DAYTON—At a special meeting on Monday the Columbia County Commissioners moved to award P.O.W. Contracting, Inc., from Pasco, the contract to build a new county transfer facility.

The new station will replace the temporary facility after a fire destroyed most of the necessary operational equipment, and seriously damaged the integrity of the transfer station main building, in July, 2015.

P.O.W. submitted the low bid of $633,633.30, and County Engineer Andrew Woods met with the commissioners at the Public Works Department on Monday to talk about finances for the project.

“We need to get the new f...