A Marshall County resident continues to press the County Commissioners about available road funding in their fiscal year budget.
Bruce Smith, who resides on Redwood Road, has spoken at several Marshall County Commissioners meetings this year. Monday morning’s meeting was no exception. Smith claims the road near his house was recently turned into a dirt road, potentially damaging the vehicles he has purchased.
Reading from a letter, Smith says he finds Marshall County’s responses to his document requests “evasive.”
“Many of the questions are unanswered, or I am told you have no documents to provide to me,” says Smith. “Some of these responses, that are itemized, are incorrect. I am so disappointed in the Marshall County Commissioners and lack of what I feel to be representatives of the people.”
The Marshall County Commissioners have largely not been responding to Smith’s in-meeting questions under the advice of their attorney, Jim Clevenger. That follows Smith’s alleged threats of litigation over the issue.
Prior to his speaking at Monday’s meeting, Clevenger handed Smith a stack of requested documents. Budgets, meeting minutes, and letters are included. The Commissioners, jetting looks amongst themselves and with members of the audience during the affair, promised to continue working with Smith to find additional documents requested under the Open Meetings Act.
Among the biggest areas of concern for the Redwood Road resident are the documents lacking from the Marshall County Highway Department.
“I find it odd that there would be no records in the Highway Department outlining which roads have been repaired or changed to gravel,” says Smith. “How do they keep track of what is done?”
Smith has requested that the road be repaved using funds he believes are available in Marshall County’s budget.
