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County approves surveyor contracts for section-corner maintenance and as-needed survey work

5062314 · March 14, 2025
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The board approved the surveyor’s annual section-corner maintenance contract (about $60,000) required by state law to inspect roughly 5% of section corners each year, and a separate as-needed services agreement not to exceed $10,000.

The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners on March 11 approved two surveyor-related professional services agreements: an annual section-corner maintenance contract and an as-needed services agreement.

Derek Dieter, the county surveyor, told commissioners the section-corner program has run since the 1980s and that the county is responsible under state law to check roughly 5% of the approximately 2,100 section corners each year. He said the annual…

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