NEWS
RELEASE
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30
a.m. on Thursday, April 8, 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 Commissioner Otto L. Nicely,
Laura Howell, Administrator, and Stephanie Metz, 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 to provide her weekly update and
provided an update on various County projects. Laura informed the Board that Julie
Rittenhouse and herself recently received an update of Defiance County’s
Workers Compensation from CompManagement.
They were informed that Defiance County Workers’ Comp analysis looks
great. The Defiance County Total
modified Loss for the current four-year cycle was $20,932. When BWC compares Defiance County to other
Ohio counties with similar payroll, they expect to pay out $220,110 for the
same four-year time period.
Tina Hiler,
Defiance County Senior Services Director, met with the Commissioners to provide
an update. Tina informed the
Commissioners that they will be handing out the lilacs for the Lilac Festival
on May 8th. The Senior Prom
is on May 13th at the Defiance Eagles; dinner is at 5:00 pm with
dancing from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm. Tina
informed the Board that in honor of Senior Citizens’ Month, The Northtowne Mall
in Defiance has donated a storefront for their use to host “One Man’s Treasure
Garage Sale and More” on May 14th, 15th and 16th. The garage sale will be open the same times
as the mall. They will have many items
on sale as well as a bake sale and raffle for a quilt. The Senior Services is looking for items to
be donated for the garage sale (no clothes or shoes, please), items for the
bake sale or volunteers to work at the Sale.
All donated items can be dropped off at the Defiance Senior Center or the Hicksville Senior Center. For more information, please contact Defiance
Senior Center at 419-782-3233 or Hicksville Senior Center at 419-542-5004.
Representatives
from the Fairboard met with the Commissioners for an update.
On Friday, the
Commissioners are attending the DOJ Advisory meeting and LEPC meeting at
Defiance County EMA Building.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
James E.
Harris, Jr., Defiance County Commissioner