District 3 Commissioner Mike Huff said Arkola Sand & Gravel in Fort Smith, Ark., had, for the second time, refused to sell materials to the county. Huff said he spoke with the staff at the sand and gravel company and was told that District 1 owed the company $3,604.30, that District 2 owed $1,304.40 and District 3 owed $1,685.06.
"I don't understand what is going on," Huff said. He explained he had spoken to County Clerk Donna Jamison. "She said there is a discrepancy in the amounts owed."
Huff asked county clerk staff to straighten out the problem and pay the bill so that the county may purchase road materials.
"I think these bills date back to July," Huff said.
Huff said Friday morning he had checked with Arkola Sand & Gravel, and the county's bill has still now been paid.
"Even if there is a discrepancy, we can pay the bill and straighten out the difference later," Huff said.
He added that the county is now ordering road patch materials from a company in Guthrie, which costs more, especially for transport. Huff said his district alone uses, on average, about $2,800 a week of road patch to fill holes in county roads.
In other business the commissioners approved applying for Rural Economic Assistant Program grants, which, if received, will provide the money for construction of livestock facilities at the Sequoyah County Fairgrounds in Sallisaw and for roads.
The commissioners also approved Sept. 22 as a public hearing date for a request for a private cemetery by the Wilson family of rural Muldrow. The proposed family cemetery will be about one mile west of Muldrow.
The month of September was declared Ovarian Cancer Month in the county by the commissioners, at the request of the county staff, one of whom is a victim of ovarian cancer. The commissioner's secretary, Linda Dobbs, noted that ovarian cancer was responsible for 15,520 deaths in the United States last year, and 21,650 new cases were diagnosed.
