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More problems surfaced in March when it was discovered that relief wells, which should have been 80 feet deep measured only 65 feet.
In July, there were more broken windows in the pump houses, an ongoing problem.
One bright spot was that no tax was levied in 1964 due to the payment from the Corps of Engineers.
Members listed in January of 1964 were J. Braun, C. Bielby, C. Hornbach, J. Gilb, J. Dunn and G. Roof.
Arlie Baer was appointed levee superintendent.
On March 11, the Ohio River reached a crest of 66 feet after five days of steady rain.
US 50 was under water between Aurora and Lawrenceburg, and all of Lawrenceburg utility workers and police were called into work during the flood.
All flood gates in Lawrenceburg were closed with
the exception of the one on US 50 at Tanners Creek, allowing traffic from Lawrenceburg to use State Roads 48 and 148 to reach Aurora.
This time Lawrenceburg residents trusted the levee to keep them safe and there was no rush to evacuate.
The Register dutifully reported an engineer’s reassurance that the flood had not been caused by the higher pool stage which resulted from Markland Dam.
The April minutes of the board include only a brief mention that the floodgates had been closed and then dismantled due to the flood. The levee system had done its job.
In December, the minutes reported that the state tax board had cut their proposed tax levy from 33 cents to 25, necessitating the layoff of one employee.
They had been stymied by a state law that allowed only as much as 25 cents per $100 tax rates for flood control districts. It was the first hint of financial troubles looming ahead.
The next year, the Flood Control District board sold 15.783 acres of land to Joseph E. Seagram and Sons for $4000, and the proposed rate for 1967 dropped to
22 cents.
Heavy snowfall in early March of 1967 raised concerns about the river, and workers began making preparations to erect several floodgates.
The predicted flood reached only 60 feet, and no gates were placed.
In December of 1968 A.R. McClure became the Greendale representative, and in October of 1969, it was reported that John C. Braun had died. His place was taken by Fred Trennepohl.
By 1970, the proposed tax rate was back to the limit of 25 cents, and the board discussed the possibility of legislative action to allow an increase in the tax rate. The budget for 1972 was $43,500.
In December a fire at the city dump caused $5000 in damages, of which $436 was paid by insurance, and the board made an agreement with Bo Hartwell, who paid them $10 a month to move his houseboat to Tanners Creek in the flood control landfill area.
Members listed in December of 1971 were Trennepohl, Kennedy, Crider, Baer, Roof, McClure and Karstetter.
The political landscape changed in the fall elections, and in January of 1972, members included Lawrenceburg Mayor Dr. Kenneth Gompf, Armbruster, Baer, Roof, Bielby, Kennedy and McClure.
Ongoing seep water problems at the Fairgrounds were reportedly growing steadily worse, and a couple of months later, George Cunningham was appointed levee supervisor, replacing Arlie Baer, who had died.
Cunningham told the board he had found 139 relief wells, 25 of which had been covered by the “cinder road” leading from the high school to Sixth Street.
By February of 1976, Mayor Carroll Hopper had joined the board, along with the return of Tony Gilb, new members Dave Rader of Greendale, and Don Prakel and Bob Kippler of Lawrenceburg.
A brief mention was inserted in the minutes that the tax rate had been frozen.
In July of 1977, the first request was made to establish a motorcycle-racing track on land leased from the Flood District by the Fair Board. It would require permission from both the Flood Control District and the Corps of Engineers.
No action was taken.
That month, Lawrenceburg Utility Superintendent Roland Horney was appointed secretary of the board.
In August, Jim Hedrick and Luther Todd returned to persist in their requests for the motorcycle track.
Very little is mentioned in subsequent minutes, until February of 1980 when it was noted that the track was 95 percent complete, despite the fact that there had not yet been an official approval. That approval finally was granted in June of the same year.
More problems with the levee had turned up during the summer, and in September, there was mention of concern about washed out areas.