Morgan County commissioners to weigh millwright yard, truck-route limits
The proposed Mid-Western Millwright facility would include a 3,200-square-foot office, 16,200-square-foot shop and gravel yard. Commissioners are scheduled to consider conditional approval Aug. 4.
Morgan County commissioners are scheduled Aug. 4 to consider conditional approval of a contractor office, shop and equipment-and-materials yard for Mid-Western Millwright Inc. at Lot 1 of the Browne Planned Development. No vote or final conditions have been reported.
The county’s Aug. 4 agenda sets the item for the Board of County Commissioners’ 9 a.m. meeting in Fort Morgan. The agenda also includes a proposed road-use agreement template for projects requiring county-road hauling.
The applicant is Coy Palmer; county planning materials identify Coy and Jennifer Palmer as the landowners. The proposal includes a 3,200-square-foot office, a 16,200-square-foot shop and a gravel yard on about 4 acres. The July board packet says the facility would support growth for Mid-Western Millwright, which has operated in the community since the late 1990s.
A traffic study cited in the packet estimates 94 average daily vehicle trips, including 17 in the morning peak hour and 16 in the evening peak hour. It assumes 10% of vehicles would be trucks; the record does not provide truck weights, types, fleet size or a separate haul-activity forecast.
Under proposed Resolution 2026 BCC 26, the primary truck route would use County Road R, County Road 22 and Road R.7. Access from U.S. Highway 34 to County Road 22 would be limited to three trucks in the morning and three in the afternoon, while direct access through Road 22.3 would be prohibited, according to the Aug. 4 board packet.
The proposed agreement would require a haul-route and mitigation plan, road surveys before and after construction, payment for restoration work and security equal to 115% of estimated maintenance and restoration costs. It would allow permit suspension or revocation, draws on the security and administrative penalties of up to $2,500 per breach per day, subject to hearing and emergency provisions.
The site is near Nutrien Ag Solutions and Slick Spot Farm Truck and Auto Repair, with farmland on two sides and U.S. 34 to the north. The county notified landowners within 1,320 feet. Planning materials say the Planning Commission recommended approval 6-0 and that hearings in May, June and July included comments from applicants, staff and the public, without identifying speakers’ positions.
The commissioners heard the matter in June, reopened the hearing and held another hearing July 21. As of Aug. 3, no adopted resolution, vote tally or final action on the conditional approval or road-use agreement appears in the available record. The outcome should be updated after minutes, a signed resolution or another official meeting record is available.