NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at
8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 3, 2012 in the Hicksville Village Council Room,
Hicksville, Ohio. Chairman Thomas L.
Kime called the meeting to order. Also present were
Commissioners James E. Harris, Jr. and Otto L. Nicley, Laura Howell, Administrator, and Lanetha Miller, Deputy Clerk.
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.
Laura Howell, Administrator, met with the
Board to provide her weekly update with various department and project updates. Laura informed the Commissioners that 189
residents have hooked up to the Auglaize River Sewer. 31 residents still need
to hook up. Since all residents in the Auglaize Pines Sewer have now connected
to the Auglaize River Sewer, the contractor will begin demolition of the old
Auglaize Pines Sewer building.
The Commissioners attended the Continued
Final Hearing for the Lick Creek Ditch Improvement Project. The Joint Board
authorized payment of Bryan Publishing and Defiance Publishing totaling $192.53
out of the existing funds. They met in executive session with legal counsel, Bill Stockinger and
the Petitioners to discuss possible settlement offers. They then met in
executive session with legal counsel to discuss pending litigation. No
decisions were made in either executive session. The Joint Board directed
Donald Theis, Joint Board legal counsel, to contact the Courts and explain that
the Joint Board attempted to come to a consensus with all parties and could
not, the Joint Board feels that mediation would be a waste of taxpayers’ money,
as no party is willing to change their position(s), and request that the Courts
proceed with the suit, the appeal in particular. The Joint Board tied a vote to
advance the amount of 10% of the Engineer’s Preliminary Estimate, on top of
what has already been allocated, to the Lick Creek Fund to be split equally.
The matter will be referred to ODNR to break the tie. The Joint Board adjourned
the hearing to Monday, June 18, 2012 at 1:30 pm at the Defiance County EMA
Building.
The Commissioners
recently received the monthly report from Defiance County Recorder Cecilia
Parsons. Cecilia reported that during the month of April 2012 the total
instruments filed were as follows: deeds - 171; mortgages – 200; other liens –
9; releases – 211; power of attorney – 5; soldiers discharge – 2; leases – 2.
Total receipts were $29,378.75, of which $14,369.00 was to the Housing Trust
Fund and $12,685.75 was to the General Fund.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Thomas
L. Kime, Defiance County Commissioner