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Walker County approves $105,000 invoice to U.S. Forest Service for forest-road maintenance; splits funds by precinct mileage
Summary
Walker County commissioners agreed May 19 to invoice the U.S. Forest Service for $105,000 in funds and allocate the proceeds to precincts for maintenance of Forest Service roads, while staff warned one project could require a separate $208,000 environmental/right-of-way process.
Walker County commissioners on May 19 authorized county staff to invoice the U.S. Forest Service for $105,000 in funds and approved splitting the money among precincts based on road mileage, the court decided.
The move lets Walker County seek reimbursement from the Forest Service for eligible maintenance and repair work on roads that run across or benefit Forest Service land. Brandon, a county staff member, told the court that ‘‘what they told us is we could go back through 2023’’ when documenting receipts for the funds.
The allocation formula approved by the court divides the money by road mileage: Precinct 2 will receive 14.2 percent, Precinct 3 10 percent and Precinct 4 75.8 percent; Precinct 1 had no eligible…
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