DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

MONDAY, APRIL 4, 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, April 4, 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.      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.

 

During General Session, Commissioners awarded the bids for the Engineer’s Issue II and LTIP Paving and Paving of Various Roads project as follows:

 

ISSUE II AND LTIP PAVING

 

Gerken Paving                             $511,498.95

Napoleon, Ohio

 

PAVING OF VARIOUS ROADS

 

Gerken Paving                             $1,004,999.75  Paving county & township roads

Napoleon, Ohio                            $   148,926.40  Patching roads and culverts

 

                                                  $1,153,926.15

 

Ward Construction                       $   152,733.57  County & township roads chip seal

Leipsic, Ohio                               $     24,762.00  Culvert resurfacing 

 

Engineer’s estimate for the project is $1,055,921.90 (Hot Mix); $153,327.05 (Sealing); $34,226.00 (Patching).

 

10:00 a.m.    Warren Schlatter, Defiance County Engineer, met with the Board with his weekly update.  He submitted his department’s accumulated revenue report which includes permissive tax, motor vehicle/license tax, gasoline tax and court fines.  March 2005 accumulated revenue totals $872,419.94 versus $780,750.66 during March, 2004. 

 

A bid date for the Bend Road project was set for Thursday, April 21 at 11:00 a.m. 

 

Warren also submitted four bridge projects which will be done by force account:  Carpenter Road, at eastbound Jewell Road, Ney/Williams Center Road, .10 miles southeast of Defiance/Williams County Line Road, Wonderly Road, .50 miles north of State Route 18 and Adams Ridge Road, .50 miles north of Nagel Road.  All four projects are replacements and are due to start in the Spring and be completed by Fall, 2005.

 

10:30 a.m.    Rick Edmonds, Good Samaritan Administrator, met with the Board regarding Good Sam’s levy.  He submitted a resolution from his Board formally requesting the Board of Commissioners place the 1.9 mill renewal levy on the November ballot.  Funds generated from

 

 

this levy is used to operate and maintain MR/DD programs, services and facilities.  Commissioners reviewed income and expense data projections through 2011 for Good Sam.  Several upcoming expenses Rick noted are that the building will need a new roof in a few years and several busses will need to be replaced over the next 5 to 6 years.  Commissioners agreed to place the levy on the November ballot; proper resolutions will be prepared to authorize    

 

11:00 a.m.    Warren Schlatter, County Engineer, met with the Board to open bids for the Manville/Carpenter Road project.  Others attending the meeting were: Dave Batt, Diversified Road and Pipe; George Kaiser, R. G. Zachrich Construction; and Randy Varner, Fort Defiance Construction. 

 

Bids were received from:

 

Crestline Paving                           $177,653.82

Toledo, Ohio

 

Diversified Road & Pipe               $150,309.60

Whitehouse, Ohio

 

Fort Defiance Construction           $158,313.24

Defiance, Ohio

 

Lingvai Excavating                       $166,856.40

Bryan, Ohio

 

R. G Zachrich Construction $201,606.80

Defiance, Ohio

 

Schumm Plumbing                       $161,228.65

Van Wert, Ohio

 

Ward Construction                       $143,059.05

Leipsic, Ohio

 

Engineer’s estimate is $165,537.50.

 

Commissioners accepted the bids as presented; Mr. Schlatter will review the bids and return with a recommendation later this week.

 

11:10 a.m.    Tina Hiler, Senior Services Center Director, briefly met with the Board with an update.  The 5th Annual Senior Prom is planned for Thursday, April 21 at Defiance College.  Dinner begins at 5:00 p.m. and dancing will start at 6.  Mr. Ed and Company will provide musical entertainment.  Suggested donation for the meal is $3.00.  

 

Defiance County Senior Services has two Alzheimer support groups that serve Defiance County.  Both groups meet Thursday, April 7 at 1:30 p.m.  One group will meet in the Hicksville Senior center and the other at the Defiance Senior Center.  Respite care will be available during the meeting.

 

 

 

For further information or questions concerning the above information, please call the Senior Center at 419.782.3232.

 

Tina also informed the Board that Senior Center staff has been asked to speak at the upcoming (late April) State Conference on Aging, sponsored by the Ohio Association of Senior Centers.  The staff will host a group called “The Idea Pit”, a session where attending Senior Centers present fresh programming ideas.   

 

1:30 p.m.      Jerry Hayes, Matt Gilroy and Maggie Murray, Economic Development, met with the Board to present two Enterprise Zone Amendments: Johns-Manville #2 and A & P Tool, Inc.

 

The Johns-Manville amendment changes the employment reduction commitment number in the original agreement from 265 to 140 employees in 2006.  No other portions of the Agreement are changed. 

 

The second amendment, for A and P Tool, Inc., Hicksville, increases the level of employment committed from 2 to 4 employees and increases the exemption from 75% to 100%.  No other portions of the Agreement are changed. 

 

After review, Commissioners approved both amendments.

 

2:00 p.m.      Mike Koenig, Koenig Security, the County’s telephone consultant, met with the Board regarding Defiance County-East’s telephone system.  Also attending the meeting was Jerry Overmier, Beilharz Architects.  Some of the phone systems currently utilized by departments moving into the new facility are very outdated and need to be replaced with new systems.  The Board also wanted to make sure the phone systems utilized by other departments will be compatible with the new phone wiring that will be installed.  Mr. Koenig was asked to get a price on a speaker/paging system for the facility.    

 

2:30 p.m.      Wayne Olsson and Laura Howell, Board of Elections and Election Board members:  Susie Bacon, Joe Tubbs, and Brenda Griffith met to discuss the possible purchase of direct recording equipment for voting purposes.  There are approximately 26,000 current registered voters in Defiance County.  Per the Secretary of State’s office, a recommended machine to voter ration suggests that Defiance County have 142 machines available for voting purposes plus 10 additional for back-up purposes.  Funding for the machines is available, but the Board of Elections is requesting approximately $230,000 from the County to cover the remainder of the total cost of approximately $507,000 for the machines.  These machines must be available for use by May, 2006 as punch cards will no longer be in use.  The Board of Elections is hoping to obtain these machines by January, 2006 so they may begin training the public in their use. Commissioners took this information under advisement and will also discuss it with staff members of the County Commissioners Association of Ohio regarding additional funding from the State.          

 

 

   

 

Approved for news release:          _____________________________

                                                  Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner