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Board assumes private tile jurisdiction and raises Snyder-Caruthers assessment to $17 per acre
Summary
Marshall County Drainage Board voted to assume jurisdiction over a private tile in the Snyder-Caruthers watershed and to place an additional portion of the Caruthers ditch on collection; the board raised the assessment from $5 per acre to $17 per acre with a $20 minimum after a public hearing.
On Oct. 20, 2025, the Marshall County Drainage Board took two formal actions on the Snyder-Caruthers watershed: it assumed jurisdiction over a privately owned plastic tile drain that landowners petitioned for county maintenance, and it voted to place a portion of the Caruthers ditch on the county collection schedule for maintenance.
Staff presented two petitions: one asking the county to assume responsibility for a 5-year mutual plastic tile located in the North Half of Section 7, T34N R2E (Millertown Township) and a second petition to add 65.8 acres to the existing Snyder-Caruthers watershed by placing part of Caruthers ditch on collection…
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