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Yankton County will advertise for two drainage commissioners while officials weigh dissolving the separate commission
Summary
The board voted to advertise for two volunteer drainage commissioners but discussed whether to dissolve the separate drainage commission and have the county commission take on rare permit matters, citing four years of almost no permit hearings and state law limits on county authority.
The Yankton County Board of Commissioners voted to advertise for two volunteer drainage commissioners but debated whether the county still needs a separate drainage commission. Commissioners said many counties have dissolved similar bodies because state law largely determines drainage rules and because the county’s drainage commission has heard almost no permits in recent years.
County staff and commissioners noted that the drainage commission’s workload has been light: officials said the commission had not heard a…
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