NEWS RELEASE

DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008

The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, April 14, 2008 in the Conference Room in the Commissioners Office at 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio 43512. Chairman Thomas L. Kime called the meeting to order. Also present were Commissioner James E. Harris, Jr., Laura Howell, County Administrator, Cara Brown, Clerk, and Julie Voll, Deputy Clerk.

The Commissioners met in General Session and approved and signed various resolutions, contracts and documents, approved several travel requests, reviewed the agenda items and the calendar of events and discussed upcoming meetings.

Jack Graf, Director of Job & Family Services, and Morris Murray, Director of Child Support Enforcement Agency, met with the Commissioners to discuss the Subgrant Agreements with the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services. The Subgrant Agreements were signed.

County Engineer Warren Schlatter provided an update on several projects. The bridge replacement on McCavit Road (between Farmer-Mark and Williams Center Cecil Roads) has started and that road will remain closed until the end of this week or the beginning of next week. The culvert replacement on Stever Road (between SR 15 and Flory Road) is complete. A bid date of May 12 has been established for the Flory Road bridge project (between Christy & Stever Roads), with an expected completion date of August 30.

Director of Job and Family Services Jack Graf gave an update. As of last week, there are 37 children in foster care, with year-to-date foster care expenses totaling $132,347.06. The number of families receiving food stamps for the month of March was 1354 with a total cost of $305,897. The JFS Fraud Investigator has recovered $21,172.71 during the first quarter of 2008 compared to calendar year 2007 collections of $32,801.02.

The Board received the March Activity Report from Clerk of Courts Jean Ziegler. Jean reported collecting legal fees of $17,635.93 and title fees of $3,187.88. The Certificate of Title Administrative Fund received $9,563.64. Jean also reported deposits for the following: legal fees of $146,788.18 and title fees of $351,206.39. The sales or use and dealers tax collected was $335,807.38 and watercraft tax collected equaled $758.80. The number of titles issued were 2042, number of notation of liens 448 and number of inspections was 482.

The Joint Board of Paulding & Defiance County Commissioners met for a public hearing on objections to Beetree Run Ditch. The Joint Board also met with Lee Sonnenberg, USDA Rural Development, and Ken Maag, Poggemeyer Design Group, to discuss funding options for the Auglaize Sewer project.

Release Approved: ____________________________________________________

Thomas L. Kime, Defiance County Commissioner