Trail committee to seek easement for first leg

The Hartley City Council on Monday told members of the recreation trail committee that any future help from the city would come after the group obtains a construction easement for the first leg of the proposed project.

Committee members approached the council during a special meeting to ask the city to create a trail taskforce to help plans move forward. According to discussion, the group needs to contact the landowner affected by the first leg of the trail, which would require a construction easement.

Trail committee members believed having the city's formal backing in the form of a taskforce...