Breezy Point and Ideal Township have worked together to deal
with public service issues for a great many years. The city at one time had contracted with them
for fire service. We have continued a
relationship of sharing responsibilities for roads that abut both jurisdictions
with an agreement. The shared road
service agreement has worked well. This
agreement is periodically renewed as it extends for a period of time.
The past
agreement expired at the start of this year.
We worked together to renew the agreement. The agreement was working well as written but
Ideal Township had ideas about making changes. The past agreement provided for the city
plowing and maintaining Buschmann Road and Ideal Township plowed and maintained
Ossawinnamakee Road and Forest Knolls Road.
Under the
new arrangement a somewhat different approach was defined. Breezy Point will accomplish plowing and
maintenance of the shared portion of Buschmann Road. We will only plow the Ideal portion of Buschmann
Road. The city will also take on the
plowing of Wild Turkey Trail. Ideal
Township will in turn do plowing and maintenance of Ossawinnamakee Road, Graf Road
and Forest Knolls. They will also plow
Sunset Strip.
With this
change there was some concern that property owners who abut these roadways should
be made aware of the change. A letter
was sent out and asked if they had any concerns with the change. Some responses were received indicating they didn’t
have any issues with it. The agreement provides
for a fairly equitable arrangement. It
provides for some time savings for both parties. The Breezy Point City Council approved the
agreement at the October meeting. Ideal
Township subsequently also approved the agreement.
