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Board adopts viewers’ reports for four ditch redeterminations; schedules follow-up for two contested parcels and approves repair work bids
Summary
Blue Earth County’s drainage authority adopted drafted viewers’ reports for county ditches 53, 74, 88 and 93, set a July 8 follow-up hearing on two tiled-out parcels for Ditch 74, ordered an engineer’s report for a petition to repair County Ditch 51, and awarded a $39,051 repair contract for County Ditch 56 Branch 13.
Blue Earth County commissioners acting as the drainage authority on June 24 adopted viewers’ reports and updated benefit-and-damage listings for four county ditches and took several additional drainage actions, including ordering further engineering work and awarding a repair contract.
After staff presented jurisdictional documents and appointed viewers summarized methodology and findings, the board approved draft findings and orders adopting viewers’ reports for County Ditch 53, County Ditch 74 (with an exception), County Ditch 88 and County Ditch 93.
Mark Behrens, a member of the viewers association, described the viewers’ process and the five items used to calculate benefits—acres within the watershed, soil type, location rate, distance from the county open ditch or tile, and whether county tile is on the property. For Ditch 53, Behrens said the system dates to 1917, contains about 909 watershed…
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