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AUBURN â After fielding complaints from area farmers on the timeliness in which drainage issues are handled in the county, changes have been made within the surveyorâs and drainage boardâs offices.
Several area farmers voiced their concerns during the June 28 DeKalb County Commissioners meeting, complaining that it takes years to get drainage projects started in the county.
It was at that meeting that Nathan Frye, deputy surveyor, admitted that there has been an issue with getting work done in the county for decades.
Bill Hartman, president of the DeKalb County Commissioners, said during the June 28 meeting that the issue is 50 to 60 years in the making.
Monday
8:10 a.m. â DeKalb County Council Tax Abatement Committee, Commissioners Court, DeKalb County Courthouse, meeting to discuss requests for waivers of noncompliance received from MCP Investments, Paragon Steel, and Techo-Bloc, for real and/or personal property abatements for which the DeKalb County Council is the designating body.
8:30 a.m. â DeKalb County Council, courthouse, Auburn.
8:30 a.m. â DeKalb County Commissioners, courthouse, Auburn.
9:15 a.m. â DeKalb County Council, courthouse, Auburn, public hearing to determine whether or not a waiver of non-compliance will be granted to Techo-Bloc Midwest Corp., MCP Investments, LLC, and Paragon Steel, which have failed to timely file a deduction application for real and/or personal property and have requested a waiver of non-compliance. At the conclusion of the hearing, the DeKalb County Council may or may not adopt a resolution waiving non-compliance.
AUBURN â The DeKalb County Plan Commission Wednesday voted to send a favorable recommendation to the DeKalb County Commissioners on a new DeKalb County Trails Plan.
The plan will be used to guide future planning and development of trails in unincorporated DeKalb County with connections to neighboring counties and municipalities and their existing trails networks.
Having an official, adopted plan will make the county eligible to apply for state and federal grants to develop the trails, the plan commission heard.
The county commissioners will consider the plan July 19 at 9:30 a.m.
The development of a trails plan began in 2019 with a meeting of the non-profit DeKalb County Trails Inc., which worked on it with the Auburn/Waterloo Trail Committee. Due to COVID-19, the plan did not move forward for a period of time, said Chris Gaumer, the countyâs zoning administrator and director of development services.
8:30 a.m. â Garrett Board of Public Works and Safety, City Hall.
6 p.m. â Auburn Common Council, council chambers, City Hall, 206 E. 9th St.
6:30 p.m. â Butler Board of Works, 215 S. Broadway.
7 p.m. â St. Joe Town Board, Town Hall, 204 Washington St.
7 p.m. â Butler City Council, City Hall, 215 S. Broadway.
7 p.m. â Garrett Common Council, Garrett City Hall, 130 S. Randolph St.
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. â Butler Park Board, utility office, 213 S. Broadway.
Thursday
9 a.m. â Auburn Board of Works, council chambers, City Hall, 206 E. Ninth St.
10 a.m. â DeKalb County Commissioners, meeting in Commissioners Court, second floor, courthouse. The primary purpose of the meeting is to consider three grant requests for community corrections and probation for 2022. Other matters may be discussed as needed.