Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Commission approved officially notifying the Road Weight Enforcement Board that Stutsman County will terminate its involvement in the board either by the end of this year or sooner, depending on what board members want to do.   The Road Weight Enforcement Board, a multicounty truck regulatory enforcement agency formed by Stutsman, Barnes, Dickey and LaMoure counties in 2011.

Tim Gillespie has served as the Road Weight Enforcement Board’s truck regulation enforcement officer.

Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaiser told the Stutsman County Commission that Gillespie was involved in a felony stop on U.S. Highway 281 south of Jamestown on May 20. Kaiser said he and Gillespie had a difference of opinion in how Gillespie conducted himself during the stop. After reading Gillespie’s report about the incident, Kaiser said he decided to terminate Gillespie’s authority in Stutsman County.