The commissioners of Alfalfa County had a lot of paperwork to sort through this week. Nate Ross, Mike Roach and Garret Johnson took care of the usual orders of business – the maintenance and operation warrants for payment and blanket purchase orders – and then spent some time opening up a huge stack of sealed paperwork that came in for six-month bids. They ensured each was notarized and filled out correctly and accepted them but held off on awarding any, pending review.

The three men also signed a safety incentive warrant for the emergency manager and moved on to declare a surplus of a few ite...