DeKalb County Drainage Board approves multiple plats, permits and variances
May 08, 2026 | DeKalb County, Indiana
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The DeKalb County Drainage Board on May 7 approved a slate of plats, permits and variances affecting rural and small-town drainage, development and road crossings.
The board approved minutes from its April 16 meeting and authorized $1,295 in attorney fees. It then approved a minor subdivision for Pterodactyl Acres on County Road 45 and State Road 8 after homeowner Kurt Cooper presented site plans and described setbacks and septic considerations. The Fieldstone secondary plat, a revised 31-lot subdivision that will receive off-site drainage from roughly 130 acres, was approved after engineer Bob Gaffer said the project team is coordinating easements and tile routing with the county engineering and planning departments.
A utility permit allowing NIPSCO to bore a 4-inch gas line under a regulated drainage tile at County Road 63 in Butler was approved on condition the surveyor 27s office be notified when work begins. The board also approved a series of variances and drainage plans: a culvert variance for Brendan and Emily Kidder at 2471 County Road 600, a septic crossing variance for Cody and Kelsey Boyer (with the condition that the surveyor be notified during installation), and parking-lot and cold-storage drainage plans for IPI/Waterloo Asphalt and Natmos cold storage, respectively.
Several confined-feeding operation plans were similarly approved: Leroy Graber 27s revised plan was reapproved after engineering changes to a swale, and the board approved the Troyer confined feeding operation drainage plan for two large poultry buildings. In all cases recorded on the transcript, motions were moved, seconded and carried without further recorded opposition.
The meeting closed with the board hearing a multi-topic surveyor 27s report (see separate item) and setting additional follow-up dates.
The board did not record individual roll-call vote tallies in the transcript for these items; minutes will provide the official record.
The board approved minutes from its April 16 meeting and authorized $1,295 in attorney fees. It then approved a minor subdivision for Pterodactyl Acres on County Road 45 and State Road 8 after homeowner Kurt Cooper presented site plans and described setbacks and septic considerations. The Fieldstone secondary plat, a revised 31-lot subdivision that will receive off-site drainage from roughly 130 acres, was approved after engineer Bob Gaffer said the project team is coordinating easements and tile routing with the county engineering and planning departments.
A utility permit allowing NIPSCO to bore a 4-inch gas line under a regulated drainage tile at County Road 63 in Butler was approved on condition the surveyor 27s office be notified when work begins. The board also approved a series of variances and drainage plans: a culvert variance for Brendan and Emily Kidder at 2471 County Road 600, a septic crossing variance for Cody and Kelsey Boyer (with the condition that the surveyor be notified during installation), and parking-lot and cold-storage drainage plans for IPI/Waterloo Asphalt and Natmos cold storage, respectively.
Several confined-feeding operation plans were similarly approved: Leroy Graber 27s revised plan was reapproved after engineering changes to a swale, and the board approved the Troyer confined feeding operation drainage plan for two large poultry buildings. In all cases recorded on the transcript, motions were moved, seconded and carried without further recorded opposition.
The meeting closed with the board hearing a multi-topic surveyor 27s report (see separate item) and setting additional follow-up dates.
The board did not record individual roll-call vote tallies in the transcript for these items; minutes will provide the official record.
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