NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 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, September 11, 2006. Chairman Thomas L. Kime called the meeting to
order. Also present were Commissioner’s
Richard L. Cromwell, 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. Commissioners also reviewed
agenda items, discussed upcoming meetings and reviewed and updated the calendar
of events.
Mike Koenig from
Koenig Securities came in to discuss replacing the telephone system at the
Courthouse. Mike indicated the
Commissioners might want to consider replacing the system as a number of
telephone calls have been dropped and it seems to be happening throughout the
courthouse. Mike also indicated it would
get increasingly difficult to get the components needed to keep the current
system running. The Board did not make a
decision to replace the current system at this time.
Warren Schlatter, Defiance County Engineer
came in to update the Commissioners on his project list.
Warren mentioned he has closed Farmer-Mark Road north of Blosser to
start the bridge replacement project.
Warren mentioned his staff has been working on a
survey based control network system that ties in with their GIS system. This new feature can be found on the
Engineer’s web site at http://www.defiance-county.com/engineer/engineer.html.
Warren also advised the Board that Behnfeldt Road would
be paved this week with guardrail also being installed. The bridge should be opened by the end of the
week.
Elliott Road is open to through traffic. Warren
explained there are a few items that remained unfinished but are not
significant. The contractor will work on
these items as time allows.
Warren also brought in the final job cost
accounting for several jobs. The
Fountain Street Road project 0.45 miles west of Lake Road included the construction of
GRS abutment walls in preparation of contracted pre-cast beam placement. The
project total was $54,261.
In addition,
Fountain Street Road 0.25 miles east of Lake Road included constructing GRS
headwall extensions and contracted pre-cast beam placement. The project total was $13,558.
Warren also mentioned the Defiance-Henry County Line Road 0.20
miles north of Jewell Road. This project consisted of replacing the
existing structure with 38’ of 79”r x 177”s corrugated aluminized pipe. The cost was $29,413.
Caren Bauer, Executive Director of New Home Development came
in to discuss a proposed project site for a ten-unit apartment complex. The goal of New Home Development is to
construct, renovate and operate housing units, which are occupied at whole or
in part by adults with special health needs and/ or limited incomes.
Future projects in the same area would include a total of 16
acres of ground for development of senior subsidized housing and low to moderate-income
home ownership units.
News Release
Approved: ____________________________________________________
Thomas L. Kime – Chairman,
Defiance County Board of Commissioners