City dismisses road fees for Croell

The city planning commission voted Monday to rescind a $1,000 per month road fee to Croell Redi Mix that was meant to pay for road maintenance near its operation.

Robert England, a member of the planning commission and manager of Croell’s local operation, excused himself from the commission to speak on behalf of the company.

Sidney recently billed Croell $3,000 for road maintenance fees for its first three months of operations. The company runs a gravel pit and hot mix plant southeast of County Road 117.

The road fee was the city’s attempt to control any problems that the gravel pit operation...