County to pay for tile

Jay County Commissioners agreed to pay for a section of drainage tile under Ind. 67 southwest of Redkey.
Jay County surveyor Brad Daniels informed the commissioners that Roby Ford was planning to replace a tile under the state highway near Ind. 67 and county road 700 South.
Ford told Daniels that he would be willing to pay for the boring work that would be needed to remove the 7-inch tile and replace it with a 15-inch tile, but wanted to know if the county would purchase the pipe.
“The boring is very expensive,” Daniels said. “He’s going to do all that.”
Currently the field drains into a 10-inch tile that connects to the 7-inch under the highway. Daniels said that the new pipe would have to be 15-inch to meet state requirements. That tile eventually empties into Halfway Creek.
Daniels estimated that the material cost would be “a couple thousand dollars” but that is far less than the boring that is necessary to install it.
The commissioners agreed that if Ford plans to pay for the labor that purchasing the tile would be a fair deal.
“I think that sounds good,” said commissioner Faron Parr.
In other business, the commissioners:
•Were informed by Daniels that he received a check from the county’s insurance company after some tools were stolen. Daniels said he used the money to replace some of the tools but was not able to get as many as were taken.
•Met with county engineer Dan Watson, Joel Hoehn of Stoody and Associates and attorney Bill Hinkle about a survey completed on the Portland Pioneer Cemetery west of Jaqua Avenue in Portland.
Hoehn presented his survey of the area and discussed with the commissioners what area they would like to have sectioned off. After reviewing the plans, the commissioners told Hoehn to mark the entire perimeter of the cemetery so that it can be reviewed by landowner Dean Poole and the Jay County Cemetery Commission, which is trying to restore the graveyard.
The commissioners have been working the cemetery commission and with Poole to try re-establish the cemetery, which was in use in Portland since the mid 19th century but then was forgotten. The cemetery’s boundaries were lost over time and the land became part of private property, which is now owned by Poole.[[In-content Ad]]