Office of the Eaton County Drain Commissioner

OFFICE OF THE EATON COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER

NOTICE OF DAY OF REVIEWOFDRAINAGE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES

AND DAY OF REVIEW OF APPORTIONMENTS

DATE: August 22, 2017

TIME:9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION:Eaton County Administrative Offices

Board of Commissioners Room

1045 Independence Blvd.

Charlotte, Michigan 48813

QUESTIONS:(269) 430-3116

The Day of Review is an opportunity to review the Drainage District boundaries of the Drains listed below and the apportionment of benefitwith the Drain Commissioner or a staff member. A map of the proposed Drainage District boundary revisions can be found on the Eaton County website at: Drain Commissioner, engineers, and/or other staff members will be available to assist individuals throughout the day, and make revisions where necessary. There is no need to schedule an appointment for a specific time on the Day of Review.

A general description of the lands by section number proposed to be added or deleted from the Drainage Districts as recommended by a licensed professional engineer or surveyor for each of the Drains is as follows:

Drain Name / Municipalities / Portions of Sections Added / Portions of Sections Removed
Alspaugh Drain / Brookfield Township / - / 3
Eaton Township / 27-28,33-34 / 34-35
Barhyte Drain / Chester Township / 8-9,16-17,20-21 / 8-9,16
Beaver Drain / Chester Township / 8-9,16-17,20 / 8,16,17,20,21
Booth Drain / Eaton Rapids Township / 29-32 / 30-32
Hamlin Township / 5 / 5,6
Borton Drain / Roxand Township / 15-16,21-22 / 15-16,21-22
Branch No. 1 of Gayton Drain / Bellevue Township / 3-4,9-10,16-17 / 3-4,8-10,16-17
Bursley Drain / Chester Township / 4,9,16 / 4,9,16
Carter Drain / Hamlin Township / 8-9,16-17,20 / 8,16-17,20
Childs Drain / Eaton Township / 25-28,36 / 22,25-28,35-36
Codding Drain / Roxand Township / 20,28 / 20,21,28,29
Colton Drain / Kalamo Township / 22-23,26-28 / 22-23,26-28
Darken and Boyer Drain / Chester Township / 4-5 / 5-6
Roxand Township / 15-16,20-23,26-27,29-30,32-35 / 14-16,20-23,26-27,29-30,32,34
Sunfield Township / 25,36 / 36
Vermontville Township / 1 / 1
Davis Drain / Roxand Township / 15-16,21-22 / 15,21-22,27
Dernier Drain / Brookfield Township / 3-4,10 / 3-4,9-10
Edick Drain / Brookfield Township / 4,8-9 / 4,8-9
Elliott Drain / Brookfield Township / 9,16-17 / 9,16
Fisher Drain / Walton Township / 11,14 / 11,14
Fowler Drain / Chester Township / 5-6 / 6
Roxand Township / 32 / 31
Sunfield Township / - / 36
Vermontville Township / - / 1
Gayton and Powers Extension Drain / Bellevue Township / 1-4,9-11,14-17 / 2-4,8-9,11,14-17
Carmel Township / 19,30 / -
Kalamo Township / 12-14,22-28,34-36 / -
Green Drain / Roxand Township / 33-34 / 33-34
Harpster Drain / Bellevue Township / 16-17 / 16-17
Hill Drain / Carmel Township / 6-7,17-19, / 6-7,17-20
Kalamo Township / 12-13,24 / 12-13,24
Hosey Drain / Chester Township / 5 / 5
Roxand Township / 32-33 / 32
Huber Drain / Eaton Township / 14-16,20-23,25-29,34-36 / 14-16,21-23,25-28,34-36
Eaton Rapids Township / - / 30
Huber Extension Drain / Eaton Township / 14-16,21-23,28 / 15,21-23,25-28,35
Kelly Drain / Carmel Township / 6 / 7
Kalamo Township / - / 12
Lenic Drain / Kalamo Township / 1-2,12 / 1-2,11-12
Litchfield Drain / Roxand Township / 28-29 / 28-29,32-33
McCutcheon Drain / Brookfield Township / 16 / 9-10
Mead Drain / Kalamo Township / 35 / 35
Merriam Drain / Kalamo Township / 22-23 / 22-23
Moyer Drain / Roxand Township / - / 27-28
Nye And Eaton Drain / Kalamo Township / 2-3,10,12,14-15,22-23 / 2-3,10,12,14-15,22-23
Olmstead Drain / Eaton Rapids Township / - / -
Palmer Drain / Bellevue Township / 2-3,10-11 / 2-3,10-11
Pinnock Drain / Kalamo Township / 22-25 / 22-27,34-35
Powers and Link Drain / Kalamo Township / 11-12,14,22-23 / 11,14,22-23
Powers Drain / Bellevue Township / 1-4,11,14-17 / 8-9,11
Carmel Township / 6,18-19,30 / 6,7,19,30
Chester Township / 30-31 / 31
Kalamo Township / 3,10,15,22,27,34,36 / 2-3,10,15,22,34
Vermontville Township / 25,35 / 35-36
Relaid Mills Drain / Brookfield Township / 3-4,8-10,15-17 / 3-4,8-10,15-16
Rimmel Drain / Roxand Township / 22,27-28 / 22,27
Section 12 and 13 Walton Drain / Walton Township / 12-13 / 12-13
Seitler Drain / Bellevue Township / 9, 15, 16 / 9, 16
Sidwell & Relaid Mills Drain / Eaton Township / 26-28, 34-35 / 27-28, 34-35
Stofflet Drain / Brookfield Township / 4, 9-10 / 4, 9
Vickery and Hoag Drain / Roxand Township / 26-28, 33-35 / 26-28, 33-35
Wheeler Drain / Roxand Township / 29-30, 32 / 29, 32

The computation of costs for the Drains listed above will also be available at the Day of Review.Drain assessments are collected in the same manner as property taxes and will appear on your winter tax bill. If drain assessments are being collected for more than one (1) year, you may pay the assessment in full with any interest to date at any time and avoid further interest charges.

Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the Day of Review should contact the Drain Commissioner’s Office at the number noted above (voice) or through the Michigan Relay Center at 7-1-1 (TDD) at least 24 hours in advance of the Day of Review to request mobility, visual, hearing or other assistance.

You may appeal the Drain Commissioner’s decision to revise the district boundary to the Eaton County Circuit Court within ten (10) days. You also may appeal the Drain Commissioner’s determination of apportionments to the Eaton County Probate Court within ten (10) days.

Richard Wagner

Eaton County Drain Commissioner