(AP) – A village in southeast Missouri has no elected officials
to make decisions after flooding in recent years prompted residents to move
because they received federal buyouts.The Southeast Missourian reports that Dutchtown has a population of about 50
residents, down from 94 people in 2010.
to make decisions after flooding in recent years prompted residents to move
because they received federal buyouts.The Southeast Missourian reports that Dutchtown has a population of about 50
residents, down from 94 people in 2010.
Ken Eftink is Cape Girardeau County’s director of flood plain and stormwater
management. He says Dutchtown’s board is vacant after elected members left and
no one ran to fill their seats in 2015 or 2016.
Eftink says having no elected officials means no one set the property-tax rate
or collected property-tax revenue in 2015 or 2016. Such revenue would fund
maintenance and flood plain law enforcement.
Eftink says the village isn’t in the county’s jurisdiction, but that it could
move to end its incorporated status.
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