By Rusty Nixon Correspondent
PLYMOUTH — It was a contentious day for the Marshall County Commissioners dealing with issues involving the new Pioneer Drive (formerly Pine Road) project.
Todd and Doug Thompson came before the Commissioners seeking information on where the project stands. Questions from Doug Thompson centered on how drainage from the project would affect his property and the location of driveways with access to Pioneer Drive.

Bob Kirkley, of DLZ Corporation, the engineers of the project, assured Thompson that the drainage plan for the project would actually help his property by taking much of the drainage towards the new County Jail.
Todd Thompson questioned the location of the road saying that he had spoken to a neighbor that did not want the road on his property and proposed another route for the project.
Doug Thompson, speaking about a driveway on his property, said that, “…I will have a driveway on the east side of my property…” and “…I can’t understand why I can’t have a driveway as a property owner…”
In other news:
• The Commissioners approved a pair of changes for the County Museum project. Because the museum had to procure a project engineer the timetable for completion has slowed down. The Commissioners approved a change order to extend the completion date for the project to August 6 of 2009 as opposed to the current completion date of February 28, 2009.
• The Commissioners opened bids for new cars for the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office. Country Auto of Plymouth put in a bid for five cars, including trade in allowance that had a net total of $104,585. Oliver Ford put in a similar bid for five cars and a trade in allowance that had a net total of $99,705.
The bids were taken under advisement.
• Bids for the demolition of the jail were originally on the agenda, however those bids were advertised for opening on Dec. 1.
• A dispute over $1,600 in street work with the city of Plymouth will be resolved between the city and county.
Plymouth annexed Hill-crest Drive as part of an area near S.R. 17 earlier this year. The county was not notified of the date of the annexation and therefore “fog sealed” the road as part of its normal maintenance.
While the annexation took place in August, the city did not gain jurisdiction over the area until October.
Discussions will continue on reimbursement for the road work.