LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING – January 4 ...

BICYCLE RACE: The Board discussed the request for a bicycle race on a County Road. TheBoard questioned if the County should be additionally named on the insurance policy. The Boardwill look into an application to be completed in the future with the requirement that the County benamed on the insurance policy.Moved-Seconded (Weisenberg-Flanagan) to allow permission to use the Old Belle Road to CragoLoop for a Bicycle Race with the understanding that in the future the County be additionally namedon the insurance policy. Motion Carried. The Board encouraged the organizers of the bicycle raceto attempt to have the County be additionally named for this race if at all possible.COUNTY POLICY / COMBINING PARCELS: The Board discussed the past practice ofcombining parcels on contiguous property. Darlene Piekkola, Director of Equalization stated theycurrently have over 4,000 parcels that would be affected with a change in policy as it would affectboth AG and Non-Ag property. The Board stated whatever policy they adopt they need to stayconsistent.RECESS: 9:15 a.m. Moved-Seconded (Flanagan-Ewing) to recess the County CommissionMeeting. Motion Carried. 9:30 a.m. The Chairman called the meeting back to order.GATEWAY COMMUNITIES DESIGNATION / BOXELDER CREEK ROAD: Troy Saye,Nemo Guest Ranch was present to discuss the Gateway Communities Designation. History waspresented. Saye presented a petition of the local landowners in support of the designation of “MultiVehicle Usage Road” allowing all terrain vehicles to access the surrounding area Forest ServiceTrails from Nemo, thereby promoting it as a Black Hills “Gateway Community”. Saye requestedthat the Commission send a letter to the Forest Service indicating the Commission authorizes“mixed use” trafficking on the .6 mile portion of Boxelder Forks Road west of Nemo, toward theBoxelder Forks Campground, and request they update the Forest Service maps accordingly. DavePlummer, US Forest Service was present to discuss jurisdiction and stated they feel there is aportion of the road that is the County’s jurisdiction. Dick Birk was present to discuss maintenanceon the Road. Birk stated this is a minimal maintenance road. Moved-Seconded (Ewing-Flanagan) todesignate the .6 miles of Box Elder Forks Road (140S) as a Gateway Community Road and send aletter to the Forest Service asking that the road be designated as such on the trails map. MotionCarried.US FOREST SERVICE: Dave Plummer, Black Hills National Forest was present to discuss theproject on USFS Dev. Road 134 – Tinton Road. Plummer provided history to the Board on theproject and stated they are working on the bid plans and requested the Board support the option toclose the road, after Labor Day, during daytime hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m for approximatelythree weeks. This would allow the contractor to work on the road. The Board was in support ofclosing the road during the daytime hours.Plummer stated he would like to work with Dick Birk and the Planning Commission and look at allroads that overlap and determine what is the County’s and what is the Forest Service and definejurisdiction. Flanagan and Ewing expressed interest in working on the Committee.