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Marshall County sewer trustees authorize appeal of IDEM dissolution order as county and residents demand dissolution
Summary
Trustees authorized legal filings to appeal IDEM's order dissolving the Marshall County Regional Sewer District; county officials and dozens of residents urged the trustees to instead dissolve the district and hand assets to the county, offering to assume the debt so cleanup and bank obligations can be settled.
The Marshall County Regional Sewer District trustees voted by voice to authorize counsel to file a verified petition for judicial review and a motion to stay a final Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) order that dissolved the district, trustees said at a Nov. 27 meeting.
District counsel told trustees the Oct. 31 IDEM order was issued after limited correspondence and without a hearing and does not address the environmental issues that prompted the district's formation. Counsel said the petition and motion for stay — which must be filed prior to Dec. 1 — were prepared at no cost to the district so the board could preserve its legal existence while negotiating a transition with county officials.
County leaders and multiple residents urged a different path. Jesse Bohannon, identified in the meeting as vice…
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