No decision has been made on the easement to allow a water project pipeline to be bored under county roads between Edgar and Fairfield.
The Clay County Board of Supervisors met May 26 remotely, continuing the discussion on the easement from the week prior. Technical difficulties had affected public access to the May 19 meeting, also held remotely.
“A lot of the confusion last week was a lot of people thought we were approving the easements of the entire project,” Tom Roemmich Jr., Clay County roads superintendent, said.
The discussion item on the May 19 agenda, continued May 26, was only to approve or disapprove the project’s easement pertaining to burying the pipeline under county roads along eight miles of the north side of the Union Pacific Railroad, he explained. All other easements, including those on private land, must be negotiated outside of county board business.
