NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY,
JULY 7, 2008
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session
at 8:30 a.m. on Monday,
July 7, 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 was Commissioners James E. Harris, Jr. and Otto L. Nicely, Laura Howell, County Administrator, Cara Brown,
Clerk, and Julie Voll, 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.
Karen Tubbs, Treasurer, met with the Commissioners
to provide the 2nd Quarter investment update. Karen stated that the
market sentiment has changed during the quarter along with increased
inflationary pressure. This quarter has been volatile with the 2 year treasury
starting the quarter at 1.59%, rising to 3.04% in mid-June and currently being
2.5%.
Warren
Schlatter, Engineer, met with the Commissioners for his weekly update. Warren advised that the Defiance-Williams County Line Road
bridge is completely finished. Crews will begin working on the Hicksville-Spencerville Road
project this week. Crews will then move onto Ayersville Avenue to work on the bridge
at Edgewood Drive
and onto Harris Rd, north
of Steinmaier, to move a ditch back. Ayersville
Avenue will be closed for approximately 4-5 weeks
during the bridge work.
Stever Road bridge
is scheduled to be poured tomorrow, weather permitting and work is scheduled to
begin on the Flory Road
bridge, between Stever and Christy, in the next few weeks. Once this work
begins, this portion of Flory will be closed.
The
Commissioners also took time to go view the Beetree Run Ditch improvement
project.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Thomas L.
Kime, Defiance County Commissioner