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Commissionors ask engineer to send letter opposing Eldorado Township watershed outlet plan
Summary
The board agreed that a Stevens County/Bois de Sioux Watershed project in Eldorado Township could worsen flooding in Traverse County and unanimously directed County Engineer Chad Gillespie to send a letter outlining those concerns to the watershed district and neighboring officials.
During discussion of intercounty watershed projects, commissioners expressed concern that a proposed project in Eldorado Township—handled by the Bois de Sioux Watershed District and involving Stevens County—would be detrimental to Traverse County taxpayers because Twelve Mile Creek is not an adequate outlet and could cause additional flooding. Commissioner Chad Metz moved that County Engineer Chad Gillespie draft and send a letter stating the board’s concerns to Bois de Sioux Watershed, Eldorado Township officials, and the Stevens County Commissioners; the motion passed unanimously (mover: Chad Metz; second: Dwight Nelson).
The board’s action is a formal expression of local concern; Gillespie was directed to prepare the letter for distribution. No county expenditures or permit decisions were made at the meeting related to that watershed project, and no outside responses were recorded in the session.
