NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30
a.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2012 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 Otto L.
Nicely and James E. Harris, Jr., Laura Howell, Administrator, Stephanie Metz,
Clerk, and Lanie Lambert,
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.
The Commissioners approved a Delinquent Debt
Collection Agreement between the Ohio Attorney General and
Defiance County Clerk of Court and Defiance County Probate and Juvenile Court.
The
Commissioners’ Office received notification from Matt Davis, Maumee Valley
Planning Organization, that Defiance County was awarded $181,089.00 in the
Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Grant Program. A Lead Entity Contract needs to
be completed and submitted by the Commissioners’ Office. These funds are
available for the demolition of blighted properties in Defiance County. The
program completion date is December 31, 2013.
Laura Howell,
Administrator, met with the Commissioners to provide her weekly update.
Corey Walker,
Defiance County Job & Family Services Director, met with the Commissioners
for an update.
On Tuesday, the
Commissioners attended the 2012 Public Officials’ Tour hosted by Defiance
County Soil and Water. The tour was of
32 sites that utilize various conservation throughout the
County. The tour included eight CRP sites, four ditch projects, Penney
Nature Center, Consolidated Grain and Barge Terminal, Auglaize Village, City of
Defiance Reservoir, Defiance Water Treatment Plant, Municipal Court and
Defiance Annex Building Rain Gardens, Clinton Street Pervious Concrete, two
township site review properties, and the Wal-Mart Tiffin River Mitigation Site.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Thomas
L. Kime, Defiance County Commissioner