NEWS RELEASE

DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2008

The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. in the Hicksville Village Council Room, Hicksville, Ohio on Thursday, January 3, 2008. Chairman Otto L. Nicely called the meeting to order. Also present were Commissioners Thomas L. Kime and James E. Harris, Jr., Laura Howell, County Administrator and Cara Brown, Clerk. Joanne Goerlitz, Deputy Clerk, was present for the session at the Defiance location.

For the month of December, 2007, Jane Tadsen, Defiance County Recorder, reported recording 134 Deeds, 163 Mortgages, 161 Releases, and 7 Power of Attorneys. The total of the month of December, 2007 was $24,167.75 of which $11,936.50 went toward the Housing rust Fund and $12,231.25 went toward the General Fund.

Laura Howell, County Administrator, presented her operations report to the Commissioners. Laura advised that Julie Rittenhouse, Public Safety Director, is looking into possible grant money to fund the installation of Access Control at the Emergency Management Agency building. Two possibilities are grants from Homeland Security and EMPG (Emergency Management Performance Grant).

Laura also reported that half of the shelving in the Law Library has been broken down and placed in boxes for storage. Some of the shelving will be installed in the Annex for the Records Center use.

The Joint Board of Commissioners of Defiance and Williams County, Laura Howell, Defiance County Administrator, and Cara Brown, Clerk, attended the Joint Board of Supervisors of Defiance and Williams County’s informational meeting on the Lick Creek Ditch Project at Williams County Commissioners office. A public hearing will be scheduled at a later date.

Release Approved: ____________________________________________________

Otto L. Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner