DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2003
NEWS RELEASE
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners
met at 8:30 a.m. in the Conference
Room of the Board of Commissioners, 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance,
Ohio, 43512,
on Thursday, January 16, 2003. Present at today’s meeting were: Commissioners Tom Kime and Otto Nicely;
County Administrator Becky Wagner; Clerk
Alison Grimes and Deputy Clerk Joan Brown. Commissioner Rich Cromwell
was absent.
8:30 a.m. General Session – First, Diane Mayer and Tina
Hiler, Senior Services Center, stopped in briefly to present information about
the upcoming “Seniors With A Heart:” Auxiliary Auction. It is scheduled for Saturday, February 1 at 11:00 a.m. and will be held at the City’s Perry
Street facility.
They presented a list of sponsors and donations and noted how grateful
they were for the support of the community.
Money garnered from this auction will benefit County seniors.
Commissioners then reviewed the day’s agenda and agenda
items, the calendar of events, signed various resolutions presented by the
Clerk and reviewed information each received at various meetings they attended
last week. They were reminded that tickets were
available for the County Employees Banquet which will be held Saturday, January
25th at the K of C Hall, Defiance.
9:30 a.m. Becky Wagner,
County Operations Manager/Administrator, presented her weekly update. Discussed the possible purchase of new
typewriters for the Clerk of Courts office as several of their current machines
are beyond repair. She requested
approval to purchase both wide and regular carriage typewriters. Commissioners approved the purchase of up to 3
typewriters – leaving the choice of wide or regular carriage type up to the
Clerk of Courts.
The County Airport
asked to have a web site included on the current County website. It would cost approximately $200 to have the
site created. Commissioners gave their
approval.
New signs have been installed at the KeyBank facility
parking lot.
10:30 a.m.
Tim Houck,
Landfill Manager, presented his monthly update to the Board. His office is currently working with the
Prosecutor to prepare a farming contract for landfill property. He is also working on the 2003 mowing
contract. At the Board’s request, Tim had
the concrete pad in the alley by the KeyBank facility removed. June
Crosser, recently hired as Assistant Manager in Tim’s office, begins her duties
shortly.
Tim and the Commissioners reviewed year-end financial
reports, total tons (84,100) and cubic yards (303,863) received and leachate
(1,432,780 gallons) totals. Tim also
reviewed the status of various Work Orders for the Landfill and noted that he
is preparing bid specs for the purchase of a water wagon.
The Landfill has received three proposals for the purchase
of a used grader - $18,500 for a 1990 Dresser, $12,000 for a 1969 Galon and
$15,000 for a 1965 Cat. No decision has
yet been made.
This year’s Defiance Litter Prevention & Recycling
campaign is “Plant Pride, Not Litter”. Spring
clean-up of local parks is scheduled for April 5. Also, a new program being initiated this year
is computer recycling. For further
information, please contact his office at 419.784.5442.
He also noted that the Annual Recognition Breakfast is
scheduled for April 25. Tim is looking
for a speaker.
As a final note, Tim reminded the Commissioners of the next
Solid Waste meeting which will be held on Monday, January 27 at 1:30 p.m. in the offices of the Williams
County Commissioners.
11:45 a.m. Commissioners
met with City officials at Charlie’s Down Under for a City/County meeting. Representing the City was: Mayor Fred
Schultz, Roger Reese, Administrator, Jeff Leonard, Finance Director, and Dave
Williams, City Law Director.
Commissioners Tom Kime and Otto Nicely, Operations Manager Becky
Wagner and Clerk Alison Grimes represented the County. After lunch the group discussed various issues
relating to the City and County.
Today’s meeting ended at 1:20
p.m.
Approved for news release:
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Thomas
L. Kime, Commissioner