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County surveyor outlines corner-preservation work and proposes doubling recording fee to sustain program
Summary
Columbia County’s surveyor briefed commissioners on Public Land Survey System corner preservation, presented declining fund balances tied to fewer recorded documents, and proposed raising the per‑document fee from $10 to $20 following recent state changes that place fee-setting authority with county governing bodies.
Nathan Ward, Columbia County surveyor, told the board that preserving Public Land Survey System (PLSS) monuments—section and quarter corners used for legal land descriptions—is an ongoing statutory duty and that the county’s corner-preservation fund has seen declining revenue as recorded‑document counts have fallen.
“My name’s Nathan Ward, I’m the County surveyor,” Ward said as he opened a slideshow on the history and purpose of the preservation fund. He traced the statutory authorization for a dedicated fund to mid‑1980s state legislation and explained that…
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