NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY,
AUGUST 25, 2008
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners
met in regular session at 8:30 a.m.
on Monday, August 25, 2008 in the Conference Room in the Commissioners Office
at 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance,
Ohio 43512. Chairman Thomas L. Kime called the meeting to
order. Also present were Commissioners James E.
Harris, Jr. and Otto L. Nicely, Laura Howell,
Administrator, Stephanie Metz, Clerk, and Joanne Goerlitz, Deputy Clerk.
The Commissioners met in General
Session and approved and signed various resolutions, contracts and
documents. The Commissioners also
reviewed the calendar of events and discussed upcoming meetings.
Russ Herman, Defiance County
Assistant Prosecutor met with the Commissioners for an update on various
pending legal matters.
Warren Schlatter, Defiance County Engineer,
met with the Commissioners for his weekly update. Warren
updated the Board on current projects. Huber Road west of
SR 49 will be opened today. This road
was closed for a bridge replacement. Hicksville-Spencerville Road west
of Casebeer-Miller Road
was opened on Friday, August 22, 2008.
There is still some intermittent work to be preformed on this
reconstruction project, but it should not affect traffic. Flory
Road bridge beams should be set tomorrow. The completion date for this project is
September 30, 2008. Cullen south of Blanchard Road is
scheduled for a bridge replacement and will possibly close later this week.
Wayne Olssen, Defiance County Board of
Elections Director, Joe Tubbs, Chairman of the Board of Elections, and Pam
Schroeder, Deputy Director of the Board of Elections, met with the
Commissioners with an update. They
discussed recent directives from Jennifer Brunner, Ohio Secretary of State. Directive 2008-56 provides minimum security
measures for each of the 88 counties.
Directive 2008-65 provides precinct polling location arrangement and
diagrams.
Defiance County recently launched a discount card program
to help consumers cope with the high price of prescription drugs. The County is making free prescription drug
discount cards available under a program sponsored by the National Association
of Counties (NACo) that offers average savings of 20 percent off the retail
price of commonly prescribed drugs. The
Commissioners received a report from NACo for the first two weeks of this
program. There were 83 people benefiting
from this program in Defiance
County with a 17.63%
savings.
Paulding County Commissioners, Tony Burkley,
Martin Harmon and Ed Straley met with the Commissioners to discuss the Auglaize
River Sewer Project. The project costs
and funding were discussed. Another
meeting will be scheduled at a later date for further discussion.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Thomas
L. Kime, Defiance County Commissioner