Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Board of Commissioners
SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): All Districts
A Resolution of the Governing Authority of DeKalb County, Georgia to the DeKalb County Delegation of the General Assembly Relating to Management of County Infrastructure Located in Public Rights-of-Way
Body
Information Contact: John W. Manson IV
Phone Number: 404-371-6207
PURPOSE:
To ensure that private utility contractors accessing public rights-of-way properly determine if and where utility facilities are located in the rights-of-way before digging; to ensure that all local governments with management control of public-of-way require utility contractors to locate all utility facilities in public rights-of-way before digging; to authorize counties to impose sanctions including fines on utility contractors that breach or cut county utility facilities after failing to properly locate such utility facilities in the public rights-of way; to authorize counties to require utility contractors to fully remediate any public utility facilities or other infrastructure damaged by a utility contractor digging in public rights-of-way.
NEED/IMPACT:
To adopt the resolution;
FISCAL IMPACT:
None;
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
To approve the resolution and authorize the chief executive officer to execute all necessary documents....