Notice of Meeting

Published Monday, August 11, 2008

(First Publication

August 11, 2008)

NOTICE OF HEARING

BUFFAL0-RED RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT

The Board of Managers, Buffalo-Red River Watershed District, has scheduled a public hearing on the 2009 general budget, and the levies for the ditch systems and projects under their jurisdiction for Monday, August 25, 2008, at 9:00 PM in the Watershed District office, 123, Front Street, Barnesville, Minnesota.

A summary of the proposed budget is as follows:

1. Administrative Funds. An amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($250,000) for engineering, legal, clerical, office, and other administrative expenses, per M. S. A. 103D.905, Subd. 3.

2. Basic Water Management. In accordance with M.S.A. 103D.905, Subd. 3, and as amended by the 2006 Legislature, an amount not to exceed 0.02394 percent of the taxable market value to pay the costs attributable to the basic water management features of projects/programs implemented by petition.

3. Liability Insurance. In accordance with Minnesota Statutes 466.06, a levy for the premium costs for such insurance, estimated to cost between $12,000 and $15,000.

4. Ditch Systems:

Clay County: Ditch No. 2 Ditch No. 3

Ditch No. 5 Ditch No. 9 Ditch No. 10 Ditch No. 11 Ditch No. 12 Ditch No. 16 Ditch No. 17 Ditch No. 20 Ditch No. 21 Ditch No. 22 Ditch No. 23 Ditch No. 28 Ditch No. 30 Ditch No. 31 Ditch No. 32 Ditch No. 33 Ditch No. 34 Ditch No. 35 Ditch No. 36 Ditch No. 39 Ditch No. 41 Ditch No. 41 - Lateral 1 Ditch No. 41 - Lateral 2

Ditch No. 41 - Outlet Ditch No. 47

Ditch No. 50 Ditch No. 51 Ditch No. 51 – Lateral Ditch No. 51

–Improvement

Ditch No. 53 Ditch No. 54 Ditch No. 55 Ditch No. 57 Ditch No. 58 Ditch No. 59 Ditch No. 60 Ditch No. 63 Ditch No. 65 Ditch No. 67 Ditch No. 68 Ditch No. 69

Becker County: Ditch No. 5

Ditch No. 6 Ditch No. 7

Ditch No. 9

Ditch No. 10

Ditch No. 15

Ditch No. 19

Ditch No. 21

Wilkin County: Ditch No. 5A Ditch No. 13 Ditch No. 13 - Lateral Ditch No. 22 Ditch No. 26 Ditch No. 40 Ditch No. 41 Ditch No. 42 Ditch No. 43 Ditch No. 44

Clay-Wilkin Judicial

Ditch No. 1

Clay/Wilkin JudiciaL

Ditch No. 1,

Branch No. 4

Improvement/

Extension

5. Projects:

Turtle Lake Outlet Hawley Diversion Moorhead I-94 Flood

Control Riverton Township

Retention Kragnes Ringdike

Dated: July 28, 2008

Roger G. Ellefson, Chairman

Publication Dates: August 11, 18, 2008.