NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, JULY
7, 2005
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 7, 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; Alison Grimes, Clerk, Joan Brown,
Deputy Clerk (present during the Defiance portion of the meeting).
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.
After receiving a recommendation from Poggemeyer Design
Group and approval from the Village
of Hicksville, the Board
of Commissioners awarded the Hicksville Bryan Street Waterline project to All
Purpose Contracting, Delphos, in the amount of $41,498.50.
Pat Slattery, Fairboard President, submitted two proposals
for heavy-duty chain link fencing for a portion of the Fairgrounds:
R and C Fence, Inc $14,980.00
Fort Wayne,
Indiana
Arrow Fence Company $13,000.00
Fort Wayne,
Indiana
After review, the Board approved the $13,000 bid from Arrow
Fence Company; the Board noting that the County will cover $11,000 of the total
cost if the Fairboard will pay $2,000.00.
Commissioners reviewed the latest report from the County Recorder
which noted that 216 deeds, 374 mortgages, 282 releases, 1 lease, 1
partnership, 8 powers of attorney and 3 soldier’s discharges were
recorded. A total of $23,483.75 was
deposited to the General Fund.
9:30 a.m. Commissioners and Staff began the return
trip to Defiance.
10:00 a.m. Becky Wagner,
Administrator, presented the following for the Board’s review:
ü
She received word from the Senior
Services Center
that the Crescent-News will be highlighting the Senior Services
Center in an article in
the Living Section sometime in July.
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Several issues regarding construction work at
Defiance County-East were addressed: mail delivery, flagpole location, electrical
work, location of the county seal and landscaping/leveling dirt were discussed
and resolved.
ü
The Farm Service Bureau will be calling to
schedule a meeting with the Board regarding the renewal of their lease at Evergreen Lane.
11:00 a.m. Members
of the County’s Safety Committee, Vicki Lantz and Bruce Clevenger, presented Sharon Scheuerman, outgoing Safety Committee Chair,
with a plaque and gift, thanking her for her year of service as Chair. The Safety Committee also presented the Board
with four awards received during the Black Swamp Safety Council Awards banquet. Defiance
County received the
following awards which were earned during 2004:
Group Safety Award: Presented
to a company with the lowest incident rate in a safety council group
100% Award: For outstanding effort by supervisory
personnel and employees in operating the entire year without a lost-time injury
Special Award: For outstanding effort in safety by
operating without a lost time accident from June 19, 2003 to present and 952,906 hours
worked
Achievement Award: For
outstanding effort by supervisory personnel and employees in reducing the
annual incident rate by 25% or more
11:15 a.m. Lisa Karcher, Maumee Valley Planning, met
with the Board with the results of the Hicksville Senior Center Parking Lot
project bids. The project is being
completed under the County’s FY 2003 and 2004 CDBG Formula Program. Bids were received from the following:
Gerken Paving, Inc. $23,324.20
Napoleon, Ohio
Strable Paving, Inc. $19,547.90
Cecil, Ohio
Engineer’s estimate is $22,000.00.
After review, and upon further review and approval from the County Engineer,
the Board approved Strable Paving’s bid of $19,547.90.
At 1:00 p.m.,
the Board attended a special Planning Commission meeting at Maumee Valley
Planning. During the meeting,
Commissioners approved and signed the final plat for Commerce Drive (Manville).
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely,
Commissioner