PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has received a $21,209 bid from a local contractor to paint the merchant’s barn at the county fairgrounds in west Port Angeles.
Hoch Construction Inc. of Port Angeles submitted the lone bid, which was opened in a public meeting Tuesday and referred to the county Parks, Fair and Facilities Department for a review and recommendation back to the commissioners.
Painted in time for fair
Joel Winborn, county parks, fair and facilities manager, said the goal is to have the barn painted in time for this year’s fair, which is set for Aug. 15-18.
“That’s the plan,” Winborn said.
“That’s one reason why we started working on it so early.”
The bid included two alternatives that would raise the total cost to $27,287. The project estimate is $30,000, Winborn said after the meeting.
The upgrade to the merchant’s barn is one of several improvements that fair attendees may notice this summer.
After the 2012 fair, the county added new lighting for the west midway and painted the agriculture and art barns. County crews and volunteers recently painted two smaller barns.
In other board action from Tuesday’s business meeting, the three commissioners approved a $130,431 increase to a $1.6 million contract with the state Department of Health for on-site sewage-management projects.
The increase was the result of new grant money from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Environmental Health Division of the county Health and Human Services Department.
Commissioners also reappointed John Beitzel and Dr. Jeanette Stehr-Green to the county Board of Health, and bought 0.07 acres of private land at $4,540 for the widening of Old Olympic Highway between Gunn Road and the McDonald Creek bridge.
The roadway will be widened to 40 feet along the Agnew stretch in 2014.
Earlier in the meeting, retiring Dungeness Park Manager John Pease was recognized for nearly 28 years of service to the county, and Sheriff Bill Benedict introduced new part-time public records specialist Sherry Stout.
________
Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5072, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.
