DEFIANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004

The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioners Conference Room, 500 Court Street, Defiance, Ohio 43512 on Thursday, September 9, 2004. The meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairman Thomas L. Kime. Also present were Commissioner Otto L. Nicely; Becky Wagner, Administrator; Alison Grimes, Clerk and Joan Brown, Deputy Clerk. Absent was Commissioner Richard L. Cromwell.

8:30 a.m. General Session Russ Herman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, met briefly with the Board to present paperwork regarding three land appropriations for the Bend Road widening project. Commissioners approved the appropriation of land from David E. and Lupe Hissong, Jessee J. and Rosemary D. Yates and Dawn and Ray Allison, David E. and Lupe Hissong, Daniel E. Hissong and Mary Ellen Hissong.

Commissioners approved and signed various resolutions, contracts and documents, approved several travel requests, reviewed the agenda items and the calendar of events, discussed upcoming meetings and updated information for the calendar of events.

Commissioners received notice that the County successfully competed for a FY 2004 Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) Grant Award. $1,800,000 of Ohio Housing Trust Funds have been allocated statewide; $1,000,000 has been targeted to home repair activities and $800,000 targeted for new construction activities proposed to help build homes in conjunction with local Habitat for Humanity affiliates. The program is effective September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2006. For more information, please call Maumee Valley Planning Organization at 419.784.3882.

The Board was also informed the County received another grant, this one from the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program in the amount of $200,000, for community and economic development. The funds will be utilized to assist the Standridge Color Corporation, a new manufacturing industry that is establishing a plant on Integrity Drive. The project includes the construction of a manufacturing facility and the purchase of machinery and equipment. A producer of color concentrates and compounds for the plastics industry, Standridge’s main plant is in Social Circle, Georgia.

9:30 a.m. Becky Wagner, County Administrator, was presented her update at this time. Jerry Overmier, Beilharz Architects, advised Becky that he is waiting for the Medical Office Building structural report, but has scheduled a meeting with the Commissioners next Thursday to review the report plus discuss the electrical and heating.

Mr. Overmier also advised that the legal notice for the bidding of the accessibility ramp at the Hicksville Senior Services Center should be in the paper within the next two weeks. It will be advertised over a 4-week period and then the bids can be opened. A specific bid date has not yet been set.

The attorneys involved in the purchase of the Medical Office Building will be meeting Friday at the City Annex to review paperwork and their “to do” list.

10:30 a.m. Tim Houck, Landfill Manager, met with the Board to open bids for the removal of timber at the landfill. Bids were received from the following:

Leland Frank $300.00

Frank’s Timber Company

West Unity, Ohio

The project is estimated to cost $200,000 to remove the timber.

As only one Commissioner was present (Commissioner Kime left at 10:00 a.m. to attend a CCAO Infrastructure Committee meeting in Columbus), the bid will be accepted at Monday’s meeting. Mr. Houck will also have his recommendation at that time.

11:00 a.m. Gaylon Davis, County Engineer, met with the Board to open bids for the 2005 Salt Program. Bids were received from:

Cargill $49.70 per ton, dumped

North Olmstead, Ohio

North American Salt No Bid

Overland Park, Kansas

Morton Salt $41.61 per ton, dumped

Chicago, Illinois

Again, as only one Commissioner was present, the bids will be accepted during Monday’s meeting.

Gaylon also noted that the culvert on Standley Road has been set and the Hicksville railroad underpass on High Street will be closed for approximately another month to repair the viaduct.

There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 11:10 a.m.

Approved for news release: _____________________________

Thomas L. Kime, Commissioner