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  Welcome to the Ditch Maintenance Department  
   
  This department is responsible for the maintenance of the 263 miles of ditches/tiles that have been petitioned through Section 6131 of the Ohio Revised Code. Any new drainage projects that are petitioned through Section 6131 of the Ohio Revised Code are also taken care of by this department. 

Brian D. Fritsch, P.E. has been in charge of this department since January, 2005. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University, with a  Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural  Engineering, and has worked for the Williams County Engineer’s Office since 1997.

New Item:  An application to install a driveway over a public waterway can be downloaded by using the link to the right.

 
  Ditch Maintenance Information  
 
Ditch Petition Process

Waterway Driveway Permit Application

 

2010 Ditch Maintenance Information Listed Below

 

  
 
 

The other staff members for this department are Janis Montgomery and Rich Henricks. Janis has been with this department since the spring of 2000, and is responsible for providing technical assistance to Brian including the cost accounting for the ditch department, six year review of ditches, assistance with the GIS mapping system, assists the public with questions regarding drainage and many other internal functions in the drainage area. Rich has been with this department since the spring of 1991, and has a wealth of knowledge regarding the drainage in Williams County. He performs activities including annual inspection of the maintenance ditches to determine what type of
Photograph from left to right, Brian Fritsch, Janis Montgomery, Rich Henricks.
 
   maintenance will be required during the next year, which may include brush and vegetation spraying and repair of ditches and tiles.  Nick Moore has worked part time for the department since 2005 and became a full time ditch maintenance worker in 2009.   Susan Dhaenens began working with the department part time in the fall of 2007 and is primarily responsible for all of the drainage financial records.

Drainage is a very important component of our lifestyle in Williams County, and we take this issue very seriously. Please feel free to contact our staff if we can be of assistance in any way. 

 

2010 PERMANENT MAINTENANCE WORK:   No contract permanent maintenance work is planned at this time, nor in the foreseeable future.