DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

News Release

Monday, September 30, 2002

OPENING:

The regular meeting of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners was called to order at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, September 30, 2002, in the Conference Room of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners, 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio 43512 by Chairman Otto L. Nicely.

PRESENT: ABSENT:

Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner

Thomas L. Kime, Commissioner

Richard L. Cromwell, Commissioner

Becky Wagner, Operations Manager/Administrator – attending a seminar

Alison Grimes, Clerk

D. Joan Brown, Deputy Clerk

A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The minutes for the September 26, 2002 meeting were reviewed, and finding no additions or corrections, were approved as read.

Motion – Tom Second – Rich

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION #02-09-551

B. RESOLUTIONS

The following Resolutions were submitted for consideration and approved:

Payment of Vouchers

Motion – Tom Second – Otto Rich abstained

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION # 02-09-552

Transfer of Funds #73 – County Humane Agent

Motion – Tom Second – Rich

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION #02-09-553

Approve MOU Between Commissioners and Defiance County MR/DD

Motion – Tom Second - Rich

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION # 02-09-554

Approve MOU Between Defiance County and Health Department

Motion – Tom Second - Rich

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION # 02-09-555

C. OPEN ISSUES/DISCUSSION

Steve Graf, County Engineer’s office, obtained signatures on two oversized load forms – both for double-wide trailers from All-American Homes, Decatur, Indiana.

D. APPOINTMENTS

8:30 a.m. General Session

9:30 a.m. Gaylon Davis, County Engineer, met with the Commissioners to present his weekly update. Ward Construction has not begun work on the parking lot behind KeyBank. Deadline for completion is this Friday. Mr. Davis noted that penalties will be imposed on ward if the project is not completed.

Regarding other issues, Gaylon noted:

Ø the Snyder Road CSX crossing improvement project has begun today.

Ø the 2002 Paving of Roads Project is nearly complete – some minor patching still needs to be addressed.

Ø AKIL has delayed construction work on Beerbower until later this month.

Ø Seal Coating project is complete.

Ø Gaylon estimates this year’s salt prices to be $39.54 per ton

10:00 a.m. Jerry Overmier, Beilharz Architects, Inc., met with the Commissioners for an update of several projects. Gaylon Davis, County Engineer, remained during the beginning of the meeting as possible alterations to the KeyBank facility to accommodate the Engineer’s office were discussed.

Mr. Davis left at 10:30 a.m. and the group then reviewed plans and discussed the Courthouse Renovation Project. To accommodate suggestions received from the written Courthouse survey taken during the County fair, Commissioners requested Jerry submit total restoration costs of the existing Courthouse and costs to demolish and build a totally new courthouse in place of the old.

1:00 p.m. Commissioner Nicely went to DCTV for a taping. Rich Edmonds, Good Samaritan School Administrator, also went to the taping to discuss the upcoming levy.

Meeting adjourned at 11:10 a.m.

Approved for News Release: ______________________________

Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner