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Wright County drainage trustees deny petition to make private tile part of Joint Drainage District 111‑3
Summary
Trustees declined a petition to reclassify and absorb private tile into JDD 111‑3 after legal review found Iowa Code requires reclassification of all laterals and would place substantial cost on the district; trustees will return the petitioners’ bond and advised pursuing a mutual drainage district.
Wright County trustees, sitting as drainage trustees, voted to deny a petition to include privately constructed tile into Joint Drainage District 111‑3 and to return the petitioners’ bond. The vote followed legal guidance that reclassifying a single lateral would require reclassification of all laterals in the district under Iowa Code and that the resulting expense would be borne by the district rather than by petitioners.
Trustees considered an engineering estimate to televise and inspect the existing tile. An estimate presented from Henninger…
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