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Yankton County Commission Working on Townships

Yankton County Commission Working on Townships

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The Yankton County Commission is looking for a way to spread the costs of secondary road work to more townships. The county currently picks up the costs of work in the seven unorganized townships.

Commission Chairman Don Kettering says they are putting together more reports on assessed valuations and road costs…..

Kettering says they are laying out the facts on road costs….

Kettering says they will continue to look at ways to equalize costs…..

The county has no way to force the unorganized townships to organize.

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