County approves Honey Creek Conservancy interlocal to support floodplain work
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Summary
The board approved an interlocal agreement with the Honey Creek Conservancy District (and the city) to cooperate on flood-incident response, sandbag storage and to support a letter of map revision intended to remove properties from the flood plain and reduce flood insurance obligations.
The Vigo County Board of Commissioners approved an interlocal agreement among the county, the city and the Honey Creek Conservancy District to provide mutual assistance on flood incidents, including county storage of sandbags and cooperation on floodplain management. Unidentified Speaker 7 and staff described the agreement as a near-final administrative step toward securing a letter of map revision (LOMR) with FEMA to remove affected properties from the flood plain.
Sydney and Craig McKee (referenced by staff) were noted as staff participants in the ongoing map-revision work. Unidentified Speaker 8 said paperwork is still being completed but that the conservancy district had upgraded levees and inlets in prior months; county staff characterized the current interlocal as the final piece to carry the work through to FEMA review.
Commissioners voted to approve the interlocal; the transcript records a motion, a second and a voice vote. The agreement’s stated purpose is cooperation for flood incidents and support for documentation needed for FEMA’s floodplain determinations.