​YORK – After some very lengthy and complicated meetings in the past month or so, the York County Commissioners will have a relatively light morning when they meet in regular session on Tuesday, May 12.

​YORK – A service bid from the company, Cerris, has been accepted for heating and air conditioning work at the York County Courthouse.
Brian Lewis, the head of courthouse maintenance, told the county board members he asked for bids from local companies as well as from Cerris.
The Cerris company currently does maintenance work on the boiler system in the courthouse.
The county received a bid from Cerris and a bid from a local company. Lewis siad the bids were about the same except the local company did not bid doing the boiler work.
“About $4,000 of the Cerris bid is for the boiler work,” Lewis said.
“We thought it would be good to put this matter on the agenda,” said Commissioner Randy Obermier, who is on the building and grounds committee. “We have been associated with Cerris for many years, due to the work with the boilers, and in this case, it seems like continuity would be the right thing to do.”
Lewis said the Cerris service “has been really great.”
“I thought it was good to reach out locally as well and if the local company doesn’t have the ability to service the boiler, that’s that,” Commissioner Chairman Daniel Grotz added.
Everyone voted in favor of going with the Cerris bid.
 

​YORK – It’s that time of year again – time for the county to open gravel bids for the season.
This year, they also opened hauling bids at the same time.
Greg Heine and Ashley Rasmussen from the York County Roads Department met with the York County Board to open, chronicle and then present for acceptance.
Gravel bids were received from Hooker brothers, Johnson Sand & Gravel, Johnson Trucking Sand & Gravel, Overland Sand & Gravel, Southwest Gravel Products, Vogt Trucking and Transport and Buel Trucking Inc.
Hauling bids were received from Vogt Trucking and Transport, Greckel Construction Company, 17 Inc., JN Nelson Trucking LLC, Southwest Gravel Products, A&K Trucking LLC and Buel Trucking Inc.
Heine and Rasmussen reviewed the bids and the commissioners accepted all of them. They have historically accepted all the bids, which gives them choices and options through the year, based on availability, access, etc.

​YORK – A grant from the York County Visitors Improvement Fund will help fund the construction of a press box inside the Freeman Center at York University.

​YORK – This past week, the York County Commissioners recognized York County emergency communication professionals for their dedication, skill and work ethic.

YORK – For quite some time, York County has had a contract with the City of York, for the city to provide ambulance service to rural areas of the county where no ambulance service already exists.

​YORK – The York County Commissioners have renewed contracts with two individuals who care for two abandoned pioneer cemeteries in York County.

Editor's note: This is the final installment in a series regarding this week's public hearing and final vote regarding solar zoning regulations in York County.
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​YORK – This week’s solar zoning debate spurred many passionate comments from York County residents as the county commissioners were tasked with creating solar zoning regulations. 

YORK – With a 3-2 vote, the York County Commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday morning which sets the county’s zoning regulations for solar projects. The regulations include half-mile setbacks for non-participating homes, churches and schools for Class 4, large industrial solar projects (such as the one being pursued in the rural McCool area).