I am excited to announce that I will be running for re-election in 2024. I am enormously proud of my office’s accomplishments, but we have more work to do. We professionally manage millions of dollars of stormwater improvements every year to reduce flooding throughout the county with the Lake County …
Lake County surveyor: Office banks $433K in savings this year by clearing ditch debris
Nov 26, 2018William Dolan CROWN POINT — Lake County Surveyor Bill Emerson Jr. said his office saved taxpayers more than $433,000 this year by being the county’s own plumber. Emerson said the county’s drainage crews removed tons of fallen trees, beaver dams and other debris from county ditches that would …
Lake County surveyor named to national committee
JAN 14, 2017 CARRIE NAPOLEON Lake County Surveyor Bill Emerson Jr. recently was appointed as one of two representatives from Indiana on the National Association of Counties’ Environmental, Energy & Land Use Steering Committee. “This appointment is such an honor, and I am excited to contribute to the organization,” Emerson …
Maps document our past, guide our present, chart our future
JAN 22, 2016 JERRY DAVICH Lake County Surveyor Bill Emerson Jr. received an email from a 12-year-old boy with a rare request. “I absolutely love collecting maps as a hobby and I was wondering if you happen to have a paper map of Lake County, Indiana?” wrote Jonah Hurwitz. “If …