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Board authorizes highway department to clean legal drains at $1 per foot; stormwater rate increase heads to county council
Summary
The Warrick County Drainage Board approved using the highway department to clean legal drains at $1 per foot and discussed presenting a proposed $8.50 monthly stormwater rate increase to the county council on Dec. 2 to fund a five-year project list.
The Warrick County Drainage Board voted Nov. 24 to authorize the highway department to perform legal drain-cleaning work at a nominal rate discussed in the meeting (described repeatedly as one dollar per foot), and staff said the plan will proceed under a use agreement between the county surveyor’s office and the highway department.
Unidentified Speaker (S4) framed the proposal as a way to improve efficiency compared with contracting out, citing prior work in 2017 on Howard Williams Ditch and saying the highway department can schedule work during slower periods. He described a…
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