NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at
8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2010 in the Conference Room in the
Commissioners Office at 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio 43512. Chairman James E. Harris, Jr. called the
meeting to order. Also present were
Commissioners Otto L. Nicely, Laura Howell, Administrator, Stephanie Metz,
Clerk, and Lanie Miller, Deputy Clerk.
The Commissioners met in General Session and approved and signed
various resolutions, contracts and documents.
The Commissioners also reviewed the calendar of events and discussed
upcoming meetings.
The Commissioners signed contracts with
Charles Construction Services for $1,563,900.00 and Highland Center Electric for $285,000.00
for the Historic Jail Project. The
Commissioners signed a contract with the Sanborn Map Company for $62,000.00 for
the Spring 2010 Defiance County Aerial Photography.
Laura Howell,
Administrator, met with the Commissioners to provide her weekly update. Laura provided an update on various County
projects.
Tim Houck,
Defiance County Landfill Director, met with the commissioners for his monthly
update. Tim reported $198,272.20 in
sales for the month of December, 2009 compared to $221,775.29 during December,
2008. The landfill collected 6,063.79
tons and 19,656 cubic yards during December.
Environmental Services completed the following during 2009: Christmas
tree recycling in the City by Werlor, “City Park Clean Up Day”, Great America
State Roadway Clean Up Day, educational programs to 2nd and 4th
graders, 2009 Great American Clean Up, appliance round up, Maumee River sweep,
America Recycles Day, and Johns Manville and LaFarge household hazardous waste
collection. The current recycling
programs include: Hicksville transfer station is on winter hours one time per
month through March, re-chargeable battery recycling program at Radio Shack in
the mall and Hicksville, Arps Hardware in Defiance, and Sears in the mall,
twelve monthly County manned recycling sites cover 16 days each month, and cell
phone recycling sending phones to Soldiers Cell Phone Program.
The Commissioners
will attend the Leadership Luncheon on High Speed Rail on Friday, January 29,
2010.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
James
E. Harris, Jr., Defiance County Commissioner