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<br />CASSCOUNlY <br />GOVERNMENT <br />..I.. <br /> <br />Highway <br />Department <br /> <br />Keith D. Berndt, P.E. <br />County Engineer <br /> <br />Richard S. Sieg <br />Superintendent <br /> <br />Thomas B. Soucy, P.E. <br />Design and Construction <br />Supervisor <br /> <br />1201 West Main Avenue <br />P.O. Box 698 <br />West Fargo, North Dakota <br />58078-0698 <br /> <br />701-298-2370 <br />Fax 701-298-2395 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />MAR 11 2005 <br /> <br />CASS COUNTY COMMISSION <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Cass County Commission <br />.'~--) <br />,.. .' f -? <br />Keith Berndt, Cass County Engineer"- _/ <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />February 25, 2005 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Agenda Topic for March 21, 2005 Meeting: <br />Over-dimensional Policy and Ordinance. <br /> <br />The enclosed document contains a draft policy and ordinance regarding <br />legal size limits and permit policies for Cass County Highways. The <br />ordinance and associated policy are intended to accomplish the following: <br /> <br />1. Preserve County highways by providing better overweight enforcement. <br />2. Promote more economical movement of goods by allowing properly <br />configured vehicle combinations to exceed current weight and length <br />limitations. New policy regarding over-dimension vehicles would allow the <br />maximum gross vehicle weights on County Highways to increase from <br />80,000 lbs to 105,500 lbs subject to legal axel configurations. <br />3. Allow the County to retain revenue from oversized vehicle fines issued to <br />vehicles on County Highways. <br />4. Implement a more formal permit system for vehicles that exceed the new <br />legal limits and set charges for the permits. <br />5. Implement a 10% over-weight allowance permit system during the <br />winter months when roads able to accommodate heavier loads due to frozen <br />subgrades. <br /> <br />I plan to discuss this matter in more detail during the March 21 Road <br />Advisory Committee meeting. <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTION: Hold First Reading of the Over-Dimensional <br />Vehicle Ordinance. Direct that the appropriate notice be published and <br />schedule the second reading of the ordinance for May 2, 2005. <br /> <br />l\Admin-Eng\Commission Corrsp\2005 Commission Correspondence\Agenda Memo March 21 meeting - Overdemension Ordinance doc <br />