DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, MAY
5, 2005
The Board of Defiance County
Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. in the Council Room of the Village of Hicksville,
Hicksville, Ohio on Thursday, May 5, 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; and Alison Grimes, Clerk.
Joan Brown, Deputy Clerk, was
present for the Defiance
portion of the meeting.
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.
Craig Poth, Zoning Inspector for the Village
of Hicksville, stopped in to ask the
Board about grant funding for the Forest
Home Cemetery
in Hicksville.
The cemetery is expanding and Craig is looking for grant funding for
capital improvements. The Board
recommended Craig speak to Dennis Miller at Maumee Valley Planning, which he
will do at today’s 1:00 p.m.
Planning Commission meeting.
9:35 a.m.
Commissioners and staff began the
return trip to Defiance.
10:15 a.m. Becky Wagner,
County Administrator, presented the following
for the Board’s review:
- She
reviewed quotes for pavement sealing of various county parking lots
(Evergreen Lane, Courthouse, Commissioner’s Annex and Defiance
County-East) submitted by Ron Cereghin,
County Maintenance Supervisor:
- Strable
Paving, Cecil $25,191.00
- (2
sprayed coats, except Courthouse, plus parking space paint)
- Blackstone
Paving, Liberty
Center $19,380.65
- (1
brushed coat plus parking space paint)
- Hill
Paving, Napoleon $12,652.00
- (1
sprayed coat plus parking space paint)
The Board requested that Becky and Ron view projects
completed by these businesses and gather more detailed information before a
decision is made.
- She
submitted a list of new members to the County’s Safety Committee which the
Board approved.
- Becky
reviewed information she received during an OPERS (Ohio Public Employees
Retirement System) seminar she attended Wednesday. OPERS has offered to come to Defiance to present
an informational meeting to county employees about recent changes and she
was given approval to set up a meeting, after business hours, for
employees.
- She also presented two quotes received
from Ron Cereghin, Maintenance Supervisor, for the replacement of the
damaged shrubs at Evergreen Lane Office Complex:
- John
Schaufele $1,985.00
- Ewing Nursery $1,528.50
The Board approved Ewing Nursery’s quote, as long as both
quotes were comparable.
11:00 a.m. Mike Williams, Veteran’s Office, presented a
departmental update to the Board. He
distributed copies of the 2004 Annual Report which noted the following:
Veteran
Client Contacts 14,023 (personal, telephone & applicants)
(a
13.7% increase over 2003)
Veteran Medical Transports: $26,470 (transportation expenses for medical
purposes)
Financial Assistance Expenses: $94,295 (468 total
veterans assisted)
If you are a veteran or the spouse of a veteran, and would
like information about available services and/or assistance, please call the
Veterans Office, located at 197-1B
Island Park Avenue at 419.782.6861.
11:20 a.m. Matt Gilroy, Economic Development office,
met briefly with the Board with a draft resolution in support of the Industrial
Site Improvement Fund application for the Johns-Manville project. The Board reviewed the resolution, requested
several changes be made to the draft and approved the resolution pending those
changes.
At 1:00 p.m.,
Commissioners attended a Planning Commission meeting. Kim Moss, Health Commissioner, reviewed new
wastewater treatment regulations for individual septic tanks. It was suggested is to set up a committee to
define rules and regulations. The
preliminary and final plat (Section 18, Richland Township)
for Johns-Manville expansion was approved.
The next Planning Commission meeting was set for Thursday,
May 26 at 1:00 p.m. at Maumee Valley Planning.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely,
Commissioner