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County surveyor proposes permit step to ensure review fees and bonds paid before work begins
Summary
Johnson County surveyor Greg Cantwell proposed adding an internal permit step after drainage-board approval so fees, bonds and inspector contact are in place before contractors start work; legal counsel said the board could adopt such a procedure internally, and the board discussed but did not take formal action.
County surveyor Greg Cantwell proposed on Sept. 2 that the surveyor's office add an internal permit step after drainage-board approval so review fees and bonds are paid and contractors have a direct line to county inspectors before work begins.
Cantwell said the office's current process is to accept an application, collect fees and review, then present the petitioner to the board for a hearing. "What we would like to do is have that extra step, that actual permit to do that work, issued by the office," Cantwell said, adding that the permit would…
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