COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Board of Commissioners formally approved a resolution on Tuesday that would set up a special assessment district in order to fund a study for the level of the Blackhawk Mill Pond.
The total assessment spread out over two years would be about $100,000.
Branch County Drain Commissioner Mike Hard says they wanted to be proactive and conduct the study because sooner of later, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy was going to force the county to do something.
Hard held a public hearing on August 13 at the Coldwater Township Hall to review the computation of the costs of a lake level project and the corresponding special assessment roll.
Under terms of the proposed resolution, Coldwater Township would pay $15,000 while Ovid Township and Branch County would each pay $10,000.
The owners of 59 parcels on the water would pay a total of $1,083 for the two years of the assessment which would come to a total of $65,000.
The dam was rebuilt in 1984 a year after the previous structure failed.
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