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County approves surveyor contracts for section-corner maintenance and as-needed survey work
Summary
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 maintenance work will cost about $60,000 and will be paid from the surveyor’s section-corner fund.
“This has been going on since the eighties under John McNamara…we have approximately 2,100. And by state law, we have to go out and check about 5% a year to make sure everything is still correct,” Derek Dieter said.
The board also approved a separate professional services agreement with Aben Marsh for as-needed professional survey work, not to exceed $10,000, Dieter said. Commissioners voted aye on both motions and both passed.
Action details
Motion 1: Approve professional services agreement for section-corner maintenance work, approximately $60,000, funded from the surveyor section-corner fund. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote: Commissioner Hazen — yes; Commissioner Morton — yes; Commissioner Maxmeier — yes. Outcome: approved.
Motion 2: Approve professional services agreement with Aben Marsh for as-needed professional survey services, amount not to exceed $10,000, funded from section-corner fund. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote: Commissioner Hazen — yes; Commissioner Morton — yes; Commissioner Maxmeier — yes. Outcome: approved.
Why it matters
County surveyors maintain legal section corners that support property descriptions and land records; the work is recurring and implemented from a dedicated fund, the surveyor section-corner fund.
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