DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY,
JANUARY 20, 2005
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 20, 2004. The meeting was called to order by Chairman
Otto L. Nicely. Also present were Commissioners
Thomas L. Kime and Richard L.
Cromwell; Becky Wagner,
Administrator; and Joan Brown, Deputy
Clerk.
8:30 a.m. General Session
The Board approved the FY 2005 Special Funds Budget
Appropriations in the amount of $51,140,370.69.
Commissioners approved and signed various resolutions,
contracts and documents, approved several travel requests, reviewed the agenda
items and the calendar of events, discussed upcoming meetings and updated
information for the calendar of events.
The Commissioners will be attending the Township Trustees and
Elected Officials annual meeting this
evening at the Public Services building.
9:30 a.m. Becky Wagner, County Administrator,
reported that Effective Team Training will be conducted by Mona Weiss of
Workers’ Comp on February 9th from 8:00 a.m. ‘til noon at the Public
Safety Services building. The training
is for the safety committee and other interested elected officials, department
heads, and employees. The commissioners
were encouraged to attend the training.
She also updated the Board on the “HOST/OHIO READS PROGRAM” involving
younger elementary school children. Volunteers
are needed to go to the schools and read to children for 45 minutes one day per
week. For more information, contact
Cindy Constein at 419-782-3212 or 1-800-VOLUNTEER.
Sheriff Westrick stopped in to inform the Board that a
$20,000 grant was received to place video cameras in ten of the sheriff’s cruisers.
10:30 a.m. Randy Vogel,
County Dog Warden, met with the Board to review his department’s 2004 yearly
report. During 2004, the department responded to 1,520
complaints, issued 290 citations with 172 being court citations and 89 being
for dogs running at large. Also, he
reported that 437 dogs were taken to the shelter.
Dog license for 2005 will be on sale through January
31. Door-to-door license checks will
begin this spring.
11:00 a.m. Jerry Hayes, Economic Development Director;
Chip Holcomb, CIC consultant; and Paul Murcko representing the UAW held an informational meeting with the Board concerning
the County Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) and the Automotive Community
Improvement Program. The Board
encouraged the UAW to financially contribute to the campaign for the CIC
program, an integral part of building a community.
The Board reviewed a report from Teresa Johnson, 4-H
Educator, that 34 high school age 4-H camp counselors met at Girl Scout Camp
Libbey for an overnight lock-in. Ten
adult volunteers were on hand to guide the youth through a series of hands on
interview stations. Counselors also set
a goal of recruiting 175 campers for 4-H camp and chose a theme of “Cowboy
Up.”
There being no further business to
come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 12:01 p.m.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely,
Commissioner