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Van Buren County supervisors schedule fence viewing in Wenke property dispute
Summary
Acting as Vernon Township Trustees, the Van Buren County Board of Supervisors directed the county auditor to notify parties and scheduled a fence viewing for Feb. 11, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. following a re-filed complaint by Eugene and Candy Wenke against the Benjamin A. Thorud Irrevocable Trust.
The Van Buren County Board of Supervisors, acting as the Vernon Township Trustees, directed County Auditor Lisa Plecker to provide a Notice of Fence Viewing after a re-filed complaint from Eugene and Candy Wenke. The board set the viewing for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, to take place at the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of Section 2-T67N-R9W in Van Buren County.
The action followed discussion with Assistant County Attorney Thomas Gage about the board's January 27, 2025 assumption of duties for the Vernon Township Trustees and the township fence-viewer responsibilities. According to the record, the Wenkes re-filed documents with the county auditor on Jan. 31, 2025 (an original filing was made Dec. 23, 2024) requesting that trustees determine a fence controversy with the adjoining property owner identified in the record as the Benjamin A. Thorud Irrevocable Trust (listed as Willimette, IL). On a motion by Supervisor Waugh, seconded by Supervisor House, the board directed the county auditor, acting as Vernon Township clerk, to send the notice by certified mail to the TRUST and to deliver it personally to the Wenkes. The motion carried 3-0.
The record lists Chairman Mark Meek presiding; Supervisors Waugh and House were the other voting members present. The meeting opened at 5:15 p.m. and was adjourned at 6:29 p.m. The record does not show further procedural steps taken at the meeting beyond scheduling the viewing and the directed notice.
