The chair designated on the petition shall be the official representative for the petitioners and shall be responsible for the following duties:
(1) Upon notification by the county commission that the road has been selected for the program, the chair shall contact the county engineer and coordinate all further activities with that office.
(2) The chair shall be responsible for getting all right-of-way deed and easement documents executed and submitted to the county engineer on or prior to the last day of the month of September. All deed and easement documents necessary for the road to be accepted in the program shall be submitted together in one submittal.
(3) The chair shall coordinate the relocation of all utilities necessary for the proper maintenance of the road with the proper utility authorities and shall notify the county engineer when all such relocations have been completed.
(4) The chair shall coordinate the collection of funds from the individual property owners for the purchase of all driveway culvert pipes and deliver a single cashier’s check for the total amount of all the funds for all the required driveway culvert pipes to the county engineer. The chair shall provide a list of the funds collected for each tract or property along the selected roadway. This task shall be completed on or prior to the last day of the month of November.
(5) The chair shall coordinate the relocation of existing fences and other private encroachments out of the proposed 60-foot minimum width right-of-way. This task shall be completed on or before the last day of the month of November.
Last modified: May 3, 2021