NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY,
AUGUST 15, 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 Monday, August 11, 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
Joanne Goerlitz, Deputy Clerk.
8:30 a.m. General Session Clerk, Lyla Gurwell presented various resolutions, contracts
and documents for approval of the Commissioners. Commissioners also 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. Engineer Warren Schlatter updated the
Commissioners on projects including a recent completed paving project in the
Village of Hicksville at Meuse Argone (Hicksville-Edgerton Road). Village Administrator Kent Miller requested
the use of permissive tax money ($20,082) for this paving project.
Reported he received a call from the Insurance Agent
handling the Glenburg
Road Bridge
claim. Mr. Schlatter reported he had
received word the claim was denied but had no further details to offer. Warren
will contact the agent for the insurance company to find out what the basis was
for denial of the claim and will also have discussion with the prosecuting
attorneys office to see what can be done at this point to pursue reimbursement
for repair or replacement of the bridge.
Commissioners signed the 2005 Pavement Marking contracts
awarded to Aero Mark, Inc. for the amount of $79,523.10.
Also signed contracts for the Bowman Road Bridge Materials
project awarded to R.G. Zachrich Construction Inc. for the amount of $165,699
10:30 a.m. Economic Development Assistant Director Matt
Gilroy spoke to Commissioners regarding Enterprise Zone Agreements for Defiance
Metal Products, Stover Family Investments, LLC & Agri-Lube, Inc., Defiance
Stamping Company and Callan Investors, LLC., Olson Commercial Cold Storage,
LLC., and The Hubbard Company. The
Commissioners will meet again on Monday, August 22nd at 1:30 to allow additional time for the
Commissioners to review the documents.
11:00 a.m. City officials along with Economic
Development Director Jerry Hayes spoke to the board to further discuss the prospect
of ZincOx coming to Defiance. One issue involved is the unknown costs
associated with running a pre-treatment facility. Jerry Hayes will draft a
letter of intent to ZincOx for the commissioners and city officials to review
by the end of the week.
In the meantime, the City of Defiance
along with County Officials will be working with the state to obtain any
grant money available for this project if ZincOx chooses to come to Defiance.
1:30 p.m. Rural Development Specialist Lee
Sonnenberg spoke to the Commissioners regarding the preparation of closing the
Rural Development loan for the Indian
Bridge – Green Acre
Subdivision Sewer Collection project.
Rural Development has previously financed Defiance County
for this Wastewater project.
The current loan and grant have been used to construct a
wastewater collection system to serve this small subdivision. Treatment will be provided by the City of Defiance under a treatment
contract that has been approved by USDA Rural Development.
A pre-closing meeting is scheduled for September 19, 2005 at 1:30 to review further details prior
to closing.
In further business, the Board of Commissioners reported
that they had received a report from Tina Hiler, Senior Center Director
regarding the successful Picnic in the Park – Latty’s Grove, Veterans Memorial Park. Attendance was up from last year from 350 to
600 attending. The commissioners would
like to take this opportunity to thank the Auxiliary Board members, the Defiance County Senior
Center employees, and all
of the volunteers for a job well done.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely,
Commissioner