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Property owner granted access through county gate to remove shed after coordination requirement
Summary
The board approved a motion allowing property owner Ron Bradley to access county property through a locked gate near a lift station to remove an 18-by-16-foot shed, provided the owner coordinates with the surveyor and restores any damage.
The Clinton County Drain Board voted to allow a property owner to access county property behind a lift station to remove a shed, with conditions to coordinate with the county surveyor and restore any damage to the county parcel.
Chair opened the item and identified it as a request related to 655 South Matt Mash Road (presented under the agenda as "Hannah Kessler, Watershed 655 South Matt Mash Road, shed removal"). Ron Bradley, the property owner, told the board he needed to tear down an 18-by-16-foot shed and that the most direct route is through a locked gate at the county lift station on Primrose Lane. The gate was locked because of vandalism at the lift station, and county staff keep the gate locked; Bradley said he and the treatment-plant staff have keys.
Bradley asked that contractors be allowed temporary access to bring a dumpster to remove the shed and that the county repair any ruts after the work. "I have to get the shed tore down ... it'd be so much easier to have the dumpster right there and just take get it out," Bradley said. He asked for a tight time window so staff could open and re-lock the gate.
The board entertained a motion to allow access coordinated through the county surveyor and to require the owner to return the county property to the condition it was found in. A motion and second were made, and the chair announced, "Motion and Second. Alright. Motion carries." The transcript records no roll-call vote total beyond that announcement.
The board did not set a specific date; staff said they could open the gate in the morning, allow contractors to work, and re-lock it the same day. The owner said the work should take one to two days. The board instructed staff and the owner to coordinate timing and restoration details through the surveyor and through county staff. No permit fee or sale of the county parcel was resolved at the meeting; the owner indicated interest in purchasing the parcel in the future and the board described the purchase process as a separate matter requiring bids and board-level consideration.
