DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, MARCH
14, 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 Monday, March 14, 2005. 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; Alison Grimes, Clerk
and Joan Brown, Deputy Clerk.
8:30 a.m. Russ Herman, Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney, met with the Board to review any documents currently at his office
for review. Mr. Herman is up-to-date on
county documents at this time.
9:00 a.m. General
Session 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.
Commissioners signed the documentation for the Solid Waste
District’s February Fee Pay-In report which noted the following:
In-district
tonnage 7,542.80
Out-of-district
tonnage 603.42
Out-of-state
tonnage 53.70
Total amount due to the District for February is
$8,857.04.
10:00 a.m. Warren Schlatter, County Engineer,
met with the Board for several bid openings.
Also attending the meeting was: Jeff Wiemken, Miller Brothers
Construction; Randy Varner, Fort Defiance Construction; George Kaiser, R. G.
Zachrich Construction; Joe Westhoven, D. G. Slurry Seal; Joe Dreier, B. Hill’z
Excavating and Thomas Frantz, Eagle Brothers Construction.
CRACK SEAL PROGRAM
Bids were received from the following:
D. G Slurry Seal $51,870.00
Holland,
Ohio
G. T. Contracting $61,070.75
Archbold,
Ohio
Engineer’s estimate for the project is $55,575.00.
VEGETATION CONTROL
Bids were received from the following:
The Dalton’s $19,942.40
Warsaw, Indiana
NatureChem $20,254.00
Nashville,
Tennessee
Engineer’s estimate for the project is $23,681.60.
BANNER SCHOOL/CHRISTI ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT
Bids were received from:
Miller Brothers Construction $453,858.48
Archbold,
Ohio
Eagle Bridge Company $410,944.81
Sidney, Ohio
R. G. Zachrich Construction $407,051.25
Defiance,
Ohio
Fort
Defiance Construction $452,678.46
Defiance,
Ohio
B. Hill’z Excavating $460,689.53
Wayne, Ohio
Engineer’s estimate for the project is $413,505.75
The Board accepted the bids as presented and will award them
after review and recommendation from the Engineer.
At 10:30 a.m.,
Commissioners left for an informational meeting with the Paulding County
Commissioners at their offices regarding the Eagle Creek/Wilson Ditch project. Tony Burkley, Paulding County Commissioner
was elected Chair for the Joint Board; Joanne Goerlitz, Paulding County Clerk,
was appointed to act as Clerk for the Joint Board. The ditch viewing was set for April 11 at
11:00 a.m. and the Public Hearing will be held June 27 at 11:00 a.m. at the Paulding County Extension
Building at the
Fairgrounds.
The Boards also discussed the Joint Auglaize River Sewer
Project. The Boards are continuing to
look for additional funding to help offset costs of the project.
There being no further business to come before the Board,
the meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely,
Commissioner