Commission approves tolling agreement regarding 2014 petroleum leak
The Shelby County Commission approved a tolling agreement between the County and Plantation Pipe Line Company during its May 23 meeting.
A tolling agreement is a legal document which allows legal rights past the statute of limitations in a particular case. County Manager Alex Dudchock said they do not foresee there would be a need to take legal action.
“We do not want the statute of limitation running out if we see that we have to have legal action involved with us securing the rights and benefits that we think are appropriate with securing the needed work,” Dudchock said. “We have no indication with that. They have been working very closely with us.”
This agreement was in regard to a petroleum product leak that occurred in August 2014. A line owned and operated by Plantation Pipe Line Company which runs through Shelby County released petroleum products on private land and affected a public potable water distribution main.
The county is working with Plantation Pipe Line Company to move the water main, Dudchock said, and the company has been responsive and has worked well with the county.
“We have not had any concern with their performance to date. … It’s progressed well, this is just preserving that [legal] right,” Dudchock said.
Dudchock also updated the commission on recent action taken by the Forest Wild Board. The board recently voted for a second appraisal and closing on a 700-acre tract of land along the Cahaba River. If the second appraisal falls within a certain range, Shelby County Chief Development Officer Chad Scroggins said they will move to close on the property.
The Forever Wild Board already has about 450 acres of land, and the county has about 325 acres in that area. Those pieces of land are contiguous, Dudchock said, and are all canoe-able.
In the future, there are plans to build canoe drop-ins and takeout ramps on the county land, and the area will be available for recreational use.
“The work that we’ve been doing so far is systematically moving that to become a reality,” Dudchock said. “It just takes a little bit longer than some of us are used to.”
Also at the meeting, the commission:
- Approved a bid for the River Road project grade, drain, base and pave to the lowest responsive bidder. The bid was awarded to Walker Patton Company in the amount of $703,754.12.
- Approved a bid for a 2017 Ford 450 to Earnest McCarty Ford in the amount of $32,228. The truck is for the airport.
- Approved a bid for restroom supply products to Budget Janitorial.
- Approved the reappointment of Loren Russell as a County Commission Representative to the E-911 Board.
- Heard of another public involvement meeting regarding improvements along John Findlay Drive and State Park Road at Oak Mountain State Park. The meeting will be June 23 from 4-7 p.m. at the OMSP Golf Pro Shop.