July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
3 watershed drainage fees may be hiked (10/11/05)
Jay County Commissioners
By By MIKE SNYDER-
Drainage assessments could be on the increase in three county watersheds which are running seriously in the red.
A hearing will be held Monday, Nov. 28, to consider increases in assessments in the J.J. Jaqua, W.H. Hodge and D.Y. Flesher watersheds.
The Jaqua includes XPLEX Extreme Competition Park and portions of the Jay County Fairgrounds, while the Flesher and Hodge are small watersheds located in Pike and Pike/Jefferson townships, respectively.
The current rate in the Jaqua is $1 per acre and $12.50 per plot. The current assessment in the Hodge is $2 per acre and $20 per plot, while the rates in the Flesher Watershed are currently 67 cents per acre and $5.50 per plot.
Jay County Commissioners, acting as the county drainage board, are proposing new assessments of $3 an acre and $25 per plot for the Hodge, and $2 per acre and $20 per plot in the Jaqua and Flesher watersheds.
The discussion about increasing the drainage assessments followed an update on drainage work at XPLEX from owner/developer Glynn Barber.
Barber, who has sent representatives to previous drainage meetings, apologized to Commissioners Gary Theurer, Faron Parr and Milo Miller Jr., saying he should have been more personally involved in the process.
Barber told the commissioners plans for the race track area in the northeast corner of the park have been altered. The parking in that area, which was proposed to be surfaced, will now be left as stone because of potential issues with sinkholes developing near a county drainage tile, Barber said.
“What happens when we lose a Jeep Cherokee in a hole?” Barber asked the commissioners and county surveyor Brad Daniels.
The commissioners said that the tile would be fixed as needed.
The original drainage plans for XPLEX called for the replacement of that 20-inch tile on the northeast portion of the property at Barber’s expense, but Barber said Monday he is not planning to replace the tile at this point.
Barber also confirmed that drainage development was moving forward on the west side of the park near the moto-cross track. An old railroad bed running north and south between XPLEX and Oakwood Mobile Home Park will be cleared. A berm on the east side of the railroad bed will be raised, and bleachers will be added.
Clearing the railroad bed should help drain surface water from the northeast corner of Oakwood and a property located to the north of XPLEX. Work continues on two retention ponds in the southern part of the park, including a new pond behind Accelerated Curing and the enlargement of an existing pond to the east of Qualtech Tool & Engineering.
Daniels asked that Barber supply an updated copy of the XPLEX drainage plans.
In another matter Monday, Daniels told the commissioners that the county’s drainage ordinance has no penalties for violators. The commissioners had discussed the possible need to strengthen the ordinance during their Sept. 26 meeting.
“There is no time frame (for completion of projects) ... when they change things they’re supposed to tell us before the fact, not after,” Daniels told the commissioners.
The discussion about the drainage ordinance came after Daniels told the commissioners that both XPLEX and Wal-Mart had made changes to original drainage plans without notifying him or the drainage board.
The commissioners asked Daniels to research the drainage ordinances of other counties regarding penalties and timelines.
Also Monday, a Madison Township resident asked the drainage board for help on a drainage issue near a driveway for the town of Salamonia’s wastewater treatment lagoons.
Dwane Smith, who owns property near the corner of county roads 650 East and 500 south of Salamonia, told the commissioners that someone has cut off a tile running from his property into a catch basin that then feeds into a pipe under a drive leading back to the town’s lagoons.
Daniels made a visit to the site late Monday morning and said later the tile involved is smaller than 8 inches, and therefore not the county’s responsibility.[[In-content Ad]]
A hearing will be held Monday, Nov. 28, to consider increases in assessments in the J.J. Jaqua, W.H. Hodge and D.Y. Flesher watersheds.
The Jaqua includes XPLEX Extreme Competition Park and portions of the Jay County Fairgrounds, while the Flesher and Hodge are small watersheds located in Pike and Pike/Jefferson townships, respectively.
The current rate in the Jaqua is $1 per acre and $12.50 per plot. The current assessment in the Hodge is $2 per acre and $20 per plot, while the rates in the Flesher Watershed are currently 67 cents per acre and $5.50 per plot.
Jay County Commissioners, acting as the county drainage board, are proposing new assessments of $3 an acre and $25 per plot for the Hodge, and $2 per acre and $20 per plot in the Jaqua and Flesher watersheds.
The discussion about increasing the drainage assessments followed an update on drainage work at XPLEX from owner/developer Glynn Barber.
Barber, who has sent representatives to previous drainage meetings, apologized to Commissioners Gary Theurer, Faron Parr and Milo Miller Jr., saying he should have been more personally involved in the process.
Barber told the commissioners plans for the race track area in the northeast corner of the park have been altered. The parking in that area, which was proposed to be surfaced, will now be left as stone because of potential issues with sinkholes developing near a county drainage tile, Barber said.
“What happens when we lose a Jeep Cherokee in a hole?” Barber asked the commissioners and county surveyor Brad Daniels.
The commissioners said that the tile would be fixed as needed.
The original drainage plans for XPLEX called for the replacement of that 20-inch tile on the northeast portion of the property at Barber’s expense, but Barber said Monday he is not planning to replace the tile at this point.
Barber also confirmed that drainage development was moving forward on the west side of the park near the moto-cross track. An old railroad bed running north and south between XPLEX and Oakwood Mobile Home Park will be cleared. A berm on the east side of the railroad bed will be raised, and bleachers will be added.
Clearing the railroad bed should help drain surface water from the northeast corner of Oakwood and a property located to the north of XPLEX. Work continues on two retention ponds in the southern part of the park, including a new pond behind Accelerated Curing and the enlargement of an existing pond to the east of Qualtech Tool & Engineering.
Daniels asked that Barber supply an updated copy of the XPLEX drainage plans.
In another matter Monday, Daniels told the commissioners that the county’s drainage ordinance has no penalties for violators. The commissioners had discussed the possible need to strengthen the ordinance during their Sept. 26 meeting.
“There is no time frame (for completion of projects) ... when they change things they’re supposed to tell us before the fact, not after,” Daniels told the commissioners.
The discussion about the drainage ordinance came after Daniels told the commissioners that both XPLEX and Wal-Mart had made changes to original drainage plans without notifying him or the drainage board.
The commissioners asked Daniels to research the drainage ordinances of other counties regarding penalties and timelines.
Also Monday, a Madison Township resident asked the drainage board for help on a drainage issue near a driveway for the town of Salamonia’s wastewater treatment lagoons.
Dwane Smith, who owns property near the corner of county roads 650 East and 500 south of Salamonia, told the commissioners that someone has cut off a tile running from his property into a catch basin that then feeds into a pipe under a drive leading back to the town’s lagoons.
Daniels made a visit to the site late Monday morning and said later the tile involved is smaller than 8 inches, and therefore not the county’s responsibility.[[In-content Ad]]
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