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Worth County supervisors approve reclassification for Drainage District No. 40
Summary
The Worth County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Feb. 2 to approve recommendations to reclassify Drainage District No. 40, adopting an amendment that reduces County Conservation land benefit allocations for certain parcels after AgriVia engineers presented maps and calculations.
Worth County Board of Supervisors Chair Enos Loberg presided over a Feb. 2 continuation hearing and voted with the board to approve recommendations to reclassify Drainage District No. 40.
The action came during a 10:30 a.m. CST meeting at the Worth County courthouse that the board convened to complete a previously opened hearing. Jacob Hagan, an AgriVia engineer, presented an amendment that would lower County Conservation land benefit allocations for some parcels based on land‑use considerations and for land north of 460th; he showed maps and explained how benefits to landowners were calculated.
The board moved to close the public hearing, with Supervisor Mark Smeby making the motion and Vice‑Chair A.J. Stone seconding. The board took a roll‑call vote that recorded Smeby, Stone and Loberg as voting "Yea," and the motion to close the hearing carried unanimously. After reconvening the regular meeting, Vice‑Chair A.J. Stone moved to approve the reclassification recommendations as amended; Smeby seconded and the board again voted unanimously to approve the recommendations.
Minutes of the session list landowners present for the hearing — Gene Severson, Darin Dahlby, Roger Dahlby and Roger Harris — and attendees including Jacki Backhaus, Worth County Auditor; Chesley Doty, Drainage Clerk; AgriVia engineers Jacob Hagan and Tyler Bauman; Conservation Director Jim Hanson; and others joining by Zoom, including Drainage Attorney Ryan Buske and DD 40 Commissioner Nathaniel Julseth. The presentation focused on maps and the methodology used to determine benefit adjustments rather than on additional substantive public testimony recorded in the minutes.
The supervisors concluded the meeting with a final procedural motion to close the meeting; the hearing adjourned at 10:37 a.m. CST.
The board’s minutes do not list dollar amounts, revised assessment totals, or a timetable for implementing the reclassification; those details were not specified in the record provided.
