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Commissioner presses county on Panther Creek easements; engineer explains stormwater maintenance thresholds
Summary
Commissioner Marksberry told the fiscal court he found more than 170 permanent easements for Panther Creek and accused leadership of withholding that information; the judge said easements appear to be in favor of the Army Corps of Engineers and Engineer Duper said the county will clear creek blockages that meet the stormwater policy thresholds.
Commissioner Marksberry told the Daviess County Fiscal Court on March 12 that he had found more than 170 permanent easements that allow maintenance along Panther Creek from Green River to the Ohio County line and accused county leadership of failing to disclose that information to the commissioners.
"This is poor leadership and shows a lack of caring for our farming community and for the public safety of our neighbors," Marksberry said, pressing the judge on why the easements had not been disclosed earlier. He said he would…
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