NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, JULY 30, 2012
The Board of
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.
Julie Voll, Defiance County Family & Children First/Help Me Grow,
met with the Commissioners for an update. Julie reported that she has completed
& submitted SFY 2013 Operational Capacity
Building Funds application and the SFY 2013 Assurance
Statement for Family Centered Services & Supports funding. The Ohio Children's
Trust Fund SFY 2012 report regarding child abuse
& neglect prevention awareness was submitted.
Warren Schlatter, Defiance County Engineer, met with the Commissioners
for an update. Warren informed the Board that the paving on Breckler
Road is completed. The contractor is now paving Elliott Road. The Bend Road
Bridge over Mud Creek is currently being replaced. Roadside grading work
continues on Williams Road and Banner School Road.
Judge Strausbaugh,
Defiance County Probate/Juvenile Court, and Mick Procratsky
and Jan Lauro, Juvenile Probation, met with the
Commissioners to discuss the RECLAIM grant. The 2012 RECLAIM grant was
$68,378.00. This funding was utilized for work detail, monitor/surveillance,
residential treatment (placement), clinical assessment, and program
administration. There is currently an average of 150 juveniles per month seen
by Juvenile Probation.
The Commissioners
attended the Four County Solid Waste District Board of Directors Meeting.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Thomas
L. Kime, Defiance County Commissioner