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St. Joseph County Drainage Board approves contractor payments, tables March minutes and OKs culvert permit
Summary
The Drainage Board approved payments to contractors, tabled approval of the March 3 minutes and granted an amendment to a drainage/ditch crossing permit to extend an existing culvert related to SR 2 turn-lane work; several routine assessment items were discussed.
At a St. Joseph County Drainage Board meeting (date not specified), members approved payment to contractors, tabled approval of the March 3 minutes and approved an amended drainage and ditch crossing permit to extend an existing culvert on State Road 2 near Huckleberry Lane.
The board voted to table approval of the March 3 minutes after members said the minutes were not available for review; the item will be brought back at the next meeting. The board then considered payments to contractors. A staff member said one invoice had been assigned to the wrong watershed (Carl Nessler’s bill had been recorded to Pine Creek but should be charged to the Kankakee watershed) and that the entry had been corrected. After the correction, a motion to accept payments to contractors was made and carried.
Board members reviewed a packet of change-of-assessments items spanning several pages. Members flagged one small-amount line item of $5.96 for follow-up; a board member said he would check the bridge assessment that produced that amount. A motion to accept the change-of-assessments was made and approved.
The board also considered a drainage and ditch crossing permit tied to the final piece of a turn-lane expansion on SR 2 between Huckleberry Lane and Strawberry Road. A county staff member said the work involves about a 20-foot extension of an existing culvert and riprap to stabilize the ditch; the improvements are within the INDOT right-of-way. The county said it has coordinated hydraulics with INDOT and had been coordinating wetlands impacts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The permit paperwork referenced MJ Lane but staff said that should be corrected to Rogers Park; the board approved the permit amendment with that correction.
Speakers raised operational details such as where tree-removal or chain removal work had occurred, which parcels were affected (Bill Swan’s property and other local roads were cited), and an outstanding question about county provision of gravel at the end of a road. Staff said they would follow up with the county highway contact.
The meeting closed after routine business and a motion to adjourn.
