Board accepts Timberbrook Estates drain as regulated drain No. 502 and establishes $35/lot maintenance assessment

The Tippecanoe County Drainage Board adopted Resolution No. 2025‑O2‑DB to accept a private drain in Timberbrook Estates as a county regulated drain (to be designated Drain No. 502) and to establish a maintenance fund funded by an annual assessment of $35 per lot.

A county legal representative summarized the hybrid process: the board is accepting a private/mutual drain as a regulated drain and establishing maintenance rates based on a petition from the landowner and the Tippecanoe County surveyor's maintenance report. The legal summary cited Indiana Code provisions governing acceptance and maintenance procedures and read findings into the record, including that the design received conditional approval on May 7, 2025.

The surveyor's maintenance report estimated the drain will include about 8,571 linear feet of drainage swales, 32 manholes/inlets and approximately 5,578 linear feet of storm sewer pipes. The estimated annual maintenance cost is $4,865; the surveyor recommended an annual assessment of $35 per lot. The resolution orders that the drain be accepted subject to prior conditional approval conditions and that the maintenance fund be established at $35 per lot per year. The first annual assessment will be collected in the first calendar year following the period that ends three years after the subdivision maintenance bond for the drain is accepted by the drainage board.

A board member moved to adopt the resolution; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. No public comment was offered. The petitioner waived certain notice and publication requirements as part of the petition, and the petitioner reserved the right to object to the surveyor's recommended maintenance rate.