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Commissioners approve right-of-way purchase and MOU with sheriff for vehicle weight monitoring
Summary
The board authorized acquisition of a small right-of-way for an intersection improvement and approved a memorandum of understanding to reimburse the sheriff’s office for vehicle weight-monitoring services through 2027.
The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners voted April 3 to acquire a small strip of land for an Anderson Ferry–Foley Road intersection improvement and to enter a memorandum of understanding with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office to reimburse the sheriff for vehicle weight monitoring.
Don Long, chief deputy engineer, said the right-of-way purchase is adjacent to a road and is priced as a “small sliver” tied to auditor valuations; the commission’s discussion referenced a $1,000 payment for the property. He described the intersection project as a traffic-signal improvement (project 502404) and said permissive auto-tax funding will pay the acquisition cost.
Long also described a memorandum of understanding with the sheriff to reimburse the office for monitoring vehicle weights to protect roadway safety; he said the annual amount is $172,000 and funding will come from the road-and-bridge fund. The MOU covers 2025–2027 with an optional one-year renewal for 2028.
A motion to adopt both items was made and approved. The vote was taken by roll call and commissioners recorded affirmative responses during the meeting.
Why it matters: The right-of-way purchase makes a small but necessary change to install a new pole footprint at an intersection; the weight-monitoring MOU provides funding to help enforce weight limits, a preventive safety measure for roads and bridges.
Details: Don Long said the right-of-way owner is the Board of Education of the Delhi Township School District. The engineer’s office said amounts for purchase reflect usage, auditor valuations and routine negotiation. The MOU’s $172,000 annual reimbursement was identified as the amount to be paid from the road-and-bridge fund for sheriff monitoring duties.
