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Johnson County surveyor outlines reassessments, recommends suspending Brookstone 2026 assessment
Summary
Surveyor Greg Cantwell presented 2025 ditch claims, recommended suspending the 2026 assessment for Brookstone Watershed under the four-times-assessment rule, and detailed reclassifications and studies for multiple watersheds with preliminary cost estimates.
Greg Cantwell, Johnson County surveyor, told the Johnson County Drainage Board on Feb. 3 that his office had prepared packet materials showing claims and balances for 2025 and that his team worked on 30 ditches this year.
Cantwell recommended the board suspend the 2026 assessment for the Brookstone Watershed under the county27s four-times-assessment rule, saying, "I recommend that the board suspend 2026 assessment for Brookstone Watershed." The board moved, seconded and voted in favor of the suspension; the transcript records a unanimous "Aye" with the motion passed. The record does not identify individual mover or seconder names.
Cantwell also outlined a reassessment schedule for 2025. He said the surveyor27s office will reassess 10 watersheds in June (Brookstone; Cedar Hills; Floyd Chief; Lee Park; LW Jones; Mary Sutton; Scott Tile; Timber Heights; Villa Heights; Southbrook; Hazlett) and proposed a special meeting in June to accommodate the hearings and notices.
On infrastructure, Cantwell said he was reclassifying several regulated tiles from rural to urban so studies and potential reconstruction can proceed. He stated, "The surveyor is hereby reclassifying the Claire Heck regulated tile to be urban," and said the PR Griffith Watershed section containing Claire Heck would require a study and was forecast at about $1,300,000, with some funding coming from "GDI money" and anticipated participation from developers.
Cantwell described reclassifying the Brewer regulated tile through the high school corridor and said the town is planning a sanitary sewer in the same corridor. He estimated study and reconstruction for Brewer at about $1,000,000 and said the project could be coordinated with the town27s work.
For East Grassy, Cantwell said he would reclassify a portion running north from Worthville Road to I-65 (including the Marcus Riley regulated tile). He reported the watershed balance at 132,000 and said a full study and reconstruction is estimated at about $3,100,000; his office would pursue phased, smaller construction segments in coordination with Greenwood as money allows.
Cantwell repeatedly framed these items as the surveyor27s studies and recommendations, noting that reclassification triggers a formal report and study to be presented to the board. He closed his report by asking whether the board wished to proceed with housekeeping items or defer.
Ending: The surveyor concluded his report and the board moved on to routine business, including minutes and other filings.
