NEWS
RELEASE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at
8:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 21, 2010 in the Conference Room in the
Commissioners Office at 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio 43512. Chairman James E. Harris, Jr. called the meeting to order. Also present were Commissioners Thomas L. Kime and
Otto L. Nicely, Laura Howell, Administrator, Stephanie Metz, Clerk, and Lanie
Miller, 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.
Laura Howell, Defiance County Administrator,
met with the Commissioners for her weekly report and project updates. Laura
provided the following department updates:
Landfill.
Tim Houck reported that the facility is again operating two cells – one in Unit
1, Phase 4 and another in Unit 1, Phase 2. Road litter pick up continued with
69 miles traveled last week.
Public
Safety. County fleet inspections will be
held on Friday, November 5th. Julie Rittenhouse reported EMA will participate
in the Sears Safety Weekend. Participants will be Red Cross, Police, Fire, etc.
A display table will be placed in the Sears store on October 23rd
& 24th. It will be geared towards Family Safety and
Preparedness. We will have
Maintenance. Ron Cereghin reported that
maintenance performed the following at the new Senior Center: poured the rear
steps to the basement, poured the base and reset the flag pole, hung several
items to get ready for the open house, painted basement walls. They also
serviced the courthouse boiler so that it is ready to fire, patched a hole in
parking lot at Defiance County East, and removed sand stone steps from the jail
project and hauled them to Evergreen Lane Office Complex.
Laura reported that all the liming and excavation is done at the Airport
Project. They are starting the stone
base October 20th. This will
take around seven days. At the
Grandstand Project, steel beams have been placed and bleacher construction has
begun. Aluminum to be delivered October 20th and the press box
delivered October 25th.
Randy Vogel, Defiance County Dog Warden, met
with the Commissioners for an update.
Randy reported during September investigating 130 calls resulting in 27
dogs taken to the shelter, 29 warnings and 27 citations. There were 3,189 miles driven. To date there has been $86,793.00 collected
in dog & kennel tags compared to $79,988.00 for 2009.
Ken Keller, First Insurance &
Investments, met with the Commissioners to review health insurance options.
The Commissioners attended the Senior Center
Open House and the Defiance County Trustees Quarterly Meeting.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
James E.
Harris, Jr., Defiance County Commissioner