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McDonald County commissioners consider requiring utilities to secure county assent and $5,000 bond for road work
Summary
On June 11, 2025, McDonald County commissioners discussed amending the county's 2005-01 roads ordinance to require utility companies to obtain commission assent and post a $5,000 performance bond before construction in county roadways; the item was tabled for further research and will return to the commission on June 16.
Presiding Commissioner Bryan Hall, Eastern Commissioner Jamey Cope and Western Commissioner Rick Lett met June 11, 2025, with County Clerk Jessica Cole present, and conducted general county business before taking a lunch recess to attend a Chamber "Lunch and Learn" seminar.
Post-lunch, the commissioners discussed proposing an amendment to the 2005-01 "County to Govern County Roads" ordinance that would require utility companies to obtain the county commission's assent and provide a $5,000 performance bond prior to conducting construction through county roadways. The transcript records that commissioners raised the new assent and bonding requirements as a way to regulate utility work in county rights-of-way.
The commission tabled the proposal "until further research" can be completed by all three commissioners; the record does not show a formal motion maker, seconder or recorded vote. No further business was conducted that day. The commission adjourned and is scheduled to reconvene June 16, 2025.
The minutes list the action as a tabled ordinance revision; additional details, including ordinance text changes or a formal motion and vote, were not specified in the meeting record.
