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Todd County approves hold-harmless agreement and brush-spray estimate for county ditches
Summary
The board approved a hold-harmless agreement allowing private landowners to maintain sections of County Ditch 32 and approved a $2,409.99 estimate from Central Applicators to spray brush on a section of County Ditch 40; both actions were taken during the June 3 meeting.
Todd County commissioners on June 3 approved two ditch items: a landowner hold-harmless agreement to allow private maintenance on County Ditch (CD) 32 and a contractor estimate to spray brush on Lateral 2 of County Ditch 40.
Ditch Inspector Nancy presented the CD 32 item and recommended that the board, acting as ditch authority, approve a hold-harmless agreement that would allow landowners Caroline Beckman and Lisonbee McGinty to maintain about 3,440 feet of Lateral 3 on CD 32 on specified parcels in Turtle Creek Township. Nancy told the board the maintenance would be done on the landowners’ property at their expense. The board moved and approved the hold-harmless agreement by voice vote.
Nancy then described a maintenance need on County Ditch 40, Lateral 2, where a deep section of ditch was excavated in September 2024 but brush was intentionally left to protect the bank and root systems from erosion. Nancy said contractors will spray brush in the deep section and sparse brush along the south side. Central Applicators provided an estimate; Nancy said the contractor’s estimate was higher because spraying in the deep section may require use of reels or spools and additional time. The recommendation presented to the board was to approve Central Applicators’ estimate of $2,409.99; the meeting materials cited County Ditch 40 assessments as the funding source. Commissioners approved the estimate by voice vote.
The board’s actions were procedural approvals made while acting as the county ditch authority. The approvals authorize the county to move forward with the private maintenance arrangement for CD 32 and with contracting for brush control on CD 40; funding will come from the County Ditch 40 assessment fund as noted in the meeting materials. Nancy said crews had left root bases in place intentionally to reduce erosion risks and that spraying rather than grubbing was chosen to preserve bank stability.
Speakers quoted or referenced in this article are those who spoke during the June 3 Todd County Board of Commissioners meeting and are listed in the speakers section below.
