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Council to increase surveyor perpetuation line to $42,000 after presentation on monument inventory
Summary
The county surveyor presented a quote from Sailor Land Surveying and an inventory of 2,745 located monuments (about 350 historically unlocated); council agreed to raise the perpetuation fund line to $42,000 as a conservative starting point for contracting monument verification and locating work.
A presentation from the county surveyor and a vendor quote prompted the LaPorte County Council to recommend increasing the perpetuation fund line for surveyor corner and monument work.
Speaker 4 presented a Sailor Land Surveying quote and said the county's current inventory lists 2,745 located monuments and about 350 monuments that have never been located. The surveyor recommended working at roughly 5% of the inventory per year and estimated verification/reporting costs of about $300 per located marker and about $500 for monuments that require new locating and re-establishment. Using those figures, the required funding for the year's work was estimated in discussion at roughly $40,500 to $69,000 depending on how many previously-unlocated monuments must be found.
After deliberation, Speaker 6 proposed increasing the contracted-perpetuation line from the budgeted $39,020 to $42,000 as a safe starting point; Speaker 4 agreed and staff were directed to pursue contracting steps and return with updated appropriation requests as actual workloads become known. The council and auditor emphasized the need for a contract and advertisement and that final appropriations can be made later in the year once usage is clearer.
Next steps: county staff to negotiate contract details, advertise as required, and ask for an additional appropriation later this year if necessary.
