DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

News Release

Thursday, October 10, 2002

OPENING:

The regular meeting of the Board of Defiance County Commissioners was called to order at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, October 10, 2002, in the Conference Room of the Board of Commissioners, 500 Court Street, 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

Alison Grimes, Clerk – on vacation

D. Joan Brown, Deputy Clerk

A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The minutes for the October 3, 2002 meeting were reviewed, and finding no additions or corrections, were approved as read.

Motion – Tom Second – Otto

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION #02-10-568

B. RESOLUTIONS

The following Resolutions were submitted for consideration and approved:

Transfer of Funds #75 – Job & Family Services

Motion – Otto Second - Tom

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION # 02-10-569

Advance Bank of Funds #8 – Brunersburg Sewer Project

Motion – Tom Second - Otto

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION # 02-10-570

Request for Use of Permissive Tax Funds – City of Defiance

Motion – Otto Second - Tom

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION # 02-10-571

Approve Work Order #55 from Mannik & Smith Consultants for Defiance County Landfill

Motion – Tom Second - Otto

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION # 02-10-572

No Purchase Orders – Various

Motion – Otto Second – Tom

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION #02-10-573

Fuel Price Change #574

Motion – Tom Second – Otto

Ø JOURNAL #130, RESOLUTION #02-10-574

C. OPEN ISSUES/DISCUSSION

Commissioners Nicely and Kime reviewed yesterday’s study session at which time they met with Becky Wagner, Operations Manager/Administrator; Sherry Carnahan, Deputy Clerk-Financial; Greg Reinhart and Susie Price of the Wastewater Department, to review finances of the Wastewater Department. They also discussed three problems that have arisen on the Brunersburg Sewer project.

Also, Commissioners met with Jerry Hayes, Director of Economic Development; Brian Keller and Kevin Steyer of Keller Trucking to review the foreign trade zone. Jerry Hayes was asked to schedule a meeting with the Port Authority and others who need to attend.

D. APPOINTMENTS

9:00 a.m. Commissioners attended a meeting of the Workforce Development Consortium (Williams, Paulding, and Defiance Counties) at the Williams County Commissioners’ office to discuss

10:50 a.m. Commissioners Nicely and Kime met with Russ Herman, Assistant Prosecuting. At 10:53 a.m. Mr. Herman requested EXECUTIVE SESSION to discuss imminent or pending litigation, O.R. C. §122.21(G)(3). Commissioner Kime made the motion and Commissioner Nicely seconded the motion. Commissioner Cromwell was absent. All eligible voted aye. At 11:42 a.m. the EXECUTIVE SESSION ended.

No decisions made following Executive Session.

1:15 p.m. General Session

1:45 p.m. Becky Wagner, Defiance County Operations Manager/Administrator, presented her weekly update at this time.

Commissioners reviewed unemployment rates for Ohio for the month of August. Defiance County is at 5% and the unadjusted rate for the state is 5.3%.

Becky reported that she met with one county department regarding the safety issue of not using electric heaters in their office.

A representative of Encode will be meeting October 22 to demonstrate computer software for consideration for the Wastewater Department’s financial recordkeeping.

2:30 p.m. Susan Jackson, Interim Director of Job and Family Services, met with Commissioners to give an update and to discuss the budget. At 2:45 p.m. Susan requested EXECUTIVE SESSION to discuss Personnel, O.R.C. §121.22(G)(1). Commissioner Kime made the motion and Commissioner Nicely seconded the motion. All eligible voted aye. At 3:42 p.m. the EXECUTIVE SESSION ended.

Meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

Approved for News Release: ______________________________

Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner