NEWS RELEASE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2008
The
Board of
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.
Niki
Warncke, Maumee Valley Planning Office, and Tina Hiler, Senior Center Director,
met with the Commissioners to open bids for a
Warren Schlatter,
Defiance County Engineer, met with the Commissioners for his weekly
update.
Bruce Clevenger,
Barb Rohrs and Teresa Johnson, Ohio State Extension Office, met with the
Commissioners to provide their quarterly update. Anyone interested in any of the OSU Extension
Programs can receive more information by contacting the Defiance OSU Extension
Office at 419-782-4771.
Bruce reported the
he is currently working with local farmers with on-farm research to use
pesticides wisely and profitably. Wheat
research completed in 2008: Statego® fungicide, at a cost of $12.00/acre
applied at growth stage 5-6 for the control of leaf blotch, showed no
significant difference in disease levels or grain yields between plots with or
without the fungicide. Proline®
fungicide, at a cost of $24.50/acre, for the suppression of Fusarium Head Scab,
showed no significant difference in disease levels or grain yields between
plots with or without the fungicide.
Bruce plans on continuing the on-farm research in 2009 with local
farmers. Bruce also reported that local
farmers are doing a lot of soil testing this fall to try to cut down on
fertilizer use. The cost of fertilizer
has increased dramatically in recent years.
Barb Rohrs
reported that multiple healthy finances, healthy relationships and healthy
eating programs were conducted across the county. Community programs were conducted at mall shows,
health fairs, work sites, churches, grocery stores, camps. YMCA, and civic
organizations. Families struggling with
family life issues welcomed information learned at these informal programs. The evaluated programs showed that 98%
learned information that they will use in their life.
Teresa reported on
a shooting sports program that will be put on by Ken and Kay Boroff at Defiance
Fish and Game. This program is for
Jan Excell, Wastewater
Operations, met with the Commissioners for an update. Jan informed the Commissioners that a grinder
pump was replaced at
Jean Zeigler, Clerk of
Courts and Jane Tadsen, Recorder, met with the Commissioners to discuss office
transition. The Commissioners presented
both with proclamations for exemplifying a devoted work ethic to their
professions and choosing to give more to their community.
Jeff Strausbaugh, Defiance
County Prosecuting Attorney, met with the Commissioner to discuss office
transition. The Commissioners discussed
the possibility of renting the current office space to save taxpayer’s money on
renovating a temporary location for the new Prosecuting Attorney.
The Commissioners received
notification of Defiance/Fulton/Henry/Paulding/Van Wert/Williams counties
receiving a Regional Ohio Neighborhood Stabilization Award in the amount of
$1,040,547. Maumee Valley Planning
Office will be organizing meetings with the
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Thomas L. Kime,