NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at
8:30 a.m. on Monday, February 4, 2013 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, and Stephanie
Metz, Clerk.
Morris Murray, Defiance County Prosecuting Attorney, and Russ Herman,
Defiance County Assistant Prosecutor, met with the Commissioners for an update
on various pending legal matters.
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 an Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund for
Clemens Mobile Welding, LLC. to finance machinery and equipment costs related
to the acquisition of a Plasma Burning Table. The associated tooling, software
and crane for the expansion of the fabrication facility will result in the
creation of 5 jobs. The loan is in the amount of $54,000.00 for a 5 year fixed
rate of 2.5%.
Warren Schlatter,
Defiance County Engineer, met with the Commissioners for an update and the bid
openings for 2013 Crushed Aggregate and 2013 Bituminous Materials. Bids were
received from the following for the 2013 Crushed Aggregate: Custar Stone Co.,
Stoneco, Inc., Stafford Gravel and Hanson Aggregate. Bids were received from
the following for the 2013 Bituminous Materials: Asphalt Materials, Inc. and
K-Tech Specialty Coating. The Commissioners took all the bids under advisement
and will award at a later date. Warren provided his Accumulated Revenue Report
for January 2013. It was $323,673.87, compared to $343,318.71 in January 2012.
Auglaize Village
Board members met with the Commissioners for an update. They stated the
following projects were completed in 2012: completed the inside of the School
House; renovated the inside of the Post Office, inside the Tin Shop, inside the
General Store and inside the Men and Women’s Restroom; new steps on the Post
Office, Tin Shop and Lock Keepers House; new floor and porch on the Barber
Shop, constructed an electrical storage shed; painted the Railroad Museum and
replaced four doors; finished the concrete floor in Farm Building #2; repaired
the porch on the Doctor’s Office; installed a new roof on the Telephone Office;
painted and repaired the siding on the Telephone Office; stoned the driveways.
The proposed 2013 projects include, but are not limited to: a new roof on the
Barber Shop and Porch; renovate the Church floor, steps and ceiling; repair the
Railroad Booth support beam; stabilize the foundation of the Kieffer Cabin;
replace wood on the Storage Shed; concrete a portion of the floor in the Steam
Building; repair the foundation and roof on the Railroad Depot. Auglaize
Village presented a Special Project Request for repairs to the Big Red Barn. The estimate
for a steel roof over top the existing roof with stringers is $41,570.00. The
estimate for siding is $21,628.00. Doug McDonald stated the roof will last 3
more years, at the most. They also reviewed the 2012 financials. In 2012
there was income of $37,484.78 with expenses of $36,657.87. They provided the
2013 Schedule of Special Events to include: Days of Yesteryear, Nob Hammer-In,
Black Swamp Tractor & Engine Show & Flea Market, Motorama, Military
Day/Wing Fest, Johnny Appleseed Festival, and Native American Pow-Wow.
Ken Maag,
Poggemeyer Design Group, met with the Commissioners for an update.
The Elected
Officials’ meeting was cancelled.
On Friday, the
Senator Hite met with the Commissioners for an informal update. They discussed
the turnpike funding. The Commissioners requested Senator Hite to ask ODOT to
set up a small TRAC funding in the $1-5 million range to assist small, rural
counties to receive some of the turnpike money. Currently all TRAC projects
must be greater than $12 million dollars to receive funding. They also reviewed
HB 592, which pertains to solid waste law. The Commissioners suggested having
exceptions for small counties along the state borders that would be adversely
affected by some of the present language in HB 592.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Otto
L. Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner