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Drainage board reconvenes, approves Tri-State Countertops drainage plan with variances and funds beaver-dam cleanup; opens and reads multiple maintenance bids
Summary
After recessing for the commissioners’ meeting, the Vanderburgh County Drainage Board reconvened March 11, approved a commercial drainage plan with two variances, authorized $1,500 for additional beaver-dam/silt removal work and read a long list of annual maintenance and mowing bids into the record for later review and award.
The Vanderburgh County Drainage Board reconvened March 11 after the commissioners’ meeting and completed several drainage items, including approval of a commercial drainage plan with variances, retroactive approval of a beaver-dam removal claim and the formal reading of numerous annual maintenance and mowing bids into the record.
Tri-State Countertops plan: the board approved a drainage plan submitted by Cash Wagner and Associates on behalf of Fulton Property Management LLC for a proposed commercial warehouse at 2546 Locust Creek Drive in Locust Creek Industrial Park. The plan will disturb about 1.5 acres in one construction phase.
Two variances were approved and added to the record: (1) to allow approximately 19% of the project area’s runoff on the west side to exit the site undetained (the code allows 10% undetained), and (2) to permit a 6-inch trench drain to handle the recessed loading dock area. Board staff and an adjacent neighbor who reviewed the plan said the proposed outlet discharges to a riprap dissipation area and should match existing flow patterns if constructed as shown. The board approved the plan and the variances by recorded vote.
Beaver-dam removal and ditch claims: the board approved an extra work quote of $1,500 from B Hamilton Contracting LLC to remove silt and an additional beaver dam exposed after earlier nuisance beaver removal work. The board also approved a retroactive ditch claim of $4,250 previously submitted for the nuisance beaver removal work completed earlier.
Bids read into the record: because the board had previously opened bids earlier in the meeting, Drainage Board staff read a long set of annual maintenance, mowing, sterilization and spraying bids aloud and into the record. Staff said the bids will be checked for mathematical accuracy and transposition errors, then reviewed by surveyors; final award recommendations will be made at the board’s March 18 meeting.
Why it matters: the variances affect how new commercial development handles stormwater on-site and into adjacent drainageways; the beaver work and approved claims illustrate ongoing maintenance costs for localized flooding and wildlife-related obstructions. The formal bid-reading preserves the public record and launches the staff review and award process.
Ending: the drainage board adjourned after reading bids; awards will be considered at the March 18 meeting after staff verification of bid math and completeness.
