Surveyor

Thomas Schouten

Email: [email protected]
53 East Mound Street
Knox, IN 46534
(574) 772-9135 — Main
(574) 772-9119 — Fax

Office Hours

Monday          8:00 am – 4:00 pm (CST)

Tuesday          8:00 am – 4:00 pm (CST)

Wednesday     8:00 am – 4:00 pm (CST)

Thursday         8:00 am – 4:00 pm (CST)

Friday               8:00 am – 4:00 pm (CST)

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Agency Functions

• Look over and and approve every building permit and subdivision that goes through the Starke County Planning Commission and conduct on-site inspections when necessary
• The following duties are in accordance with the duties of the Surveyor of Record for the following drainage boards (meetings held every month): (1) Starke-Pulaski, (2) Starke-Marshall, (3) Starke Regular, (4) Starke-Laporte-St. Joseph, (5) Starke-Marshall-Laporte-St. Joseph.
  • Create and maintain minutes of each meeting.
  • Create all drainage contracts and special provisions for excavating and spraying as well as all inspection reports and claims for contractors.
  • Create and submit claims for Drainage Board members.
  • Obtain permits from various Federal and State Regulatory agency concerning drainage projects.
  • Create a Maintenance and Reconstruction priority list for all legal drains under each boards jurisdiction.
  • Create Surveyor reports concerning all pertinent data on individual drains for each drainage board as needed
  • Create and maintain Maintenance & Reconstruction assessment rolls for all assessed drains. (approximately 48)
  • Service the public’s request for all information relating to these boards.
  • Act as the drainage boards’ liaison between themselves and various state and federal agencies such as the Department of Natural Resources, Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Schedule and conduct public hearings as well as serve notices on all interested parties in accordance with State and Federal law. (minimum of 2 per year per board)
  • Inspect and report on allegations of obstructions of legal drains, mutual drains, and natural surface watercourse.
  • Make determination of watersheds for regulated drains.
• Perform the duties of a member on the following boards: Kankakee River Basin Commission and Starke County Planning Commission.
• Maintain or arrange maintenance for 5% of the section corners in Starke County each year.
• Maintain and record all legal records dating from the 1800s to the present.