DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
News Release
Monday, April 15, 2002
OPENING:
The regular meeting of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners was called to order at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 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 – in Columbus for WIA meeting
Thomas L. Kime, Commissioner
Becky Wagner, Administrator/Operations Manager
Alison Grimes, Clerk
D. Joan Brown, Deputy Clerk
The minutes of the April 8, 2002 meeting were reviewed and unanimously approved as presented.
Motion - Tom Second – Otto
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION
#02-04-208
The following Resolutions were submitted for consideration and approved:
Payment of Vouchers
Motion - Tom Second - Otto
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #
02-04-209
Transfer of Funds #25 – Wastewater Operations
Motion – Otto Second – Tom
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-04-210
Transfer of Funds #26 – Commissioners
Motion – Otto Second – Tom
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-04-211
Amended Official Certificate #4 - $1,964,989.00
Motion – Tom Second – Otto
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-04-212
Marc Fishel as Legal Counsel for Employment Issues
Motion – Tom Second – Otto
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-04-213
Marc Fishel as Legal Counsel for Landfill/Environmental Services Personnel Manual
Motion – Tom Second – Otto
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-04-214
Tim Houck, Landfill Manager, submitted his March 2002 Landfill report. In-District waste received was 5,022.61 tons; Out-of-District waste received was 146.28 tons and Out-of-State waste received was 40.39 tons. Total fees paid to the Four County Solid Waste District was $5,395.95.
8:30 a.m. General Session
9:30 a.m. Gaylon Davis, Defiance County Engineer, and Warren Schlatter, Chief Deputy, presented various updates. Warren distributed an aerial photo of the county fairgrounds showing proposed drainage ditches and a detention basin. Warren reviewed current tile placement and pointed out new pipe and ditch sizes and locations. The plan should improve water drainage, notably the race track and the horse barn area. Grading will be done on the new parking lot area to assist in drainage. Commissioners gave Mr. Davis the go-ahead to begin some of the work.
The group also briefly discussed the aerial photography project. The county was photographed last Wednesday. Aerial photography assists both the Engineer’s and the Auditor’s offices.
Flickinger Road bridge work is moving along well. Also, the Allen Road bridge replacement work begins today.
10:00 a.m. Mary Ritter, Job and Family Services Fiscal Director, Ron Mehring, Director and Deb Bresnan, Assistant Director, met with the Commissioners with a departmental update. Ms. Ritter reviewed income and expenses and the group discussed issues to bring up at the noon Workforce Development meeting.
11:00 a.m. Jim Harris, Soil and Water Conservation District Administrator, met with the Commissioners for a Public Hearing for objections to the Dwight Ditch Project. Mr. and Mrs. William (Jake) and Pauline Ames, 17448 US Route 24 were in attendance to voice their objections to the project. Mr. and Mrs. Ames do not feel they will benefit from the improvement and do not wish to be
assessed. They submitted a VHS tape of the ditch showing their reasoning. The project has not been totally completed, due to weather conditions. Mr. Harris feels, once the ditch is
completed, it will help drain Mr. Ames property. Commissioners requested that Soil and Water again review the ditch reconstruction and the drainage and submit their recommendation regarding their objections. Commissioners will not rule on the assessment issue until they hear from Soil and Water.
At Noon, Commissioners attended a Workforce Development Policy Board meeting at Defiance Hospital, Meeting Room C.
2:00 p.m. Mark Hopper, Public Safety Services Coordinator and Pete Schlosser, Assistant Fire Chief, met with the Commissioners to discuss the proposed Fire Training Station. The Assistant Fire Chief provided pricing on various pieces of equipment and reviewed what type of facility they were looking for. Mr. Schlosser asked if the County knew of any grant funding which might be available to offset costs. The group also discussed possible sites for the facility. The proposed facility would be used, not only as a training site for all fire departments in Defiance County, but also for various types of training for industry fire brigades. Defiance currently utilizes Bryan’s fire training site. Mark Hopper will check to see if a grant write can be found to prepare the proper funding requests and then he and Mr. Schlosser will return for another meeting.
2:30 p.m. Jerry Hayes, Economic Development Director, met with the Commissioners regarding three Enterprise Zone Agreements.
Agri-Lube, Inc.
Purchasing an existing building and repairing and adding an addition where the business will blend bio-degradable vegetable oils for lubricants. Asking for $545,000. Five full-time permanent employees will be hired within the first 16 months. Annual payroll is expected to be $250,000. Agri-Lube is asking for a 100% abatement for 10 years. The Defiance City School District will receive 17% or $923.00 per year; Four County will receive 3% or 157.00 per year and the Infrastructure Fund will receive 3% or $157.00 yearly.
Approve Agri-Lube Enterprise Zone Agreement (pending Prosecuting Attorney approval)
Motion – Tom Second – Otto
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-04-215
Defiance Precision Products
1125 Precision Way
Requesting $1.6 million for real and personal property. $1.2 million would be used for machinery and equipment, the remainder for inventory. 60 employees would be retained. Annual payroll is expected to be $2.4 million. Defiance Precision is requesting a 100% tax abatement for 10 years. The Defiance City School District will receive 26.5% or
approximately $3,164.00 per year, Four County will receive 3% or $358.00 per year and the Infrastructure Funds will receive 3% or $358.00 per year.
Approve Defiance Precision Products, 1125 Precision Way, Enterprise Zone Agreement, (pending Prosecuting Attorney approval)
Motion – Otto Second – Tom
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-04-216
Defiance Precision Products
1190 Precision Way
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Requesting $5 million for real and personal property. $4.3 million would be used for machinery and equipment, the remainder for inventory. 45 employees would be retained. Defiance Precision is requesting a 100% tax abatement for 10 years. The Defiance City School District will receive 27.8% or approximately $10,818.00 per year, Four County will receive 3% or $1,167.00 per year and the Infrastructure Funds will receive 3% or $1,167.00 per year.
Approve Defiance Precision Products, 1190 Precision Way, Enterprise Zone Agreement (pending Prosecuting Attorney approval)
Motion – Tom Second – Otto
Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-04-217
Meeting adjourned at 3:15 pm.
Approved for News Release: ______________________________
Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner