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Montgomery board to bill landowner $800 after unauthorized work damages Class IV road
Summary
The Montgomery Selectboard voted 5-0 to charge a landowner $800 for excavator time after the owner carried out unauthorized work on the Class IV West Hill Extension, which required emergency repairs including seven loads of gravel and a new culvert.
The Montgomery Selectboard voted unanimously June 1 to bill a landowner $800 to cover excavator time after unauthorized work on the Class IV West Hill Extension caused substantial damage.
Selectboard member Mark Brouillette reported that the property owner undertook work on the town-managed Class IV road without prior approval or guidance under the town's Class IV Road Policy, damaging the roadway and prompting emergency repairs that included an excavator, seven loads of gravel and installation of a new culvert. Brouillette moved to bill the owner for excavator time only; the motion, seconded by Daniel Khan, passed 5-0.
The board declined to charge the landowner for materials. The vote logged the specific corrective cost as $800 for excavator time and left material costs—seven loads of gravel and the culvert—absorbed by the town for this incident. The minutes show the board considered the town’s Class IV Road Policy in framing its response but recorded no additional penalties or further enforcement action at the meeting.
The action followed public discussion during the roads agenda item and will be reflected in administrative billing handled by town staff. The board did not record any immediate appeal or response from the property owner in the minutes.
