Residents and highway superintendent discuss Savona‑Campbell Road, culvert dispute, and roadwork plans

Several residents used the public comment period to raise concerns and thank the Highway Department for recent work on Savona‑Campbell Road. Resident Ken DeWert said he traveled to the meeting to discuss a culvert at his property and told the board he would pay if the town expects him to cover work that may have occurred in the neighboring Town of Campbell; Supervisor Michael Volino said the board would address the issue later in the meeting.

Visitor Alan Crooker thanked the Highway Department for the new pavement and asked whether fiber paper had been installed and whether shoulders and ditches would be repaired. Highway Superintendent Ben Smith replied that fiber paper was not installed and that shoulders would be fixed; he also explained the ditching and leveling conditions and listed work completed on many town roads, including ripping up 0.2 miles of Savona‑Campbell Road and preparing it for paving.

During new business the board discussed the specific culvert incident and decided not to bill the landowner for the roughly $195 material cost and about 4½ hours of labor and stone because the culvert apparently was installed without malicious intent and a boundary determination issue existed. The board directed that the culvert policy be reviewed and updated at the January reorganization meeting; Code Enforcement Officer Nick Nolton suggested creating a standard culvert application and charging a $25 processing fee to be collected by his office.

"If the Town wishes him to pay for the culvert work done that was in the Town of Campbell, he would do so," resident Ken DeWert said during public comment. Ben Smith described the recent paving and said shoulders and ditching work will follow to reduce spring runoff and washouts.