NEWS RELEASE

DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 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 September 12, 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. Russ Herman Assistant Prosecuting Attorney updated the Commissioners on various issues to include the Right-of-way on Second Street and Clinton Street.

9:00 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.

Received a press release from U.S. Department of Homeland Security regarding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The following response from the Federal Government as of Thursday, September 8, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. Lives saved and rescued performed was 47,300, People houses in shelters is 235,200, FEMA responders 7,500, U.S Coast Guard Personnel 4,000, National Guard Personnel 45,000, Active Duty Military 19,000, MRE’s to date are 17,000,000 and Water provided in liters is 37.4 million.

10:00: A.M. Warren Schlatter, County Engineer, presented the following for the Board’s review:

Warren discussed the progression of the Bowman Road Bridge. The bridge is approximately half finished with the beams being set the first week of October. If the weather holds out, the bridge should reopen by mid November.

Also discussed the Wonderly Road Bridge. The Defiance County Highway Department replaced the old structure with a reinforced concrete box.

Warren also updated the Commissioners on the accumulated revenue through the month of August for his department. He indicated revenue was currently at $2,524,618.51. Permissive Tax is currently at $282,866.21, Motor Vehicle Tax at $855,234.10, Gas Tax $1,372,354.56 and Court Fees for August were $14,163.64.

11:00 A.M. Greg Reinhart, Waste Water Operations discussed the Evergreen Lane Office Complex project. The estimated cost of the project will be $10-11,000 for chlorination and de-chlorination.

Also reviewed the relocation of a sewer line on Haller Road. The line will need to be lowered to meet the requirements of Ohio Department of Transportation relocation of Haller Road.

11:30 A.M. Sheriff Westrick & Randy Vogel, Defiance County Dog Warden and Assistant Dog Warden, Mike Zipfel met with Commissioners to discuss working closer together on various issues pertaining to dogs/ animal issues throughout Defiance County.

1:30 P.M. Defiance and Paulding County Commissioners met to establish a Joint Board for the Carry-All ditch project. Mr. Cromwell was elected Chairman of the Carry-All ditch project and Lyla Gurwell was elected Clerk for this project. The Board voted to proceed to advertise for bids for this project.

2:30 P.M. Mannick & Smith, Bob Giaimo came in to discuss granting the transfer of an easement to the City of Defiance for the Radius on the curve at north east corner of Clinton and Second Street.

Approved for news release: _____________________________

Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner