NEWS
RELEASE
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30
a.m. on Thursday, March 18, 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 Thomas L.
Kime and 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.
Laura Howell,
Administrator, met with the Commissioners and presented her report to the
Commissioners. Laura provided the
following statistics for Defiance County’s website: 2009
produced 55,655 page loads, 42,925 unique visitors and 19,364 returning
visitors. Unique visitors are individual people – first time visitors are all
unique visitors. By having more unique visitors that returning visitors, it
means the website is growing in popularity and use. Other interesting facts
include:
·
48% of visitors are still using Internet Explorer 7
or 8;
·
An overwhelming majority use Windows XP or Vista;
·
65% still use a screen size smaller than 1280 x 1024
(which is now standard);
·
80% search for the term “defiance county ohio” and
usually from Google;
·
Most enter on the main page;
·
Most live in the counties surrounding Defiance. Two
hits from the UK.
Laura also
provided some interesting facts obtained from the Agricultural Appreciation and
Farmer’s Share Breakfast. Defiance County has 264,960 acres and of
those acres, 233,000 are agricultural. Total Defiance County agricultural
receipts were $103,900,000 in 2008: 79% crop and 21% livestock. They are still
collecting data for 2009. Soy beans are the highest commodity crop in Defiance
County. Of livestock production, dairy and milk is the highest commodity at
$16,390,000.
Randy Vogel, Defiance County Dog Warden, met
with the Commissioners to provide his monthly update. Randy reported the following statistics for
the month of February 2010: 71 calls
investigated, 11 dogs taken to the shelter, 154 personal contacts, 14 warnings
issued, 6 court citations, drove 1,690 miles, and
collected $675.50 in Municipal Court Fines.
JoAnn Norris and Amy Galbraith, Clerk of
Courts, met with the Commissioners to volunteer to set up a Defiance County
Relay for Life team for Defiance County employees. The Commissioners’ office will support the
Defiance County Team and will help promote Relay for Life in County Offices.
The Commissioners attended the CIC Annual
Meeting at the Eagles.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
James
E. Harris, Jr., Defiance County Commissioner