NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY,
AUGUST 1, 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 Thursday, July 28, 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; Lyla Gurwell, Clerk, and
Joannne Goerlitz, 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. Defiance County Engineer, Warren Schlatter opened bids for Bowman Road and Breininger Road. The Engineer’s estimate
was $180,000.00. Among those submitting
bids for the Bowman Road were Miller Brothers – Archbold, OH in the amount of $186,392.00, R.G. Zachrich
Construction – Defiance, OH in the amount of $165,699.00 and Taylor Excavating
– Delta, OH in the amount of $163,083.00.
The Engineers estimate for Breininger Road was $284,769.75. Submitting bids for Breininger Road project were Eagle Bridge
– Sidney, OH in
the amount of $389,764.50, Miller Brothers – Archbold,
OH in the amount of $398,085.50 and R.G.
Zachrich Construction – Defiance,
OH in the amount of
$326,263.30. The Engineer’s estimate for
the job was $284,769.75. All bids came
in at 10% over and will need to be re-bid at a later date.
Mr. Schlatter also mentioned that the Wonderly and Scholl Road bridges
are currently closed for replacement.
The old structures will be replaced with concrete box beam structures. Warren
made the decision to close and work on both locations at the same time as the projects
are close in proximity. They will remain
closed through the end of August.
- mentioned the Christy Road Bridge north of Banner School
and south of Coressel Road will open the second week of August. R.G. Zachrich
Construction was awarded the job in March of 2005.
10:30 a.m. Joyce Cavanaugh and Terry Murnane of Farm
Service Bureau met with the Commissioners to discuss the Lease Agreement for
the office space at Evergreen Complex. A
new Lease agreement was signed by the commissioners which included an increase
of $1.75 per sf from the previous 5 year Lease agreement due to the increase of
utilities.
11:00 a.m.
Defiance County Dog Warden Randy Vogel updated the Commissioners on several
issues for the Month of June. Mr. Vogel
reported 132 complaints were investigated, issued 21 warnings, wrote 33
citations, transported 47 dogs to the shelter. The Commissioners encourage
owners of pets to take responsibility and have the animals neutered or spayed.
For the month of June, Vogel disposed of 3,400 pounds of euthanized animals at
the landfill.
Randy also reported that License sales for 2005 were up
$3,382.00 from 2004.
The number of miles driven in the month of June was 2,669.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely,
Commissioner