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Drain commissioner proposes contracting assessments; residents voice alarm over large assessments
Summary
Drain Commissioner Richard Wagner proposed outsourcing drain assessment work to a contractor paid by landowners to meet mandated workload. The plan includes a small per-parcel assessment to cover costs; some residents said large individual assessments remain a crisis and vowed to press state officials.
Richard Wagner, Eaton County Drain Commissioner, told commissioners the drain office must trim costs and proposed contracting out assessing duties to a firm that would bill landowners directly. Wagner said the contract would shift the cost of assessing to landowners and estimated the per-parcel charge would be a "couple dollars" ("a 2 to $3 fee per parcel, depending on parcel size and land use,"…
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