Diana Wuliman (left), coordinator of county bicentennial events and Sue Ann Mitchell, county treasurer holding the Indiana bicentennial flag.

WARSAW — The Kosciusko County Commissioner’s meeting was held today, Monday, Nov. 2. Scott Tilden, county highway superintendent, was in attendance for the reading of bids for supplies for the 2016 year. The bids were opened and will be looked over for the next two weeks before Tilden makes a recommendation to the council at the Nov. 17 meeting. In addition, the council was shown the Indiana bicentennial flag, and given a date for it to begin flying.

The following bids were opened for county highway supplies for 2016:

• Kline Trucking and Excavating, Warsaw, bid for limestone, prices range from $14 to $17.75 per ton
• Dalton Inc., Warsaw, bid for weed spray, prices range from 90 cents per gallon to $16 per gallon
• Primco Inc., Fort Wayne, bid for a cast and clay package, prices up to $2,106.30
• Speedway Sand and Gravel Inc., Silver Lake, bid for gravel and sand, prices range from $4.60 to $10.45 per ton
• Petroleum Traders Corp., Fort Wayne, bid for different types of fuel, prices range from $1.68 to $2.06 per gallon
• Phend and Brown, Leesburg, bid for bituminous hot mix, prices range from $48 to $61 per ton
• Phend and Brown, Leesburg, bid for plant rental for mixing, price is $24 per ton
• Phend and Brown, Leesburg, bid for aggregate materials, price for sand is $6 per ton; price for gravel ranges from $8-11 per ton; price for limestone ranges from $18.50 to $20.80 per ton
• Phend and Brown, Leesburg, bid for hot mix asphalt, prices range from $62 to $75 per ton
• James H. Drew Corp., Indianapolis, bid for guard rails, prices range from $8.25 $10.20 per lineal foot
• North Central Coop, Wabash, bid for diesel fuel, prices range from $1.77 to $2.08 per gallon
• Brooks Construction Company Inc., Fort Wayne, bid for intermediate mixes, prices range from $42.50 to $43.50 per ton
• Brooks Construction Company Inc., Fort Wayne, bid for other types of mixes, prices range from $42 to $85 per ton
• Elkhart County Gravel Inc., New Paris, bid for sand and gravel, prices range from $3.75 to $12.50
• Irving Materials Inc., Greenfield, bid for limestone, prices range from $6.75 to $14.75 per ton
• Zimmerman-Newcomer, Milford, bid for gravel, prices range from $5.50 to $10 per ton
• RJ Kerr Trucking LLC, bid for limestone, prices range from $15.25 to $18 per ton
• RJ Kerr Trucking LLC, bid for steel slag aggregate duraberm, price is $13 per ton
• Great Lakes Chloride Inc., Warsaw, bid for dust control solution, prices range from 75 cents to 85 cents per gallon
• Pierceton Trucking Company, Pierceton, bid for liquid bituminous, prices range from $452.40 to $646.80 per ton
• West Plains Mining LLC, Wabash, bid for aggregate material, prices range from $7.25 to $12.50 per ton
• G and G Hauling and Excavating Inc., Warsaw, bid for limestone, prices range from $15.45 to $18.05 per ton
• Asphalt Materials Inc., Warsaw, bid for liquid asphalt and liquid bituminous, price range from $396 to $682.20 per ton
• American Timber Bridge, bid for timber rails, price is $3,250
• American Timber Bridge, bid for other materials for timber rails, price is $7,542
• Central Paving Inc., Logansport, bid for bituminous packaging mixture, prices from from $84 to $94.65 per ton
• Saint Regis Culvert Inc., Charlotte, Mich., bid for corrugated steel pipe, $207.08 per five-foot diameter
• Debco Metal Culverts, Francesville, bid for aluminum box culverts, $277 to $2,000.20

In other business,

Treasurer Sue Ann Mitchell presented the 2016 bicentennial flag and said that it would be flown Dec. 12.

County Attorney Chad Miner brought forth an amendment to the Capital Improvement Plan, which was approved by the commissioners.

Ron Robinson brought forth the Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation agreement for 2016, which was approved by the commissioners.

The next Kosciusko County Commissioners meeting will be held at 9 a.m. Nov. 17