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Auditor recommends 5% interest rate on drainage warrants; board sets multiple ditch levies
Summary
County Auditor Michelle Scaff recommended keeping the interest rate on stamped drainage ditch warrants at 5%; the board approved the 5% rate and voted on a series of individual levies, including a $52,000 levy recommendation for Bennett McDonald work related to anticipated FY26 expenditures.
County Auditor Michelle Scaff walked the board through the drainage‑district levy process and recommended a 5% interest rate on stamped drainage ditch warrants, consistent with prior practice. She explained that warrants earn interest while held and that the treasurer offers an option to buy those warrants; she recommended the board set the interest rate and approve individual levy amounts for multiple governed ditches.
The board voted to set the interest rate at 5% and acted on individual levy recommendations across several drainage ditches. For one larger project (Bennett McDonald), Scaff reported outstanding warrants of about $17,000 and an anticipated FY26 expenditure that would require a $52,000 levy to avoid a future deficit; supervisors voted to set that levy at $52,000. Multiple smaller levies were set at amounts consistent with past practice. Scaff and the engineering staff will proceed with the assessment and collection process as directed.
