Otter Tail County Drainage Authority County Drainage (Ditch) System 5 County Drainage (Ditch) System 36 County Drainage (Ditch) System 68 Redetermination of Benefits and Consolidation Public Hearing Minutes Henning Community Center – 607 2nd Street, Henning, MN Monday, January 25, 2016 The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners convened as the Otter Tail County Drainage Authority at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 25, 2016 at the Community Center in Henning, MN for the purpose of discussing and considering the preliminary Ditch Viewers’ Report of Re- determined Benefits and for the purpose of considering the possible consolidation of County Ditch System 5, County Ditch System 36 and County Ditch System 68. Leland R. Rogness, Chair called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and welcomed the following persons from the public (drainage area) who were in attendance: Mike Benedict Seth Bercier Bernal Cichy Craig Cordes Roger Deckert Ken Doll Melany Doll Eric Evavold Tom Grasswick Jaynie Greenwood Lloyd Greenwood David Heard James Heinze Delwyn Helmbrecht Eugene Hollatz Frieda Hollatz Vernon Hollatz Dale Koski Brennan LaVan Makayla LaVan John Lindberg Gary Loser Bill Pedrow Rick Rehm Steve Smith Gerald (Jerry) Swartz John Swartz Robert Shaw Steven Wark Sharon Wark Cynthia Wimer Jerry Wimer Please note – the above list contains 32 names of persons in attendance that were not representatives of Otter Tail County. It should also be noted that the attendance sheets contained 35 signatures. Three of those signatures represented county appointed ditch viewers and two of the signatures were not readable, which means that at least two individuals in attendance did not sign the attendance sheets. Kevin Fellbaum, Otter Tail County Ditch Inspector, stated that the order for tonight’s public hearing would be as follows:
- 1. Comments from Leland R. Rogness, Chair- Otter Tail County Drainage Authority.
- 2. Introductions.
- 3. Kevin Fellbaum, Ditch Inspector’s presentation, which would address the following:
- a. a brief review of ditch proceedings,
- b. the reasons for the public hearing (redetermination and consolidation),
- c. a brief history of County Ditch System 5, County Ditch System 36 and County
Ditch System 68,
- d. a map outlining the location of County Ditch System 5, County Ditch System 36
and County Ditch System 68,
- e. a map outlining the benefited area of County Ditch System 5, County Ditch
System 36 and County Ditch System 68, as originally determined and as re- determined,
- f. a general background on ditch viewing, which includes describing land types
before and after the establishment and maintenance of the drainage system, as well as lake lot land descriptions,