NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2006
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session
at 8:30 a.m. in the
Conference Room of the Board of Defiance County
Commissioners, 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio 43512 on Thursday, January 19, 2006. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Thomas
L. Kime. Also present were Commissioners
Richard L. Cromwell and Otto L. Nicely; Becky Wagner,
County Administrator, and Joanne Goerlitz,
Deputy Clerk.
8:30
A.M. General Session - The Commissioners were
presented with various resolutions and documents for approval. Commissioners also reviewed agenda items, discussed
upcoming meetings and reviewed and updated the calendar of events.
9:30
A.M. Becky Wagner,
County Administrator, submitted her report to
the Commissioners. Becky reported that
she attended the Defiance County Safety Committee meeting held on January 17, 2006. The County Safety Plan has been approved by
the Commissioners and will be presented to the Department
Heads and Elected Officials at the Elected Officials luncheon
being held on January 31,
2006. Becky also reported
that county employees are registering for CPR training. CPR training is being offered to Defiance County employees by the Defiance County
Safety Committee in conjunction with Defiance County General Health District. The class is being offered on January 30, 2006. The deadline for registration is January 19th. Also reported, the next Defiance County
Family & Children First Council meeting will be held February 24, 2006 at 8:30 a.m. at EMA.
10:30 A.M. Randy Vogel, Defiance County Dog
Warden, presented his departmental update with the
Commissioners. Randy reported that he
received and investigated 135 complaints; 19 dogs were taken to the shelter;
issued 15 citations and 1,160 pounds of animals was taken to the landfill. Randy also reported that 2,493 miles were
driven for the month.
11:00
A.M. The Commissioners held a Public Hearing for
the purpose of considering the adoption of county-wide access management
regulations proposed by the County
Engineer’s office. These Access Management Regulations are
adopted for the purpose of promoting traffic safety and efficiency, maintaining
proper traffic capacity and traffic flow of county and township roadways,
reducing vehicular collision frequency, minimizing the future expenditure of
public revenues, and improving the design and location of access connections to
county and township roads while at the same time providing necessary and
reasonable ingress and egress to properties along those roads. A Second Public Hearing will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2006
at 11:00 a.m. in the
Conference Room of the Board of County Commissioners, 500 Court Street, Suite
A, Defiance, Ohio.
11:15
A.M. Russ Herman, Defiance County Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney, came in to discuss legal issues with the Board of
Commissioners.
Approved for news
release: _____________________________
Thomas L. Kime, Commissioner