NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 25, 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, August 25, 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.
The Commissioners awarded the bid for the Bowman Road
Bridge project. Warren Schlatter,
Defiance County Engineer awarded the bridge
project to R.G. Zachrich Construction, Inc., Defiance, OH
with a bid of $217,929.36. The
Engineer’s estimate was $227,420.
The Commissioners also signed contracts for a Grant offer
for the Defiance Memorial
Airport, Defiance, OH. The offer was issued by the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration on behalf of the United States to pay the
Government’s share of the allowable project cost up to the maximum of $128,311
for this development project.
9:30 A.M. Job
& Family Services, Dennis McKay – Discussed the rental agreements with
Commissioners. Job & Family will
move into the new Defiance
County East
Building in mid to late September. Decision made by the Board to renew the lease
on a yearly basis.
10:15 A.M. Maintenance
Supervisor, Ron Cereghin received several quotes from various contractors to
seal the parking lot at the Evergreen Lanes Office Complex located on Evansport Road. The contractors were asked to provide quotes
on a 2-coat seal application along with striping parking areas. Upon review of
the quotes, the Board made the decision to go with Strable Paving, Inc located
in Cecil, OH
who submitted a bid for $7,515.
Discussed the date and location for the COUNTY AUCTION
– decision made to hold the auction at Evergreen Lanes on October 15 at 10:00.
10:30 A.M. Landfill
Manager, Tim Houck – Updated the
Commissioners on several issues to include the 2005 Annual Sales Summary. Total
year to date sales are $1,623,735.
Annual ton totals were 68,198.
The year to date annual cubic yards taken to the landfill were 178,331
cubic Yards to include residential, commercial and C & D.
The Defiance County Landfill Leachate Monthy Gallon Totals taken in
through July were 157,676 and total for the year to date were 1,796,300.
Mr. Houck mentioned in looking at the Yearly/ Monthly Cubic Yards
Comparison, the two largest years in revenue were 2000 at 326,165 and 2001 at
342,264. In 2004, the landfill took in
over 113,500 total ton of waste as compared to previous months. The second highest year for waste intake was
2001 at 93,836.
1:00 P.M. Defiance County
Planning Commission met with Terry Brown regarding his application for
Subdivision Variance for a 3.6 acre parcel located in Hicksville Township. It did not meet the width to depth
requirements. The request was denied by
the Defiance County Planning Commission Board.
They asked Mr. Brown to work with Maumee Valley Planning to change the lot
sizes so that he meets the requirements.
In other business, the Planning Board will start to review the new
subdivision regulations on lot sizes and various other issues under house bill
115.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely,
Commissioner