NEWS RELEASE

DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2007

 

The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, June 4, 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, Jr., Becky Wagner, County Administrator and Joanne Goerlitz, Acting Clerk.   

 

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

 

Jane Tadsen, Defiance County Recorder, reported recording 209 Deeds, 288 Mortgages, 195 Releases, and 4 Power of Attorneys.  The total of the month of May, 2007 was $32,501.25 of which $16,038.50 went toward the Housing Trust Fund and $16,462.75 went toward General Fund.

 

Russ Herman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, met with the Commissioners to update them on pending issues in the Prosecutor's office.

 

The Commissioners will be conducting a Hearing on the Farmer-Mark Tile Project on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Farmer Fire hall located at the corner of SR 249 and Farmer-Mark Road.  A Petition for Construction of Ditch Improvement has been filed with the Board of Defiance County Commissioners on March 14, 2007 to alleviate flooding of property and roadway within the watershed in the vicinity of Farmer-Mark Road south of SR 249 in Farmer Township.  The Hearing will give landowners the opportunity to comment on the project.

 

The Joint Board of Defiance and Williams County Commissioners met for the Bid Opening of the Lost Creek #99-8 Improvement Project.  Bid proposals were received at the appointed time of 1:30 p.m. as follows:  Sines Excavating, Defiance, OH:  $163,175.00; Meadville Land Service, Meadville, PA:  $372,622.16; Gleason Construction Co., Inc., Holland, OH:  $179,701.50.  The Pre-Bid Estimate is $198,000.00.  The Joint Board of Defiance and Williams County Commissioners accepted the Bid proposals for further consideration and upon the recommendation of Mike Boff, Defiance County Soil & Water District Technician, bids will be awarded at a later date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Release Approved:          ____________________________________________________    

                                           Otto L. Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner