NEWS RELEASE

DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007

 

 

The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, April 19, 2007  at 8:30 a.m., in the Conference Room of the Defiance County Commissioners, 500 Court Street, Defiance, OH 43512.  Commissioner Otto L. Nicely called the meeting to order.  Also present were Commissioners Thomas L. Kime and James Harris, Sherry Carnahan, Deputy Clerk, and Debra Bloomfield, Deputy Clerk. 

 

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

 

Becky Wagner, Defiance County Administrator, updated the Board on the last safety committee meeting. They Board appointed the current members to a one-year term, beginning January 1, 2007.  It was presented to the Board that Environmental Services and Maintenances would like to rehire the seasonal temp employee that has worked the past 3 years. 

 

Randy Vogel, Defiance County Dog Warden updated the Board on last month’s statistics. His office has been very busy. They received a total of 127 compliant calls for the month of March. He reported that thirty-five dogs were taken to the shelter. This was an increase over last month. There were also twenty-two citations issued.

 

Tim Houck, Defiance County Landfill Manager, opened bids for the BAT Construction Phase 1. Three bids were received:                                                         

Company

Base Bid

Alternate

 

 

 

Comanco – Plant City, Florida

$3,199,016.20

$343,925.00

R.B. Jergens – Vandalia, Ohio

$1,820,254.04

$271,016.00

Melco - Archbold, Ohio

$1,739,756.00

$223,620.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Engineer's estimate for the project was:  Base Bid - $1,767,607.70;  Alternate Bid - $177,000.00            The Board accepted the bids for review.   

 

The Joint Board of Commissioners, Defiance and Williams Counties, met with interested property owners and the Soil and Water Conservation District Boards concerning the Lick Creek Project at 1:00 p.m. at the Williams County Commissioners Office. The joint Board of Commissioners made a recommendation to the project Engineer, Dennis Bell, Williams County, for removal of log jams and stabilization of the curves and banks only.

 

At 1:30 p.m., the Lost Creek Project was discussed.  On further review by the Boards of Commissioners and a recommendation from the joint Board of Soil and Water Conservation of Williams and Defiance Counties, Commissioners voted to proceed with bidding the Lost Creek project. 

 

 

 

 Release Approved:          ____________________________________________________    

                                   Otto L. Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner