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Nebmont/Nemont rep briefs commissioners on bores, easements and fiber mapping
Summary
A Nemont representative presented example easements and bore specifications and offered to provide the county with a map of existing fiber routes and crossings; commissioners agreed a map would be useful and deferred a decision on recording easements until they review the mapping and legal questions about rights of way.
A Nemont representative (Jodie Benson) briefed the board July 15 on how utility crossings under county roads are handled, showed an example easement from a neighboring county and described local booring specifications. She recommended documenting crossings and offered to produce a wall‑map of existing fiber so county staff could better coordinate road work and avoid damaging buried infrastructure.
Benson explained the difference between permitting a crossing (recorded easement/right‑of‑way) and approving a crossing in the minutes, noting that formally recording rights may be costly and that, in practice, some counties use a minutes‑level approval and a dedicated right‑of‑way file for practical coordination. She said bores typically include casing and described standard depth/specs to avoid future conflicts when roads are rebuilt.
Commissioners asked for a printed map the county could hang in offices; Benson said she would prepare and distribute mapping and that Nemont could research recorded rights where available. The board did not commit to a county‑wide recording program; members asked staff to weigh cost and benefits before any county‑wide easement recording effort.
The county indicated it welcomes the map and will consider a formal policy after seeing a mapping and any evidence of recorded rights.
