DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

News Release

Thursday, March 21, 2002

 

 

OPENING:    

 

The regular meeting of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners was called to order at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 21, 2002, in the Conference Room of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners, 500 Court Street, 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

 

 

A.            APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 

The minutes of the March 18 meeting were unanimously accepted and approved.

Motion – Tom            Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-143

 

 

B.            RESOLUTIONS

 

The following Resolutions were submitted for consideration and approved:

 

Bond Anticipation Notes Approval – Brunersburg Area Sanitary Sewer - $1,200,000.00

Motion – Tom            Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-144

 

Bond Anticipation Note Approval, Second Renewal – Clemens Ditch - $15,150.00

Motion – Darrell            Second – Tom

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-145

 

Bond Anticipation Note Approval, Fourth Renewal – Donley Ditch - $3,720.00 

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-146

 

Bond Anticipation Note Approval, Third Renewal – Morehart Ditch - $11,385.00

Motion – Darrell            Second – Tom

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-147

 

Bond Anticipation Note Approval, First Renewal – Ramus Ditch - $14,500.00

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-148

 

 

 

Bond Anticipation Note Approval, Fourth Renewal – Wisda-Prairie Ditch - $9,700.00

Motion – Darrell             Second – Tom

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-149

 

Consolidation of Five Bond Anticipation Notes - $54,455.00

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-150

 

Approval for Karen Tubbs to Wire Transfer – KeyBank Purchase

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-151

 

Award Bid – Engineer – Crack Seal Program

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-152

 

Nylander Engineering                                                   $33,852.00

Lansing, Michigan

 

Award Bid – Engineer – Issue II and LTIP Paving

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-153

 

Gerken Paving                                                COUNTY            $462,487.70

Napoleon, Ohio                                        VILLAGES    $  59,814.10

                                                Total                                        $522,301.80

 

Award Bid – Engineer – Paving of Various Roads

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-154

 

Proposal A                             Gerken Paving                     $919,593.60

                                                Napoleon, Ohio

 

Proposal B                             Ward Construction              $  58,239.38

                                                Leipsic, Ohio

Proposal C            No bids were received under the 10% allowance, therefore Proposal C is not awarded.

 

Fuel Price Change #22 - increase

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-155

 

Fuel Price Change #23 - increase

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-156

 

 

 

No Purchase Order Request - Correction

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-157

 

No Purchase Order Request - Various

Motion – Tom             Second – Darrell

ุ      JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-03-158

 

 

C.                OPEN ISSUES/DISCUSSION

 

 

D.            APPOINTMENTS

 

 

8:30 a.m.            General Session

 

Tim Houck, Landfill Manager, submitted his February, 2002, District Fee Report.  In-district was received totaled 4,502.95 tons, out-of-district waste received totaled 135.29 tons and out-of-state waste received was 30.21 tons.  Total amount due to the District for February equals $4,833.95.

 

9:30 a.m. – Becky Wagner, Operations Manager/Administrator, presented her weekly update.

Jane Tadsen, County Recorder, has requested approval to tour the Urbana administrative building.  It has undergone renovations/remodeling and she was interested in seeing the facility.  The Commissioners are also interested in going.  Becky and Mark Hopper, Public Safety Services Coordinator, will be contacting CORSA (County Risk Sharing Authority) to meet with their representative, Tom Carabin, to complete a building inspection at Auglaize Village.  Becky informed the Commissioners that, during Wednesday’s Supervisor’s meeting, several department heads raised concerns about the number of young skateboarders in the parking lots and sidewalks around the Courthouse and other County buildings.  Ms. Wagner also requested and received approval to attend a regional administrator’s meeting Friday, April 5th in Fulton County. 

 

10:10 a.m.             Commissioners left at this time to attend a NORED (Northwest Ohio Regional Economic Development) luncheon/meeting in Maumee with Jerry Hayes, Economic Development Director and Nancy Zipfel, Administrative Assistant.

 

 

Meeting adjourned at 10:07 a.m.

 

 

 

Approved for News Release:            ______________________________

                                                Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner