PLYMOUTH — During a discussion of current litigation between the Marshall County Commissioners
and the Marshall County Sewer District President of the Commissioners, Stan Klotz stated that he felt it was time to pursue disbanding the Sewer District entirely.
Klotz pointed to the continued spending of the Sewer Board — in the neighborhood of $1.1 million to date — and the fact that the county would likely be held responsible for that spending for his suggestion.
The Sewer District Board has applied for grants to cover the project currently under consideration, but Klotz stated that his sources had led him to believe the District would not receive any grant money to offset the expense. Currently, the vast majority of the District’s expenses have been in legal and consultant fees, along with engineering fees for a blueprint for the project that is allegedly halfway done.
Commissioner Jesse Bohannon concurred with Klotz’s assessment and told the Commissioners that he had secured a meeting with Indiana Governor Mike Braun and asked permission to deliver a letter on behalf of the county on the matter.
The Commissioners will meet with the Marshall County Council in a work session on Wednesday to discuss the issue, and the question of dissolution of the Sewer District will be on that agenda. As the meeting is a joint work session, no action can be taken.
Bohannon also asked for a second business meeting that night. There is already an executive session of the Commissioners planned to precede the work session at 5:30 p.m. The additional Commissioners’ special meeting will take place at the conclusion of the joint work session.
