DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

News Release

Monday, June 24, 2002

OPENING:

The regular meeting of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners was called to order at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, June 24, 2002, in the Conference Room of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners, 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio 43512 by Chairman Otto L. Nicely.

PRESENT: ABSENT:

Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner

Darrell W. Miller, Commissioner

Thomas L. Kime, Commissioner

Becky Wagner, Administrator

Alison Grimes, Clerk

D. Joan Brown, Deputy Clerk

A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The minutes of the June 17, 2002 meeting were reviewed and unanimously approved as read.

Motion –Tom Second – Otto

Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION #02-06-332

B. RESOLUTIONS

The following Resolutions were submitted for consideration and approved:

Payment of Vouchers

Motion – Otto Second - Tom

Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION # 02-06-333

Approve MR/DD Supported Living Lease

Motion - Tom Second - Otto

Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION # 02-06-334

Approve Senior Services Passport Program Agreement

Motion - Otto Second - Tom

Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION # 02-06-335

Fuel Price Change #43 - decrease

Motion - Tom Second - Otto

Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION # 02-06-336

No Purchase Order Request – Jobs & Family Services/WIA

Motion - Otto Second - Tom

Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION # 02-06-337

No Purchase Order Request – Maumee Valley Planning - CDBG

Motion - Tom Second - Otto

Ø JOURNAL #129, RESOLUTION # 02-06-338

C. OPEN ISSUES/DISCUSSION

D. APPOINTMENTS

8:00 a.m. Russ Herman, Defiance County Chief Assistant prosecuting Attorney, met with the Commissioners to review the status of various documents which are at his office pending approval.

8:30 a.m. Merlin Butler, Poggemeyer Design Group, Dennis Miller and Will Burns, Maumee Valley Planning and Sherry Carnahan, Deputy Clerk, met with the Commissioners to review financial information regarding the Brunersburg Sewer Project. Dennis reviewed figures from the income survey which was completed at the beginning of the project. Merlin discussed outstanding expenses and Sherry reviewed payments made. The contractor, Lingvai, is completing seeding, which is the final detail of the project.

8:50 a.m. General Session

9:30 a.m. Gaylon Davis and Warren Schlatter, Defiance County Engineer’s office, met with the Commissioners for an update. Gaylon submitted a diagram of the parking lot behind Key Bank, which is now owned by the County. The current layout has been changed and the new layout they propose provides 80 parking spaces, 4 of which are handicap access. The Engineer’s office estimates the project will cost approximately $29,269.00. A bid date will be set to open bids, probably mid July.

10:00 a.m. Mark Hopper and Julie Fowler, Public Safety Services Coordinator, met with the Commissioners to review Workers’ Comp figures. Workers’ Comp has given Defiance County a 75% discount every other year. Defiance County became group rated in 2001. That year the County received a group discount of over $25,000 and then 75% was taken off the remaining premium.

After the Workers’ Comp presentation, Mark presented a Department of Justice grant funding equipment purchase list. Some of the needed items are explosion-proof hand lanterns, non-sparking tool kits, evidence collection kits and a laptop computer with a chemical systems database installed. The equipment will be used during emergency and hazardous materials situations. The LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) is still pricing necessary items. Initial estimates come to $31,327.00. The Department of Justice will provide estimated funding of $59,000.00.

The Committee continues to work on obtaining other emergency equipment for Defiance County and area fire departments for HAZMAT and LEPC operations.

10:30 a.m. Gary Butler, from Butler/Mohr Real Estate, met with the Commissioners regarding the Village of Sherwood. His agency is proposing “Sherwood Crossing”, a community which would include single-family housing, an apartment complex, an assisted

living facility, a grocery store and retail outlets. The proposed area is located on State Route 18 between Coy Road and US 127, which is all within the Village limits. Mr. Butler is

researching various funding options and he will be given a copy of the County’s Comprehensive Plan to review. Commissioners will check with the Office on Aging and various Federal agencies to see if any grants/funding might be available.

Commissioners will continue to work with the Village administration, council and the developer regarding the project.

11:00 a.m. Commissioners attended the monthly Workforce Development meeting at the Public Safety Services facility. Also in attendance were the Paulding County Commissioners, Tony Burkley, Ron Lane and Maurice Wannemacher and the Williams County Commissioners, Duane Votaw, Marvin Stuckey.

1:30 p.m. The Paulding County Commissioners met with the Defiance County Commissioners to review joint ditch assessments. Tony Burkley, Ron Lane and Maurice Wannemacher, Paulding County Commissioners and Jim Harris, Defiance County Soil and Water Conservation District Administrator, were in attendance. Before any business could begin, it was noted that a Joint Board needed to be established to review the ditch assessments. After discussion Ron Lane, Paulding, made a motion to elect Otto Nicely, Defiance, as Chairman and Maurice Wannemacher, Paulding, as Vice–Chairman.

Motion – Ron Lane, Paulding Second – Tom Kime, Defiance

All eligible voted aye and the motion carried.

The following joint ditches (Defiance in charge of maintenance for these ditches) were reviewed:

2003 Assessment

Arend Joint Ditch #66-195 10%

Forrest Joint Ditch #92-8 0%

Gordon Creek Joint Ditch #79-3 5%

Hook Joint Ditch #98-01 2%

Plumley Joint Ditch #81-5 5%

Also reviewed were the ditches Paulding maintains:

Hurtig 1%

Proxmire 4%

Hasselwerth 7%

Marie DeLarme 10%

Renollet 5%

Accept Assessments as Presented

Motion – Maurice Wannemacher, Paulding Second – Tom Kime, Defiance

All eligible voted aye and the motion carried.

1:52 p.m. Rick Edmonds, Good Samaritan School Administrator, and the Principal of Good Samaritan, Barb Acomb, met with the Commissioners for an MR/DD update. Presently, 68 are enrolled in Quadco, 1 in Peopleworks, 1 in Paulding. Good Samaritan is maxed out regarding the number of students they can accept. Russ Herman, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, arrived at the meeting at 1:55 p.m.

At 1:56 p.m. Mr. Edmonds requested EXECUTIVE SESSION regarding Discipline of Personnel (ORC Section 121.22(G)(1)).

Motion – Tom Second – Otto

All eligible voted aye.

EXECUTIVE SESSION ended at 2:24 p.m.

EXECUTIVE SESSION was reentered at 2:25 p.m. regarding Pending Litigation (ORC 121.22).

Motion – Tom Second – Otto

All eligible voted aye.

EXECUTIVE SESSION ended at 2:40 p.m.

Meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m.

Approved for News Release: ______________________________

Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner