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Drainage board weighs one‑time $1 million drain levy to speed urgent repairs
Summary
Board discussed a proposal to temporarily lower the bridge levy and raise a one‑year drain levy (by assessed value) to create roughly $1 million for urgent drain repairs; members debated selection criteria, repayment and impacts on existing funds.
A presenter to the Whitley County Drainage Board on April 20 outlined a proposal to temporarily lower the county bridge levy and raise a one‑year drain levy, producing an estimated $1,000,000 to address the county's most urgent drainage repairs.
The presenter said the measure would be a one‑time reallocation and that, by the calculations in the materials, it would yield "approximately a million dollars to use in some of the most urgent drain circumstances." The plan would require action by county commissioners (to lower the bridge rate) and by the county council (to establish the short‑term drain levy), with the…
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