NEWS RELEASE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2005
The Board of
8:30 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.
9:30 a.m. Defiance County Administrator
10:00 a.m. Professor Burke with Defiance College accompanied
four senior College Students spoke with the Commissioners on Emergency
Planning/ Preparedness. Involved in the
discussion was
Mark explained there is a very intensive training process that one needs to go through along with after action reviews to enable the crews on scene to discuss what could have been done that may not have been done during the emergency.
Mark also explained that the Natural Disaster Plan has recently been updated and continues to be updated. Mr. Hopper also advised the group that he put together a smaller reference guide that is updated annually that walks you through who you need to call according to the problem or emergency and it has been a very good tool out in the field.
We also have in place a reverse 911 plan which enables the emergency center to call all listed telephone numbers in the effected area as to what measures they need take to stay safe according to the emergency. They have utilized this twice in the past to warn of impending danger to life and/ or property.
The Commissioners wanted to inform the students that a lot of the time FEMA is criticized for not responding to disasters in a timely manner. They reminded the students that FEMA is not the first in charge when a natural disaster happens; the state government needs to declare a state of emergency and request that FEMA get involved. Once FEMA is requested, they are the entity in charge of coordinating the rescues and managing the disaster.
The Commissioners along with
10:00 a.m. Defiance County Treasurer Karen Tubbs
opened bids for Bank Depository. Karen
opened 8 bids for banks that will be named as depositories for
11:30 a.m. Defiance County Health Department’s Kathy
Snow came in to do a presentation to implement a walking path around Defiance
County East to promote a worksite wellness program that would offer incentives
to the
1:30 p.m. Airport Authority Members, John Ferland,
Jim Gillis, Lynn Bergman, Tony Saxton, Jim Harris, Jerry Hayes of Economic
Development met with the Commissioners along with Promedica Representatives,
Dr. John Horns, Cara Priest, Vickie Cobb-Bose, Dr. Lindstrom, Wayne Butzow, and
Larry Yoder with Wells Bowen.
The Commissioners along with the Airport Authority members and Promedica
went through the list of questions and were able to come to an agreement. Promedica will send a letter of intent within
one week to finalize details.
2:30 p.m The Commissioners and staff went over
final details for the open house at the new Defiance County East Office Complex
on
Approved for news release: _____________________________
Otto L. Nicely, Commissioner