NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, MAY 23, 2005
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 23, 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 Joan Brown,
Deputy Clerk.
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.
10:00 a.m. Warren Schlatter, County Engineer,
presented his weekly update to the Board.
He presented and the Board signed the plans for replacement of a bridge
on Arrowsmith Road,
.50 miles east of Casebeer Miller
Road, and the replacement of a bridge on Christy Road, .10
miles south of Coressel Road.
Ney-Williams
Center Road remains closed south of County Line
for replacement of a bridge but should be open by the end of the week. The highway crew will begin work on a bridge
on Adams Ridge Road, north
of Nagel Road,
with the pipe to be set the first of June.
The road will be closed for approximately two weeks beginning later this
week.
Warren
reported that he is still working with the insurance adjuster regarding the Glenburg Road
bridge which was damaged a couple weeks ago by a truck which exceeded the
weight limit posted on the bridge.
10:30 a.m. Judge
Joseph Schmenk, County Auditor Marlene Goodwin, and Deputy County Auditor Karen
Zirkle met with the Board to review information from the Office of the Ohio
Public Defender concerning an indigent
defense recoupment program. Judge
Schmenk will contact the State Office for additional information and report
back to the Board.
11:00 a.m. Karen
Tubbs, County Treasurer;
Marlene Goodwin, County
Auditor; met with the
Board to review information for updating computer software for the two
departments. The Board signed a Letter
of Intent with Manatron to reserve a slot for implementation during 2006 or the
spring of 2007.
1:30 p.m. Tim Houck, Landfill Director, presented the monthly
Landfill update. During April, 10,448
tons of waste was received at the Landfill.
Plans and testing for landfill expansion are underway and OEPA approval
is pending. No violations were found
during the OEPA inspection on May 13.
The annual car battery round up is being done by NAPA April 18 through May 24. Second shift recycling is being done in the Village of Hicksville during May, June, July and
August. For more information, contact
Environmental Services at 419-782-5442.
Tim reminded the Board that the next Solid Waste District meeting is
scheduled for July 25th at the Fulton County Commissioners’
office.
2:30 p.m. Mayor Bob Armstrong, Administrator Jeff
Leonard, Attorney David Williams from the City of Defiance; John Clark and Jeff
Stone from the Wastewater Treatment Plant; and Jerry Hayes, Economic
Development, met with the Board to update each other on various projects
involving both the City and the County.
These projects included: the
Express Sewer, the Standridge Rail Spur, and the Johns Manville project.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely,
Commissioner