STATE OF INDIANA)

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COUNTY OF CLAY )

Harold E. Knox opened the March 4, 2002 meeting of the Clay County Drainage Board in the Commissioners Courtroom at the Clay County Courthouse Monday at 11:30 a. m. Members present were Harold Knox, Ruth Miller, David Parr, Charles Brown, William E. Morthland, and Ronald Mays, President of AECON, Inc. Engineers & Consultants. Bill Morthland, as secretary to the Board, made a record of the proceedings, to wit:

IN THE MATTER OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

Ruth Miller moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. David Parr seconded the motion and Harold Knox said that the minutes of the previous meeting are approved.

IN THE MATTER OF DRAINAGE BOARD OFFICERS

David Parr made a motion to retain all officers for this year. Ruth Miller seconded the motion and Harold Knox agreed. The officers are President - Harold Knox; Vice President - Ruth Miller.

IN THE MATTER OF ESTABLISHING A DRAINAGE BOARD ORDINANCE

Ronald May led the discussion, that went from storm water drainage pertaining to an acre or less to subdivisions with two hundred or more acres. It touched on requirements placed upon subdivision developers to get their drainage plans approved by the county drainage board. All members of the drainage board agree that we have no guide lines. We know that IDEM (Indiana Department of Environmental Development) will eventually demand that some action be taken. Different statutes say that the county drainage board shall have an ordinance or resolution concerning storm water run off, but the statutes make no provision for enforcement. The statutes say that we must have a policy, but they do not state what the policy shall be.

After much discussion, the consensus of the members of the drainage board was to ask AECON, Inc. to attempt to come up with some Resolution or Ordinance for a fee that the county can afford. Ron May indicated this could possibly be done in the range of less than $5000.00. Richard Burger, Vice President of Clay County Council was present during the deliberations, and he will advise the Clay County Council of the future appropriation needs to get started developing a county drainage ordinance.

It was time to adjourn the Drainage Board meeting to permit reconvening the Commissioners meeting. Ruth Miller made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Harold Knox adjourned the Drainage Board meeting and reconvened the Commissioners meeting.

Harold E. Knox, President

Rachel R. Miller, Vice President

David Parr, Commissioner - Member

Charles Brown, Clay County Surveyor

William E. Morthland, Auditor - Secretary