There are a few places on the Mona's city road system where huge holes in the surface make safe travel difficult.
Jonathan Jones, Mona resident, said that one such place was located on 100 East and 100 South.
He said the road there was sunken and had created quite a pothole and made travel unsafe for traffic.
"We have been holding onto our road money and waiting to repair the roads until the sewer system collection lines are laid," said Gordon Anderson, council member.
The roads will be torn up at that point and all through town roads will need to be repaired. It was hoped that the road funds could be used at that time because it made more sense to save the money for the intense work that will then need to be done.
If funds are spent to fix the roads now, then the roads will just need to be done over in a short time.
"If it is a safety issue, however, we should look at it," said Anderson.
Some of the roads with potholes needing repair were on the county road system. Potholes along Main Street, which is a county road, and along Cemetery Lane, also a county road, might be temporarily fixed with cold mix.
"I think the cold mix could patch the holes and provide a fix for now," said Bill Mills, mayor.
The one sunken spot across from the city maintenance garage was so deep that it needed a more extensive repair. That damage seemed to be coming from under the asphalt.
Even a temporary fix requires work and money.
A pothole or large indentation needs to be dug out and all the cracking and crumbling asphalt needs to be removed.
The sides of the hole to repair should be made as even and vertical as possible. If a pothole is deeper than the ideal depth of asphalt, it should be filled with gravel to bring the depth up to the required number of inches.
Once the hole is filled, the gravel must be compacted. The hole is then filled with the cold patch material and that material must also be compacted.
The cold patch material will begin to cure immediately and will continue to cure as long as it's exposed to open air. The curing process can take up to a month for the entire depth of the patch to cure.
Lynn Ingram, the city planning commission chair, works for the county road department and he said he would be willing to ride around town and look at the road damage and make a recommendation on what should be done.
"If there are spots that need to be repaired for safety, then it needs to be done but if the spots can be ignored for now, then let's wait until the sewer collection lines are in," said Anderson.