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Polk County approves order asking Independence to assume jurisdiction of portions of several roads
Summary
The Polk County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 13 to approve Order 25-09, responding to the City of Independence’s requests to assume jurisdiction over portions of Tallmadge Road, Corvallis Road and an unimproved Sixth Street, and formally asking Independence to take jurisdiction of an annexed portion of Hoffman Road.
The Polk County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 13 approved Order 25-09, which completes a county step in transferring jurisdiction of several road segments to the City of Independence and formally requests that Independence accept jurisdiction of a portion of Hoffman Road that the city has annexed.
Darren Black, a Polk County staff member, told the board the city has requested county surrender of jurisdiction for portions of Tallmadge Road by resolution 25 16 24 and for a portion of Corvallis Road and an unimproved Sixth Street by resolution 25 16 32. He said the affected segments were annexed into the city by ordinance 16 19 (Oct. 24, 2024) and ordinance 16 23 (May 27, 2025). Black said maps and legal…
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