DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16,
2003
NEWS RELEASE
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners
met 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 Thursday, October 16, 2003. The meeting was called to order by Thomas
Kime, Chairman. Present were Commissioners
Thomas L. Kime, Otto L. Nicely and Richard L.
Cromwell. Also present was Becky
Wagner, Administrator, and Alison Grimes,
Clerk. Joan Brown,
Deputy Clerk, is on vacation.
8:30 a.m. Mark Hopper,
Public Safety Services Coordinator, met briefly with the Board to review
information concerning Informer Alert Boxes.
The Informer is a tone-alert radio, activated by the 911 Emergency
Center, designed specifically for emergency management. The boxes could be placed in schools,
industries or businesses. Funding from a
FEMA grant would allow the purchase of 25 boxes. District schools will be contacted first to
see if they are interested in installing a unit in their school. The box will be no charge; however the school
would be requested to pay for installation and the purchase of the needed
coaxial cable and antenna.
8:45 a.m. General
Session – Commissioners approved and signed various resolutions, contracts and
documents, approved several travel requests, reviewed the agenda items and the
calendar of events, discussed upcoming meetings and updated information for the
calendar of events.
9:50 a.m. Todd Brink, City resident, voiced
concerns regarding the removal of trees behind the old hospital facility. He lives at 208 Biede and can view the treed
area from his home. He would like it to
be kept as a park or park-like area. He
has already gone to a City Council meeting and voiced his concerns there. The Board informed him that the County does
not own the property nor has any legal say in the status of the property. They did note that if, at some time, the
County does obtain ownership, the Board informed Mr. Brink that they had no
plans to remove the trees at this time. Mr.
Brink also asked several questions about the Memorandum of Understanding.
10:00 a.m. Becky Wagner,
Administrator, presented her weekly update at this time. Paving and striping on the parking lot at the
KeyBank facility was to begin this week but was slightly delayed due to
Monday’s rainy weather.
She noted that Ron Cereghin
reported that:
- The
new condenser unit has been installed in the health department
- Air
ducts in Building B will be cleaned next week
- Blue
Flame will be setting the tanks at Evergreen Lane Office Complex next
Tuesday.
- Fitzenrider
believes the new boilers at Evergreen Lane
will be running by next Friday.
The group also briefly discussed the results of last
Saturday’s County auction.
11:00 a.m. Tim Houck,
County Landfill Manager, scheduled to meet with the Board for his monthly
update, cancelled as he is out-of-town for a Wastecon seminar.
Today’s meeting adjourned at 11:12
a.m.
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Thomas
L. Kime, Commissioner