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Elkhart County commissioners repeal Goshen Dam Pond EID after residents urge conservation over herbicides
Summary
After a public hearing in which property owners urged using remaining EID funds for upstream conservation rather than aquatic herbicides, the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to repeal the Goshen Dam Pond Economic Improvement District and defer decisions on distributing the remaining funds.
Elkhart County commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 5 to repeal the ordinance establishing the Goshen Dam Pond Economic Improvement District (EID), closing the door on further assessments and deferring a decision on how to distribute the district’s remaining funds.
County Attorney Steve Olson presented Commissioner Ordinance CO-2026-01, which would repeal Ordinance 2014-403 and terminate the Goshen Dam Pond EID under Indiana Code § 36-7-22-9. Olson said the EID was established in October 2014, an interlocal agreement with the City of Goshen was later terminated, and the board had already stopped new assessments beginning in 2023. The repeal, Olson said, would dissolve the EID board and leave asset distribution to the county commissioners to decide at a later public meeting.
The board opened a public hearing. Dozens of residents who live on or near Goshen Dam Pond urged the…
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