DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, AUGUST 11,
2003
NEWS RELEASE
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners
met 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 Monday, August 11, 2003. The meeting was called to order by Thomas
Kime, Chairman. Present were Commissioners
Thomas L. Kime, Otto L. Nicely and Richard L.
Cromwell. Also present was Becky
Wagner, Administrator, Alison Grimes, Clerk and Joan
Brown, 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. Gaylon Davis,
County Engineer,
met with the Commissioners at this time to present his weekly update. He handed out a copy of the latest ODOT
construction update for the Board’s review.
Gaylon tentatively set a meeting date of Friday, August 15
at 1:30 p.m. to discuss a drainage
issue with Charles Everett, Hicksville resident; Warren
Schlatter, Engineer’s office; Russ Herman, County Chief Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney and one of the Commissioners.
The site in question is located adjacent to the fairgrounds.
Gaylon also reviewed accumulated revenue for his department,
which is up, and presented flood stage information in graph form.
10:30 a.m. The Mark Township Trustees, Vernon Haase,
Peter Kennerk and Richard Polter, and Clerk Thelma Bassett met with the Board, Russ
Herman, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, and John Vanderhoff, regarding Vreba
Hoff Dairy and Breininger Road. Gaylon
Davis, County Engineer,
remained for this meeting. Due to the
amount of road use by dairy trucks, Breininger Road
needs widened, repaired and strengthened.
Originally, the dairy was going to fund $30,000, Mark
Township was to put in $30,000 and
the remainder would come from Tax Increment Financing. Gaylon informed the group that engineering
for the project was completed some time ago.
Total project cost is approximately $95,000 to improve 2,400 feet of
roadway, but that figure is several years old.
The group discussed different options in an attempt to reduce the total
cost of the project and also discussed other funding avenues. If grant funding is obtained (Issue II), the
scope of the project will be increased. Gaylon
was asked to provide a more accurate cost estimate. The dairy and the Trustees committed to
completing the project, but work will probably not begin on the road until
2004.
At 1:00 p.m.,
the Board went to Good Samaritan School where they were given a demonstration
for a Diebold electronic voting booth.
2:00 p.m. Greg Reinhart, County Wastewater
Operations Director, met with the Board to give a brief status update of
various county sewer pump stations. Greg
was asked to create an inspection schedule to check flow in each system.
Greg also asked about handling late fees when the customer
is chronically late or allows the bill to ride from month to month. He will check with the Prosecutor’s office to
see what legal recourse he has.
Today’s meeting adjourned at 2:55
p.m.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Thomas
L. Kime, Commissioner