Buffalo County Subdivision Roads

Policy Claims:

Buffalo County should offer tax programs to help build roads and owners commit themselves to higher taxes for a period of years to pay for the maintenance of subdivision roads.

Factual Claims:

Budgets

• The net payroll for Buffalo County road fund is $49,999.25. Source

• The Highway Department Budget for the present 2018-2019 fiscal year is $7,105,943.00. Source

Maintenance

• Maintenance for Buffalo County includes 17 neighborhoods within Kearney, 7 rural subdivisions, and 4 mobile home courts. Source

Employment

• The Highway Department has 42 full-time employees and during the summer months, employ four to six more people. Source

Subdivision Roads

• There are approximately 962 square miles in Buffalo County. Source

• Buffalo County is divided into 26 Townships. The townships were dissolved in 2015. We have divided the townships into Zones 1 through 26. We bid gravel once a year. The bid period is from April 1 of one year to March 31 of the following year. Source

Casual Claims:

Even though Buffalo County is low on budget, they still are criticized.

Even though Buffalo County is low on budget, citizens still use these roads on a regular basis.

Definitional Claims:

If there is at least 25 percent of the property owners in a private subdivision in the United States according to the Bureau of Transporation Statistics than the low maintenance of Buffalo Country is a problem.

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