NEWS RELEASE

DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2007

The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, June 18, 2007 at 8:30 a.m., in the Conference Room of the Defiance County Commissioners, 500 Court Street, Defiance, OH 43512. Commissioner Otto L. Nicely called the meeting to order. Also present were Commissioners Thomas L. Kime and James Harris, Jr., Becky Wagner, County Administrator and Joanne Goerlitz, Acting Clerk.

Russ Herman, Defiance County Assistant Prosecutor, met with the Commissioners to update them on pending issues at the Prosecutor's office.

The Board received the May, 2007 Activity Report from Jean Ziegler, Clerk of Courts. Jean reported collecting Legal fees of $14,181.13 and Title Fees of $6,001.11. The Certificate of Title Administrative Fund is at $11,144.95. Jean also reported deposits for the following: Legal Fees of $66,397.73 and Title Fees of $517,891.40. The Sales or Use and Dealers Tax collected were $486,332.53 and Watercraft Tax collected was $2,940.07. The number of Titles issued was 2,579, number of Notation of Liens 611 and number of Inspections was 541.

Warren Schlatter came before the Board for an update. Warren submitted to the Commissioners his departments Accumulated Revenue Report for 2007. The Board also approved constructing a GRS retaining wall and road reconstruction on Huber Road .04 to .13 miles west of Cicero Road excluding the bridge area. The estimated project cost is $27,958.98.

Greg Reinhart met with the Board and submitted his income and expense report for May 2007 for Wastewater Operations.

Elizabeth Miceli came before the Board to discuss bond financing for the Recovery Services of Northwest Ohio Project. The project is in the amount of $1,500,000 which will be used to purchase a building in Defiance, OH. Part of the money will also be used to refinance taxable debt that was issued to purchase buildings in two other locations. The Recovery Services of Northwest Ohio provides comprehensive chemical dependency outpatient counseling, prevention and education services to individuals and their families. The organization currently provides individual and/or group counseling at schools, correctional facilities, etc. depending on specific needs.

Kim Moss of the Defiance County Health Department and the Defiance City Board of Control met with the Commissioners to discuss a county wide building department. Discussion included pros and cons of a county wide building department and further discussion will take place at a later date.

Morris Murray, Director of the Defiance County Child Support Enforcement Agency, met with the Board to discuss the IV-D Service Contract. At the meeting, the Commissioners approved the contract for probation services for offenders convicted of criminal non-support of dependents.

Sally King, Director of Sara's House, Defiance County Prosecutor Jeff Strausbaugh, and Amy Galbraith, met with the Board to discuss preliminary stages of a new location for Sara's House. More information is needed before a decision is made.

Release Approved: ____________________________________________________

Otto L. Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner