Stuts Cnty LibraryJamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Commission has rejected a bid from Richard Geigle of Jamestown to purchase the former James River Senior and Community Center and Stutsman County Library building for $40,000.

Commissioner David Schwartz said he would like to see the county look at moving the North Dakota State University Extension office and possibly the Stutsman County Weed Board into the building.

Unanimously approved was a bid of $2.69 million from Guthmiller Earthmoving Inc. of Medina to build a construction road for the CHS nitrogen fertilizer plant at Spiritwood.

The roadway improves a section of Stutsman County Road/Highway 62 and creates a new road that will become 34th Street Southeast. CHS will pay the cost of the project directly.

Commissioners approved a request from Central Valley Health District to begin tearing down the buildings and clean up the property that housed the former Ace Hardware store on U.S. Highway 281 South.

Residents have made complaints about the property and surrounding buildings, located on Highway 281 South, that have fallen into disrepair.

CVHD is also concerned about vermin, and chemicals and paint on the property.

Commissioners denied a $350,000 grant request from the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation to fund a study to establish a regional storm water management plan.