Starke County Surveyor to Burn Brush Collected from Storm Sewer Project

Starke County Surveyor, Dennis Estok, appeared before the Knox City Council last week to ask for permission to burn off brush collected from the John Street storm system maintenance project. The County has jurisdiction over about 1,000 feet that drains into the Cavanaugh ditch. Excavating crews are coming in soon to channel that portion to give it a uniform slope to the outlet into the ditch.

Estok said there is brush and debris in the system as well as sediment.

The Council gave its permission to burn the brush. Estok estimated it would be only two small piles.