NEWS RELEASE

DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2006

 

 

The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session 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 Monday, October 23, 2006.  Chairman Thomas L. Kime called the meeting to order.  Also present were Commissioner Otto Nicely, County Administrator Becky Wagner, Clerk Lyla Gurwell and Deputy Clerk Joanne Goerlitz.

 

General Session – The Commissioners were presented with various resolutions and documents for approval.  The Commissioners reviewed agenda items, discussed upcoming meetings, reviewed, and updated the calendar of events.

 

The Commissioners met with Warren Schlatter, Defiance County Engineer.  Warren submitted the final cost on the Farmer-Mark Road Bridge project.  The project site is located 0.50 miles north of Blosser Road and consisted of constructing GRS abutment walls with county pre-cast concrete box beams.  The total project cost was $78,775.

 

Warren also brought in the final change order for the 2006 Paving of Various Roads.  Ward Construction was awarded in March of this year with a total project award of $203,843.  The change order submitted represents an increase of $12,088.

 

Warren also submitted a recommendation to approve a request from the City of Defiance to use permissive tax money on work that was completed on eligible routes.  The total amount submitted by the city was $19,087.

 

Bruce Clevenger from the Ohio State University Extension Office came in with Barb Rohrs and Teresa Johnson to review their third quarter report.

 

Bruce discussed the Defiance County Master Gardeners volunteer thousands of hours of community service annually. They have assisted with over 50 phone calls or personal contacts while volunteering at the OSU Extension office.  They have also provided community beautification and planning at several public parks and gardens.

 

During July through September, over 180 phone calls and/ or personal visits were made to the county agriculture/natural resources educator.  The calls were requesting information on crop production, pond management, insect-pest problems and/ or farm management.

 

Bruce also reported there was a workshop called “Ponds with a Purpose”. Nineteen pond owners and lake managers attended the workshop.  Some of the topics discussed were nutrient management, aeration, fish selection and management and vegetation control.  82% of the participants surveyed indicated they are planning to make changes because of the workshop.

 

Barb Rohrs discussed their Healthy People program.  Barb mentioned the recent news regarding food born illnesses and that it reminds us that food safety cannot be taken lightly.  Thirty people attended a food safety training class, which taught them that some 24-hour flu illnesses are caused from food poisoning.

 

Barb also discussed presenting nutrition education information and resources to St. John’s Lutheran School as part of the statewide nutrition and wellness policy currently being implemented at schools in Ohio.

 

Teresa Johnson discussed the 2006 Junior Fair Update.  Teresa mentioned the 2006 Defiance County Junior Fair had Entries from 512 exhibitors representing both 4-H and FFA.  335 members with non-livestock entries completed 4-H project judging requirements in late July and displayed their exhibits in the multi-purpose building.  A total of 29 youth received honors at the Ohio State Fair.

 

Teresa also submitted her report on 4-H Camp Palmer, which had its highest participation with 180 campers.  67% of campers received a $50 scholarship to attend 4-H camp. A memorial flag folding presentation was held on the last night and was conducted by the 1st Battalion, 25th Marines—Weapons Company.  The Weapons Company also discussed firearm safety and brought some weapons and gear for the campers to look at.

 

Dennis Miller from Maumee Valley Planning came in to discuss bids for the Schick Road Canoe Launch Site.  Dennis reported receiving a base bid of $20,246 with an alternate material bid of $19,781 from J & M Excavating, Inc. from Cleveland, OH.  The second bid was received from Sines Excavating and Concrete LLC from Defiance, OH with a base bid total of $13,943 and an alternate material bid of $12,780.50.

 

 

 

News Release Approved:          ____________________________________________________                                                              Thomas L. Kime, Defiance County Commissioner