At their weekly meeting Monday morning, Red Willow County commissioners declined to rescind, revise or rewrite a decision made in August regarding the creation of a 66-foot right-of-way on a much-disputed, seldom-used county road south of Indianola.

Commissioners declared on Aug. 18 that they will establish a 66-foot county right-of-way on the center line of a one-mile stretch of County Road 713/221, which sits approximately 23 feet on the south side of the section line that separates landowners Stan Quigley on the north and Phil Bamesberger on the south.

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Commissioners reiterated Monday that the right-of-way will be measured from the center line of the existing road -- as they decided in August -- not from the section line, which is where most county roads are located. The center line of the one-mile stretch of road in question lines up "fairly decently" with the center line of Road 713/221 that heads west from the intersection, Dicenta said.

Commission chairman Earl McNutt said that establishing a normal 33/33 right-of-way would insure that "no one's a winner and no one's a loser" in the dispute between the two landowners.

Dicenta said a new survey plat -- which will be included in the county's roads records -- will show a 66-foot county road right-of-way on the road -- 33 feet on the north side of the center line of the road and 33 feet on the south side of the center line of the road.

McNutt said it won't cost the county much more than about $5,000 to gravel the county road. A motion approved by commissioners Monday morning stresses that the county will pay for the survey and the staking of the newly-established right-of-way just once -- regardless of the amount of time it takes landowners to build new fences or whether stakes are lost over time.

Dicenta said the right-of-way will be staked within the next two weeks.

Commissioner Leigh Hoyt is still frustrated by the road dispute, and landowners' inability to compromise and/or be logical and practical about the situation. "This is still a misuse of constituents' ... tax payers' ... money. Just because someone's pouting because they didn't get the land bought. It makes me so ... ," he said, shaking his head in disgust.

"Get 'er laid out, Gary," McNutt told Dicenta.

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In other action Monday morning:

* Corporations within Red Willow County whose real estate or personal property taxes are delinquent face Class IV felony charges and possible prosecution unless their back taxes are paid.

County treasurer Marleen Garcia presented commissioners Monday morning with a list of corporations who are delinquent on either or both real estate and personal property taxes, and have received notices of their delinquencies from Garcia's office.

* Commissioners and Dicenta said they were impressed with the "Buildex" -- armor-coating alternative product they used on a 11⁄2-mile stretch of blacktopped county road south of the former District 8 schoolhouse southwest of McCook. Dicenta said there was much less waste of the Buildex aggregate -- a flat, light-weight rock -- compared to regular armor-coating projects, and that the emulsified oil used in the Buildex process is less expensive -- $1.31 per gallon compared to $2.65 per gallon -- than the oil used in the normal armor coating process.

Dicenta anticipates that the Buildex product will slow down the creation of hairline cracks prevalent in armor-coating. Dicenta said a good test of the product will be how it holds up through the winter and whether it comes up with snow removal.

* Commissioners approved an agreement with Danbury for the sheriff's department to provide enforcement of the village's municipal ordinances for $150 a month, or a total of $1,800, through September 2009.

* Commissioners approved a drawdown by Hilton Farm EcoRetreat of rural Cambridge of $25,883, the eighth drawdown in the project funded with a $131,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (and funneled through Red Willow County). Owners Dave and Andela Taylor were approved for the grant in August 2005. The project will be a tourism attraction that provides hands-on experiences focusing on nature, wellness, culinary arts, arts and crafts, horticulture and agriculture. In August 2007, commissioners and the DED approved a 12-month extension for the completion of the project, and in July 2008, approved another six-month extension. Andela Taylor wrote in an e-mail to commissioners Oct. 3 that they plan to hire employees in February and open in late May.

* Commissioners asked Dicenta to check further into a Nebraska Department of Roads project that would pay for a portion of centerline, edge and no-passing zones on the county's blacktopped roads.

* Commissioners designated McNutt, and commissioner Steve Downer as an alternate, to cast the county's ballot for officers of the Nebraska Association of County Officials.

* Commissioners received the September report on the county's revolving loan accounts -- everyone is current except Pawnee Aviation.