The 90-day remonstration period to petition against Bloomington annexation begins Friday.
The city council has adopted seven areas of land from the city’s controversial annexation proposal.
If 65-percent of landowners in an area remonstrate, that annexation would be invalidated. If 51-percent of landowners remonstrate, they can fight the annexation through the court system.
The official remonstrance record will be kept by Monroe County Auditor Catherine Smith’s office.
“In order to have it count, we have to have signatures that are notarized, or you have to sign in front of me.”
She says there are some caveats. For example, a landowner who owns multiple parcels in the same annexed area can only sign one petition for one parcel.
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"It's almost like we have seven different annexations going on. And that might confuse people and we don't want that to happen. So we're here to help. I mean, that's our job."
Smith says her office is holding meetings at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Monroe County Courthouse every day next week to answer questions – or you can call 812-349-2510.
