July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Wellman to review bids (09/18/07)
Jay County Commissioners
By By TRAVIS MINNEAR-
ay County Commissioners will wait to decide who will supply the highway department's new dump truck.
They are biding their time until Ken Wellman, superintendent of the Jay County Highway Department, can review the information submitted in four bids from two companies and make a recommendation.
Bid specifications were sent to five firms. Submitting bids were Selking International, Muncie and Kinstle Sterling, Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Selking bid $80,987 for an International 7600 with a Cummins engine, Wellman said.
The company also delivered a bid of $72,650 for an International 7500 with an International motor.
Kinstle proposed a Sterling LT9500 with a Cummins engine for $78,295, and another one with a Mercedes-Benz engine for $68,995.
Commissioners discussed details of the vehicles with Wellman, such as comparing benefits of automatic and manual transmissions, before tabling the issue until Wellman did the necessary research.
Wellman explained that models and motors are only two bits of information when comparing bids for dump trucks. The details go all the way down to interior and exterior designs.
"It involves just about everything on a truck," Wellman said.
The new truck was approved as part of the highway department's 2008 budget. Wellman said a new dump truck is purchased each year for one of the county's 11 sections of road maintenance. The vehicle will be used for general work such as plowing and grading stone roads, he added.
Also on Monday, Jay County Sheriff Ray Newton advised commissioners that he and representatives from architecture and engineering firm, DLZ, will have updated cost estimates and features for a potential jail renovation project in Jay County.
He said they would come to the Oct. 8 commissioners meeting to share knowledge.
Separately, Jackson Township trustee Paul Pinkerton announced he will not seek a reappointment to the Jay County Cemetery Commission in 2008.
"He doesn't want reappointed at the first of the year. He's just going to finish the year out," Auditor Freda Corwin said.
Pinkerton's absence next year will leave a vacancy for commissioners to fill on the five-member board.
In a phone interview after the meeting, Pinkerton said he is in his sixth year of service on the commission.
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They are biding their time until Ken Wellman, superintendent of the Jay County Highway Department, can review the information submitted in four bids from two companies and make a recommendation.
Bid specifications were sent to five firms. Submitting bids were Selking International, Muncie and Kinstle Sterling, Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Selking bid $80,987 for an International 7600 with a Cummins engine, Wellman said.
The company also delivered a bid of $72,650 for an International 7500 with an International motor.
Kinstle proposed a Sterling LT9500 with a Cummins engine for $78,295, and another one with a Mercedes-Benz engine for $68,995.
Commissioners discussed details of the vehicles with Wellman, such as comparing benefits of automatic and manual transmissions, before tabling the issue until Wellman did the necessary research.
Wellman explained that models and motors are only two bits of information when comparing bids for dump trucks. The details go all the way down to interior and exterior designs.
"It involves just about everything on a truck," Wellman said.
The new truck was approved as part of the highway department's 2008 budget. Wellman said a new dump truck is purchased each year for one of the county's 11 sections of road maintenance. The vehicle will be used for general work such as plowing and grading stone roads, he added.
Also on Monday, Jay County Sheriff Ray Newton advised commissioners that he and representatives from architecture and engineering firm, DLZ, will have updated cost estimates and features for a potential jail renovation project in Jay County.
He said they would come to the Oct. 8 commissioners meeting to share knowledge.
Separately, Jackson Township trustee Paul Pinkerton announced he will not seek a reappointment to the Jay County Cemetery Commission in 2008.
"He doesn't want reappointed at the first of the year. He's just going to finish the year out," Auditor Freda Corwin said.
Pinkerton's absence next year will leave a vacancy for commissioners to fill on the five-member board.
In a phone interview after the meeting, Pinkerton said he is in his sixth year of service on the commission.
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