(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved requests from two telecommunications companies to install utilities on county-owned right-of-way. County officials say they’ve been seeing an increase in those requests in recent years as broadband services are being expanded to more rural locations. Dickinson County Engineer Cole Budach says it’s been the county’s policy not to charge for the permits given that they’re for a public purpose…
Budach adds the companies are responsible for the cost of relocating those services should the county need the right-of-way in the future for road construction or other purposes.
