NEWS RELEASE

DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008

The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2008 in the Conference Room in the Commissioners Office at 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio 43512. Chairman Thomas L. Kime called the meeting to order. Also present were Commissioners James E. Harris, Jr. and Otto L. Nicely, Laura Howell, County Administrator, Cara Brown, Clerk, and Joanne Goerlitz, Deputy Clerk.

The Commissioners met in General Session and approved and signed various resolutions, contracts and documents, approved several travel requests, reviewed the agenda items and the calendar of events and discussed upcoming meetings.

Laura Howell, Administrator, provided the Commissioners with her weekly operations update. Ron Cereghin had previously obtained quotes for painting several barn roofs out at Evergreen Lane Office Complex but the Board had requested additional information before making a decision. Ron obtained additional information on paint type, warranty, and the cost of putting on synthetic rubberized roofs instead of repainting the old ones. Three quotes were received for the acrylic roof paint: Campbell Painting - $4,845.00, CR Hunt - $6,062.00, and Roehrig Painting - $7,120.00. Campbell Painting and CR Hunt submitted quotes for the synthetic rubberized roofs: Campbell Painting - $12,725.00 and CR Hunt - $9,834.00. The Board authorized hiring Campbell Painting to paint the barn roofs using the acrylic paint at a cost of $4,845.00.

Laura also stated that Ron Cereghin has been approached, by a County employee, about recycling fluorescent light bulbs. Ron has contacted McNaughton-McKay and H. Poll Electric, the County’s current fluorescent light bulb suppliers, about the cost of recycling them. The County uses approximately 600 fluorescent light bulbs a year. The cost to recycle these is approximately $300-400.00.

Greg Reinhart, Wastewater Director, informed Laura that he has been working on the pumps at the Auglaize Pines wastewater treatment plant. Greg, Clint Clauson, Wastewater Operator, and John Shankster worked on the pumps and were able to fix one but the other was still leaking. The Board instructed Laura to inform Greg to pull the failed pump out and try to fix it.

Marlene Goodwin, Auditor, Jill Little, Barb Lasek and Sharon Scheuerman, Deputy Auditors, met with the Commissioners to provide a quarterly update. Also discussed was pending legislation. Marlene also advised that the County was flown over this past weekend for aerial mapping.

Dave Martin, Defiance County 4-H Council, met with the Commissioners to discuss the Horse Council’s need for additional stalls. Dave advised that there are currently 43 stalls available but there are 62 horses. The Board advised Dave to speak with the Fairboard about using other barns at the fairgrounds to house the extra horses.

Release Approved: ____________________________________________________

Thomas L. Kime, Defiance County Commissioner