Commissioners approve consent agenda, OK Cherrywood Solar road‑use agreement with conditions

Caroline County commissioners approved the consent agenda on Feb. 18, 2025, including a road‑use and maintenance agreement with Cherrywood Solar LLC, subject to three contractual amendments requested by commissioners.

The board directed that the Cherrywood Solar road‑use agreement be amended to: (1) prefer installation of underground cables in conduit by directional drill where feasible in county right‑of‑way; (2) require the operator to enroll as a member of Miss Utility of Delmarva (so the operator receives and can respond to locate requests); and (3) require the operator to maintain permanent markers indicating the presence of underground cables and any required tapes in trenches. The board approved the consent agenda with those amendments by voice vote.

The motion to approve the consent agenda as amended carried unanimously; commissioners announced the vote during the meeting without a roll‑call record of individual positions in the transcript.

Why it matters: the requested changes are intended to reduce future utility‑locate conflicts and to make the presence of buried infrastructure easier to find for county crews and future utilities projects. The county attorney and public‑works staff will finalize the language and implement the amended agreement before final execution.