DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
News Release
Monday, January 28, 2002
OPENING:
The regular meeting of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners was called to order at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 28, 2002, in the Conference Room of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners, 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio 43512 by Chairman Otto L. Nicely.
PRESENT: ABSENT:
Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner
Darrell W. Miller, Commissioner
Thomas L. Kime, Commissioner
Becky Wagner, Administrator/Operations Manager
Alison Grimes, Clerk
D. Joan Brown, Deputy Clerk
Debra Bloomfield, Deputy Clerk
The minutes of the January 24 meeting were unanimously accepted and approved.
Motion – Tom Second – Darrell
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-01-043
The following Resolutions were submitted for consideration and approved:
Payment of Vouchers
Motion – Darrell Second – Tom
Ø
JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION
#02-01-044
Transfer of Funds #7 – Public safety Services
Motion – Darrell Second – Tom
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JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION
#02-01-045
Transfer of Funds #8 – Engineering Mandate
Motion – Tom Second – Darrell
Ø
JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION
#02-01-046
Change Order #1 – Gerken paving, Inc. for Paving of Various Roads - Engineer
Motion – Tom Second – Darrell
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JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION
#02-01-047
Fuel Price Change #9 - increase
Motion – Tom Second – Darrell
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JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION
#02-01-048
No Purchase Order Request – Common Pleas & Sarah’s House
Motion – Tom Second – Darrell
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JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION
#02-01-049
Permissive Tax Request – Engineer for City of Defiance - $7,934.21
Motion – Tom Second – Darrell
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JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION
#02-01-050
8:00 a.m. Russ Herman, Defiance County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, met with the Commissioners to review documents sent to his office for review and/or approval. Each Commissioner received a copy of the Airport rules and Regulations with some suggested changes/clarifications, which they are to review. They will be discussed when Mr. Herman comes in on February 11th.
8:30 a.m. General Session
9:30 a.m. – Gaylon Davis, Defiance County Engineer, and Warren Schlatter, Chief Deputy, reported that bids for the Christy Meadows project will be opened Thursday, February 21st at 9:30 a.m. Mr. Davis submitted plans and a request for authorization to obtain right-of-way needed for the project. He and Mr. Schlatter will be attending an Engineering seminar in Columbus on 1-29-02.
The Commissioners asked Mr. Davis to clarify with Geo. Gradel, Inc. (Ditch 40 Project)
to insure correct measures are taken in the clearing of trees and sandbar removal. Commissioner Kime gave Mr. Davis a copy of the revised information from the latest meeting, which Mr. Davis was not present for.
Mr. Schlatter made a presentation for the Commissioners explaining the digital conversion that the Engineer’s office is doing for the permanent records kept in their office. Although this is not an acceptable form of permanent records for the Records Center, this will be a way for the Engineer’s Dept. to replace the books and microfilm in the future.
10:00 a.m. – Diane Mayer, Tina Hiler, and Paul Gaecke met with the Board of Commissioners with an update of services. Ms. Mayer discussed the need for a new bus. This will provide transportation for the Centers kidney dialysis patients. They have obtained some pricing information and requested information on the bidding process to acquire this bus. This purchase is currently in the budget.
A contract for dietician’s services was presented to the Board. The contract must go before the Prosecutor before it can be approved. Becky Wagner, Administrator/Operations Manager continues to work with Diane Mayer on the contract to provide food to the Center.
The Auxiliary Board, Senior Center Donations and questions concerning the grant writing were discussed.
11:00 a.m. - Commissioners met with the Paulding and Williams County Commissioners at the Public Safety Services facility for a Workforce Development Policy meeting.
1:30 p.m. Commissioners attended the Four County Solid waste District meeting, hosted by Defiance. It was held in the Commissioner’s Annex Conference Room. They reviewed the Joint Solid Waste five-year plan. The Four County Board of Directors would like to choose one Commissioner from the Four County Board to represent the District on the State Committee. They will be reviewing House Bill 459 and Senate Bill 71, both pertaining to landfill and landfill operations.
2:30 p.m. Tim Houck, Landfill Manager and Dick Sargeant, Eastman and Smith, met with the Commissioners for a legislative update regarding landfill and solid waste issues. Mr. Sargeant reviewed House Bill 199. One commissioner will be attending a meeting in Columbus today to testify against this bill.
7:00 p.m Commissioners attended a meeting, presented by Soil & Water, for the possibility of reconstruction and cleaning of Platter Creek. This was held at the Hicksville Elementary School. The townships involved are as follows: two sections in Delaware, six sections in Hicksville, one in Farmer, one in Milford and 24 in Mark. This is a total of 13,439 acres effecting 553 landowners. The estimated cost of the project is $929,660.
Note: This project starts in Milford Township, running down St Rt. 127 & St. Rt.24 and outlets to the Maumee River. This is approximately 14 miles in length. Soil & water Board of Directors will review the minutes and comments from the meeting and will recommend to proceed or not.
Approved for News Release: ______________________________
Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner