NEWS RELEASE

DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2006

The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. in the Hicksville Village Council Room, Hicksville, Ohio on Thursday, July 6, 2006. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Thomas L. Kime. Also present were Commissioner’s Richard Cromwell, Otto L. Nicely; Becky Wagner, County Administrator, and Lyla Gurwell, Clerk. Joanne Goerlitz, Deputy Clerk, was in attendance at the Defiance location.

General Session – The Commissioners were presented with various resolutions and documents for approval. Commissioners also reviewed agenda items, discussed upcoming meetings and reviewed and updated the calendar of events.

The Commissioners passed a resolution to authorize the Village of Hicksville to use permissive tax funds which will be used for berm work and road patching.

The Commissioners also passed a resolution awarding the 2006 Pavement Marking Project bid to Aero-Mark, Inc., Streetsboro, OH for the amount of $94,079.29.

Other resolutions passed were for the Defiance County Engineer’s Office. Warren Schlatter is working on several bridge projects. Two of those bridges are located on Fountain Street Road. One is located 0.25 miles east of Lake Road and the other is 0.45 miles west of Lake Road. One another project is located on Defiance-Henry County Line Road in Richland Township, 0.20 Miles North of Jewell Road.

The Commissioners received information from Becky Wagner, Defiance County Administrator regarding blacktop sealing for the lot beside the courthouse – approximately 8,160 square feet along with striping 24 parking stalls.

Becky also submitted quotes to the Board of Commissioners on blacktop sealing for the north lot by the courthouse which is approximately 11,940 square feet along with crack sealing 675 linear feet and striping 38 parking stalls.

Also quoted was the parking area between the VFW and the Courthouse which includes 3,000 feet of blacktop sealing and striping of 15 parking stalls.

The Commissioners elected to use Hill Paving LLC for these projects for a total cost of $3,514 and includes 2 coats of seal on the three lots.

The Commissioners met with Tim Houck, Director of Environmental Services who reviewed his report for the Month of May.

The monthly tons collected are at 11,445.62 and 48,420 year-too-date. Total monthly cubic yards for the month of May were 32,143 with a year-to-date total of 131,247.

Loose cubic yards are at 47,954 or 37% of the annual percentage and compacted cubic yards are 83,293 or 63% of the annual percentage. The month of May indicates 19,389 compacted cubic yards and 12,754 loose cubic yards.

Tim reported the annual tons total for May is at 11,446 for a year-to-date total of 48,420.

Tim reported 75,020 gallons of Leachate for a total of 432,780 year-to-date.

The Hicksville Transfer Station has collected $5,391 year-to-date as compared to the total sales for 2005 was $4,581.

News Release Approved: ______________________________________________

Thomas L. Kime, Commissioner