NEWS
RELEASE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2010
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at
8:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 14, 2010 in the Conference Room in the
Commissioners Office at 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance,
Ohio 43512. Chairman James E. Harris,
Jr. called the meeting to
order. Also present were Commissioner Thomas L.
Kime, Laura Howell, Administrator, Stephanie Metz, Clerk, and Lanie Miller,
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.
Laura Howell, Defiance County Administrator,
met with the Commissioners for her weekly report and project updates. Laura
provided the following department updates:
Child
Support. Sandy Schappert reported for September:
Approximate caseloads include 2,851 cases with orders and 285 cases without
orders, $5,351,873 collections year to date, $524,392 expenditures year to
date, $574,559 actual collections for the month, and $201 average collection
per case for the month.
Public
Safety. Julie Rittenhouse reported that on Monday,
she, Ron Cereghin, Larry Woods and Eric Weber completed the building inspection
of Defiance County East and the new Senior Center.
Dog
Warden. Randy Vogel stated that door
to door dog tag checks is continuing.
Maintenance. Ron Cereghin reported that the Senior
Center flag pole and step repairs should be completed by Friday, weather
permitting. He is also in the process of
replacing nine deciduous trees at the Defiance County East complex.
Jerry Overmier, Beilharz Architects, met
with the Commissioners to discuss the Courthouse ADA Improvements project. The push-button mechanism for the ADA
accessible doors into the Courthouse will be installed through the Historic
Jail Project.
Pam Schroeder and Tim Holtsberry, Board of
Elections, met with the Commissioners to discuss their budget. The Board of Elections has received the settlement
check of $6,317.50 from Premier/Diebold. The 23 new machines are to arrive on October
22, 2010. The Board of Elections requested to use some of those funds for the
remainder of 2010. The Board of
Elections is requiring $1000 to pay for the shipping on the machines. The Board of Elections needs
a total of $3000 in additional funds for Printing and Advertising - $1,100 to advertise for a new deputy
Director and $1,900 in miscellaneous printing for the November 2, 2010 General
Election. The Commissioners approved the utilization of the settlement check in
the manner proposed by the Board of Elections.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
James E.
Harris, Jr., Defiance County Commissioner