NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY,
MAY 8, 2008
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session
at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday,
May 8, 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 Commissioners James E. Harris, Jr. and Otto L. Nicely, Laura Howell, County Administrator,
Cara Brown, Clerk, and Joanne Goerlitz, 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.
The Board received
the April 2008 Activity Report for Jean Ziegler,
Clerk of Courts. Jean reported collecting Legal fees of $16,515.12 and Title
fees of $3,681.91. The Certificate of Title Administrative Fund is at
$11,045.72. Jean also reported deposits for the following: Legal fees of
$75,001.39 and Title fees of $426,944.71. The Sales or Use and Dealers’ Tax
collected was $400,958.63 and Watercraft Tax collected was $1,874.93. The
number of Titles issues was 2,327, number of Notation of Liens was 520 and the
number of inspections was 539.
Laura
Howell, Administrator, provided her weekly update to the
Board. Laura advised that Ron Cereghin, Maintenance Supervisor, is still
working on the air conditioning units out at Evergreen Lane Office Complex. He
will be providing quotes on the repairs in the near future. She also reported
that Greg Reinhart, Wastewater Director, informed her that a leak in the sewer
line by McCarthy’s has been fixed.
Laura also
provided an update to the Commissioners on the Department Head meeting she had
earlier in the week. Laura informed the Board that the Dog Warden’s office has
started going from door-to-door to check for dog licenses. Any dog owner that
is found not to have a dog license for their dog(s) is subject to a citation
and/or a fine.
Jerry Overmier,
Beilharz Architects, met with the Commissioners to open bids for the Good
Samaritan School Reroof project. The engineer’s estimate for Good Sam is
$195,000.00. The bids received for the Good Sam Roof Project, Option A, are as
follows: Bebout & Houg Roofing, Van Wert, Ohio - $198,431; Quality Roofing, Ann
Arbor, MI - $188,450; Richland Co.
& Associates, Defiance, Ohio
- $224,773; and Damschroeder, LLC, Fremont,
Ohio – No Bid. For Option B the
bids are as follows: Bebout & Houg Roofing - No Bid; Quality Roofing -
$207,195; Richland Co. & Associates - $229,635; and Damschroeder, LLC -
$200,182. The Board of Commissioners took the bids under advisement and said
bid will be awarded at a later date.
Jerry also met
with the Commissioners to open bids for the Key Bank Reroof project. The
engineer’s estimate for this project is $35,000.00. The bids received for the
Key Bank, Option A (EPDM) are as follows: Bebout & Houg Roofing - $34,796;
Nordmann Roofing, Toledo, Ohio - $42,480; Quality Roofing - $30,965;
Richland Co. & Associates - $42,900; and Damschroeder – No Bid. For Option
B (PVC) the bids are as follows: Bebout & Houg Roofing – No Bid; Nordmann
Roofing - $43,500; Quality Roofing - $33,760; Richland Co. & Associates -
$47,100; and Damschroeder - $48,408. The Board took these bids under advisement
and upon the recommendation of Jerry Overmier, said bid will be awarded at a
later date.
The Commissioners
would like to inform those that will be utilizing or visiting the Courthouse
next week that the elevator will be shut down on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 for
scheduled maintenance.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Thomas
L. Kime, Defiance County Commissioner