T-L Photos/CARRI GRAHAM BRIDGEPORT MAYOR David Smith, left, reads the bids received for the village-owned Mylan property at Tuesday’s regular scheduled meeting. Matt and Kelly Charlton won the bidding with a bid of $83,009.12.

BRIDGEPORT — Bridgeport Village Council accepted a bid for its Mylan property Tuesday, selling the site for more than $80,000.

Council approved selling the property on Old Cadiz Road, southwest of the Weeks Cemetery, at last month’s meeting. The property includes more than 17 acres. Council announced the minimum bid accepted would be $42,850.

During Tuesday’s meeting, Mayor David Smith opened and read the four bids that were received for the property. They included:

∫ $83,009.12 from Matt and Kelly Charlton;

∫ $80,010.00 from Tim and Anna Smith;

∫ $55,570.70 from Intex Services – Richard Yorkovich; and

∫ $63,000.00 from Rich Damot, John Wagner and Tim Shye.

All four bidders met the requirements and included bank statements stating that the bidders are eligible to borrow the sums pledged. All of those who submitted bids were present at the meeting. Solicitor Michael Shaheen asked the bidders if they were prepared to close within 30 days, and all said they were.

Following the reading of the bids, council entered an executive session to discuss the legalities of the bid process.

When they returned to open session, Councilman David Rice made a motion to accept the high bid of $83,009.12 made by Matt and Kelly Charlton. Council unanimously approved the sale of the property, located at 69445 Old Cadiz Road, to the Charltons. A resolution was then signed by council acknowledging the sale.

Council also announced that the village’s trick or treat will take place on Halloween this year.

The annual holiday will be celebrated from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 31. Trick or treat is meant for all children ages 13 and under.

“Those residents who wish to participate, leave some kind of a porch light on and leave a nice safe lighted approachway for the children to make it safely in and out of their properties,” Smith said.

Meanwhile, Police Chief John Bumba said in the month of August the department had 118 calls for service, six criminal arrests, 74 traffic stops resulting in 71 citations sent to Mayor’s Court and six private property crashes.

In other council news, Fire Chief Mark Subasic announced the department will receive its new fire truck in the next two weeks.

“Financing is all set up and approved through WesBanco,” Smith said of the financing for the new truck.

Subasic requested $2,500 from the fire levy fund in order to buy foam and mounting brackets for the new truck. The cost of the foam for the truck is around $800, Subasic said.

“I don’t think I’ll need that much, but this truck has foam, so we have to order some buckets of foam. Then we’ll need mounting brackets. … They shouldn’t be that much, but I just put this number in, that way when it comes in, what we need, I can go ahead and get it ordered,” he said.

The fire levy is solely for the use of fire equipment and fire apparatus, Smith noted. Council approved the request to purchase equipment for the new fire truck, not to exceed $2,500.

“We appreciate how Mr. (John) Timko always goes the extra mile, he and WesBanco, for the projects for the village,” Shaheen said regarding the bank’s commercial loan officer.

Smith also mentioned the success of this past weekend’s village cleanup project. The event involved cleaning up the streets along National Road. Volunteers cut grass and picked up trash around the village.

“With the help of Mr. (Tim) Smith, he organized another community cleanup. Even though the turnout might not have been as anticipated, I think that those who did show up did a wonderful job. The downtown area looks really good; along (U.S.) 40, Howard Street, South Lincoln all looks good,” the mayor said.

Members of the Cub Scouts from Troop 109 and a representative from the American Heritage Girl Scouts 7777 came out to help on Sunday. Also, firefighters from the Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department aided in the efforts. Smith also thanked Brian Schambach, CEO of BlueChemKemp, and the women of the Kirkwood Presbyterian Church for their donations. He also thanked Bill’s Towing, which provided a street sweeper to clean the streets of the village.

Village resident Tim Smith organized the event following the success of the July cemetery cleanup in which a group of around 60 volunteers cut grass and improved the dismal state of Weeks Cemetery, on Sunset Heights. Tim Smith said the recent cleanup went “pretty well.”

“We just need to keep pulling together. … We got a lot done, but there’s a lot more to do,” he said.