NEWS
RELEASE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2010
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at
8:30 a.m. on Monday, October 4, 2010 in the Conference Room in the
Commissioners Office at 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance,
Ohio 43512. Chairman James E. Harris,
Jr. called the meeting to
order. Also present were Commissioners Thomas L.
Kime and Otto L. Nicely, Laura Howell,
Administrator, Stephanie Metz, Clerk, and Lanie Miller, Deputy Clerk.
Russ Herman, Defiance County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, met with
the Commissioners for an update.
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. The Commissioners
awarded the bid for the Defiance County Fairgrounds Grandstand Installation
project, based upon the recommendation of Beilharz Architects, Inc. and the
Fair Foundation, to Dave York Sports, Inc. in the amount bid by them of
$178,000.00.
The Clerk informed the Board that on Friday,
October 1, 2010, the office received an Expedited Type 2 Annexation Petition
from Troy Essex, Agent for the petitioners.
The petitioners are Adnan Hani Assaf and Angela Susan Assaf and Wash
Your Car, LLC. They are petitioning
1.711 acres of real estate in Richland Township to be annexed into the City of
Defiance.
Karen Tubbs, Defiance County Treasurer, met
with the Commissioners for the third quarter investment advisory meeting. The
Defiance County Investment Portfolio, Landfill Closure Portfolio and Post
Closure Portfolio were approved.
Karen Tubbs met with the Commissioners to
sign a $91,200.00 Bond Anticipation Note for the purpose of constructing the
Black Ditch.
The Commissioners
recently received the monthly report from Cecilia Parsons, Defiance County
Recorder. Cecilia reported that during
the month of August 2010 the total instruments filed were as follows: Deed –
144; Mortgages – 254; Releases – 257; Liens – 10; Power of Attorney – 8; Plats
– 3. She also reported total receipts of
$31,297.25, of which $15,320.00 went to the Housing Trust Fund and $13,377.25
went to the General Fund.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
James E.
Harris, Jr., Defiance County Commissioner