The Morton County Drainage Board accepted a condensed incident and emergency action manual for the Martinsville levee and agreed to adopt Martinsville’s incident and emergency action plan as presented.

Gary (identified in the transcript as speaker 7) summarized the manual, saying he "has created 24 of these manuals" and noting the full operations and maintenance manual runs roughly 250 pages. The revised manual incorporates two amendments and clarifies when contractors must notify staff; the board accepted the plan and recorded a voice vote in favor.

Members also reviewed a proposed 2026 meeting and submission schedule but discovered multiple printed dates still showed 2025; the board agreed to table the schedule so corrected dates can be circulated and approved at a later meeting.

During public comment, resident Ken Norman of Cross Street asked whether the culvert that drains Cross Street into the trailer park would be replaced and when, and whether restrictors could be placed on retention ponds draining into Sarter Ditch. Staff said prior ditch studies have identified problem areas and that letters will be sent to property owners as needed (including retail property owners mentioned in the discussion); they said no immediate replacement of the Cross Street culvert is planned at this time because of funding constraints and that a replacement would likely be undertaken when funding becomes available (discussion estimated a replacement cost in the meeting conversation at about $300,000).