NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2010
The
Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. on
Monday, April 12, 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.
Morris
Murray, Defiance County Prosecuting Attorney, and Russ Herman, Defiance County
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, met with the Commissioners for an update.
Matt Davis, Maumee Valley Planning Organization,
met with the Commissioners for a public hearing regarding amending the FY 2009
CDBG Formula Allocation Program with no one from the public in attendance. On June 22, 2009, a public hearing was
conducted to recommend the following activities for funding:
Community Activity Amount
|
1. Auglaize Village |
|
Neighborhood Facility |
|
$19,300 |
|
2. Senior Center |
|
Senior Center |
|
$16,000 |
|
3. Village of Sherwood |
|
Flood & Drainage |
|
$10,000 |
|
4. Farmer Township |
|
Parks & Rec Facilities |
|
$11,000 |
|
5. Hicksville Land Bank |
|
Neighborhood Facility |
|
$7,000 |
|
7. County-Wide |
|
Fair Housing |
|
$3,900 |
|
8. County-Wide |
|
Administration |
|
$11,800 |
Defiance County
Commissioners are requesting the following amendment to the program:
Community Activity Amount
|
1. Auglaize
Village |
|
Neighborhood
Facility |
|
$0 |
|
2. Senior
Center |
|
Senior
Center |
|
$35,300 |
|
3. Village of Sherwood |
|
Flood & Drainage |
|
$10,000 |
|
4. Farmer Township |
|
Parks & Rec Facilities |
|
$11,000 |
|
5. Hicksville Land Bank |
|
Neighborhood Facility |
|
$7,000 |
|
7. County-Wide |
|
Fair Housing |
|
$3,900 |
|
8. County-Wide |
|
Administration |
|
$11,800 |
The Commissioners approved
submitting the request to the Ohio Department of Development.
Matt Davis also provided an
update on the Neighborhood Stabilization Project and the Brownfield Grant
Project. The Neighborhood Stabilization
Project will be bid within the next couple weeks. This project is rehabilitating a house in the
Village of Hicksville.
The steering committee for
the Brownfield Grant Project recently met and is taking applications for phase
1 environmental assessments. There are
applications and a fact sheet available at the following website for the
Brownfield Grant Project: http://www.defiance-county.com/brownfields.html.
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.
Warren Schlatter, Defiance
County Engineer, met with the Commissioners for his weekly update and to open
bids for the 2010 Microsurfacing Project.
The following bids were received:
Strawser Construction: $55,414.98; D.G. Slurry Seal of Toledo, Inc.:
$46,278.46; American Pavement: $45,285.36.
The Engineer’s estimate was $46,156.50.
Sandy Schappert, Defiance
County Child Support Enforcement Agency Director, met with the Commissioners
for an update. Sandy reported that
collections through Mach 2010 were $1,755,452.
There are currently 3,139 active cases.
Sandy reported the following statistics for January through March 2010:
reviewed and/or modified 32 child support cases; 94 support orders established;
103 Court and/or Administrative Hearings; 58 paternities established; 26
genetic tests completed.
Matt Gilroy, Airport
Authority Board, met with the Commissioners for an update. Matt reported that Phase 1 of the Taxiway
Project is almost complete. The items
still needing completed are the seeding and striping. Phase 2 is currently on hold-waiting on
funding from FAA.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
James E. Harris, Jr.,
Defiance County Commissioner