NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, MAY 22, 2006
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session
at 8:30 a.m. in the Conference Room of the Board of Defiance
County Commissioners, 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio
43512 on Monday, May 22,
2006. Chairman Thomas Kime called the
meeting to order. Also present were Commissioners Richard
Cromwell, Otto Nicely, Clerk Lyla Gurwell,
and Deputy Clerk Joanne Goerlitz.
General Session – The
Commissioners were presented with various resolutions and documents for
approval. Commissioners also reviewed
agenda items, discussed upcoming meeting and reviewed and updated the calendar
of events.
Defiance County Public Safety Services Director, Mark
Hopper, updated the Commissioners on the on the updates to
the Defiance County Emergency Operation Basic Plan. The Plan has been updated to be NIMS
(National Incident Management System) Compliant. The basic plan includes additional maps of
Cities & Villages and Ohio Precipitation Maps. The adoption of NIMS will provide a
consistent approach to the effective management of situations involving natural
or manmade disasters by using a set standardized structure at all levels of
government.
Commissioners signed an agreement between the Ohio Department of Health
and the Defiance County Family and Children First Council. The agreement is a mechanism to reimburse
counties for developmental evaluations completed on each infant or toddler
referred to the Help Me Grow Program.
Based upon the requirements of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act, Ohio Department of Health will reimburse the administrative agency of each
Family and Children
First County
$300.00 for each developmental evaluation
conducted on an infant or toddler referred to the Help Me Grow Program.
Defiance County Engineer, Warren Schlatter
updated the Commissioners on the Elliott Road Project. Warren
stated that he is making sure the contractor follows the Storm Water Pollution
Prevention Plan which was mentioned as part of the bid package for this
job.
Warren also discussed road work on Defiance-Henry County Line Road. Warren
mentioned the road is open to through traffic but added road crews are
finalizing the work in that location. Henry County
will be billed for one half of the cost of this project.
Warren also discussed the 2006 Issue II Paving of
Various Roads awarded to Gerken Paving. Warren indicated the
project would begin mid June and will include 7.87 miles of roadway on Adams
Ridge Road.
The estimated cost of the project is $467,822.35 (which breaks down to
approximately $60,000 per mile for 1 ½” of asphalt.
Merlin Butler from Poggemeyer Design Group came in to discuss Elliott
Road Land Acquisition with the Commissioners.
Merlin discussed the need for approval of a permanent easement for the
sanitary sewer, legal description and location sketch. Russ Herman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
is assisting with this process.
Maumee Valley Planning, Lisa Karcher came in to discuss the 2006
Formula Program and the Community Housing Improvement Strategy.
Lisa discussed locations for project submissions within Defiance County.
They range from Waterlines extensions, replacement of old culverts and
storm drain outlets. Unfortunately there
is not enough funding available in the budget for all of the updates, but most
will be funded. Lisa mentioned the
allocation was down this year by $10,000.
News Release Approved: ______________________________________________
Thomas
L. Kime, Commissioner