Court received a security grant totaling $35,007. A portion of that amount, $26,857, will be allocated to updating the security cameras, $4,000 to the purchase of a new walk-through metal detector, and $4,150 to upgrades to the emergency system.

Washington State Representative Joe Schmick attended the meeting to hear the local issues. The BOCC discussed Governor Jay Inslee’s and Senator Patty Murray’s Lower Snake River Dams Benefit Replacement Study as well as needed repair to the Central Ferry Bridge.