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Board adopts multiple ditch viewers' reports and accepts CD 35 work; petitions adjust acres and fees
Summary
Drainage authority hearings resulted in adoption of viewers' reports and approvals of petitions to remove, add and outlet acreage among County Ditches 74, 35, 16 and 57. Viewers recommended acreage-based outlet fees and benefit adjustments; board approved the findings and orders.
The Blue Earth County drainage authority held multiple continuation and final hearings July 8, adopting viewers' reports and approving petitions that move acreage among County Ditches 74, 35, 16 and 57.
County Drain 74: appointed viewer Mark Behrens reported maps showing portions of the Groenwald and Czarne properties are tiled out of the CD 74 watershed and recommended a substantial reduction of benefits on those acres. "The Czarne property had 8.1 acres within the watershed... I reduced the benefits on the Czarne property, dropped dollars 13,778," Behrens said, and he said he reduced the Groenwald property's benefits by about $4,000. After no public comment, the board moved to accept the findings and adopt the viewers' report; the motion…
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