At Wednesday's Belmont County Commission meeting, it opened bids for demolition of a county structure.

"It’s just another step in the process of trying to demo this county building that really hasn’t had some use for quite some time," Commissioner J.P. Dutton said.

The commission has received grant funding from the State of Ohio and the governor's office for the former rehabilitation center.

"We're a little bit behind with the facilities,” Dutton said. “We've been playing catch up for the past few years. I think we're doing that really effectively and I think in the next few years we will be in a lot better position."

Four bids were received with the lowest coming in at $237,397 from Kain Specialty Group out of Wexford, Pa.

Asbestos removal has already been done to the property.

"We've talked about a couple of things there,” Dutton said. “It's a good site and good location the other county facilities at the Ohio 331 interchange off I-70.”

The bids are now being handed of for evaluation and commissioners will come back in a couple of weeks to make a bid selection.

The demo on the building is expected to take no longer than 45 days once work starts. And they expect this project to be finished by the end of the calendar year.