NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY,
JUNE 19, 2008
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session
at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June
19, 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, Cara Brown,
Clerk, and Joanne Goerlitz, Deputy Clerk. Laura Howell, Administrator, was
absent.
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.
Dennis Miller, Maumee Valley Planning Organization
Director, Kent Miller, Hicksville Village Administrator, and Cheryle Culler,
Bonar Group, met with the Commissioners to open bids for the Bryan Street Area
Water Main Improvement Project in Hicksville.
The Engineer’s estimate for this project is $110,600.00. Four bids were
received and are as follows: H&K Construction Services, Sidney, OH -
$103,665.00; All Purpose Contracting, Delphos, OH - $149,363.75; Vernon Nagel,
Napoleon, OH - $119,365.00; and Chuck Samples, General Contractor, Celina, OH -
$113,665.22. The bids were taken under advisement and upon the recommendation
from the project engineer and the Village
of Hicksville, said bid
will be awarded at a later date.
The Commissioners
toured the landfill to view the new BAT construction cell with Tim Houck, Landfill Manager.
Jerry Hayes,
Economic Development Director, Gary
Keys and Hans Rosebrock, First Energy Corp., Charles Corbitt, AEP Ohio, John
Seele, City Finance Director, Dave Williams, City Law Director, and Larry
Plummer, Landowner, met with the Commissioners to discuss additional power
supplies to the enterprise industrial park, CSX-Megasite and other potential
industrial sites. Both AEP and First Energy advised that no determination in
costs for extending power to these areas can be determined until there is a
customer who has a definite need and knows the amount of power needed.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Thomas
L. Kime, Defiance County Commissioner