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Monona County trustees adopt reclassification and assessment schedule for Oliver Lake Lateral 1
Summary
Acting as Drainage Trustees on May 19, 2026, the Monona County Board of Supervisors adopted the Commissioners’ Report reclassifying lands in the Oliver Lake Lateral 1 Drainage District and confirmed an assessment schedule limited to each parcel’s proportionate share of maintenance and improvements.
The Monona County Board of Supervisors, sitting as Drainage Trustees, adopted a resolution on May 19, 2026, approving the Commissioners’ Report on the reclassification of lands in the Oliver Lake Lateral 1 Drainage District.
Supervisor Bo Fox introduced and moved adoption of the resolution confirming the report filed April 7, 2026; Supervisor Tom Brouillette seconded the motion, and the vote was recorded as Ayes: Brouillette, Phillips and Fox, Nays: None. The resolution states in part: “That the Report of the Commissioners on the Classification/Reclassification of lands in said District filed on April 7, 2026, be and the same is hereby approved, confirmed and adopted as being correct, just and equitable.”
Drainage Clerks Amy Borchardt-Sick and Ashley Brown confirmed that affidavits of publication and mailing had been completed and that no objections were filed prior to the hearing. Notices were published in the Onawa Democrat on May 6 and the Mapleton Press on May 7, and the Drainage Clerk noted the report is posted online at mononacountyiowa.gov/drainage and available in the drainage office.
Luke Carpenter, engineer with ISG, presented a PowerPoint and factor maps explaining how the commissioners — named in the report as Amanda Goodenow, Adam Davis and Joel A. Bubke — arrived at the proposed assessment schedule and answered questions from landowners present. The trustees then closed the public hearing and voted to approve the Commissioners’ Report.
The adopted resolution specifies that assessments levied on annexed lands “shall be limited to a proportionate share of the costs of current and future maintenance, repairs and improvements,” and that the classification adopted will remain the basis for future assessments unless revised through the reclassification process set out by the board. The drainage claims filed in connection with district business were approved and are on file in the drainage office.
The trustees’ action finalizes the report as the district’s basis for assessments; implementing steps and any future reclassification would be handled by the board or its delegates according to the drainage statutes and the procedures described in the commissioners’ report.
