Casey Annexes City-Owned Properties to Correct Boundary ‘Donut Holes’

Casey City Council Meeting | May 18, 2026

Article Summary: The Casey City Council on Monday, May 18, 2026, approved Ordinance No. 628, annexing five tracts of city-owned property — including the airport and several utility sites — that county records had shown as outside city limits. The annexation passed unanimously.

Casey Annexation Key Points:

• Ordinance No. 628 annexes city-owned tracts including the airport, the East Washington Street water building and tank, the utility building, gas barn and sewer plant.
• The issue surfaced when the county 911 department asked the city to verify its corporate boundaries and anomalies appeared.
• Economic Development Director Tom Daughhetee said additional annexations of privately owned “donut holes” will come in future weeks.
• The ordinance passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.

CASEY — The Casey City Council on Monday, May 18, 2026, voted unanimously to annex several city-owned properties that, despite belonging to the city, had appeared outside its corporate limits on county maps.

Ordinance No. 628 annexes certain territory under the state provision allowing a municipality to annex contiguous, uninhabited, unincorporated property it owns. Economic Development Director Tom Daughhetee said the matter came to light when the county 911 department sent the city a map of its corporate boundaries and asked staff to confirm it was correct. “We started seeing some weirdness and anomalies,” Daughhetee said.

Among the city-owned parcels included in the annexation, Daughhetee said, are the airport, the East Washington Street water building and tank, the utility building, gas barn and sewer plant. “None of those were shown as being within city limits,” he said. The ordinance’s Exhibit A lists five tracts, including 101 Airport Road and several parcels along East Washington Street and Southeast 8th Street.

City Attorney Tracy Willenborg described the broader effort as cleaning up “donut holes” — pockets of property that county records show as not being within city limits despite sitting in the center of the community. Daughhetee said more annexations involving privately owned parcels are coming. “We’re working with some of these folks on where we’ve got these,” he said. “That’ll be coming down the road, but this is all city owned stuff.”

The motion was made for approval and seconded, and the ordinance passed on a unanimous roll call.