NEWS RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:00
a.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2013 in the Hicksville Village Council Room,
Hicksville, Ohio. Chairman Otto L. Nicely called the meeting to order. Also present were Commissioners James E. Harris,
Jr. and Thomas L. Kime, Laura Howell,
Administrator, Stephanie Metz, Clerk and Sherry Carnahan, Fiscal 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 the following contracts: SFY
2014 Foster Care Placement and Residential Treatment Services for Youth
Contract between Defiance County JFS and The Marsh Foundation and Inner Peace
Homes, Inc., Family Foster Care Placement and Therapeutic Foster Care Services
for Youth and Purchase of a Service Contract between Defiance County JFS and Adriel School, Inc.
The Commissioners approved staffing changes to distribute duties, so
that an Operations Manager/Administrator is not hired. Sherry Carnahan is being
promoted from Fiscal Deputy Clerk to Finance Manager/Administrator. Lanie
Lambert is returning to the Commissioners’ Office from the Records Center to
take the position of Human Resources/Finance Deputy Clerk. The Clerk, Stephanie
Metz, will now be the office manager of both the Commissioners’ Office and
Records Center. Laura’s last day of employment with Defiance County is May 24,
2013, however, the Board decided to implement the staff changes effective
Monday, May 6, 2013.
Laura Howell, Administrator, met with the
Board to provide her weekly update with various department and project updates.
The Commissioners attended a meeting with
Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) and Napoleon,
Defiance & Western Railroad (ND & W) regarding potential future funding
opportunities to repair the ND & W line.
Niki Warncke, Maumee Valley Planning
Organization, met with the Commissioners for a hearing to amend the Fiscal Year
2012 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Formula Allocation Program. The CDBG Formula Allocation Program
application was submitted to the Ohio Development Services Agency in June 2012. The county was eligible for $72,000 of FY
2012 CDBG Formula Allocation Program funding.
On June 11, 2012, a public hearing was conducted to recommend the
following activities for funding:
|
Location |
|
Activity |
Total
Amount |
CDBG Amount |
|
Tiffin Township |
|
Flood & Drainage |
$17,500 |
$12,000 |
|
Village of Hicksville |
|
Sewer Facilities |
$127,900 |
$10,600 |
|
Defiance Co. Airport |
|
Public Rehabilitation |
$50,956 |
$35,000 |
|
County-Wide |
|
Fair Housing |
$3,600 |
$3,600 |
|
County-Wide |
|
Administration |
$10,800 |
$10,800 |
Defiance County
Commissioners are requesting the following amendment to the program:
|
Location |
|
Activity |
Total
Amount |
CDBG Amount |
|
Tiffin
Township |
|
Flood
& Drainage |
$18,500 |
$18,500 |
|
Village
of Hicksville |
|
Sewer
Facilities |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Defiance
Co. Airport |
|
Public
Rehabilitation |
$51,000 |
$39,100 |
|
County-Wide |
|
Fair Housing |
$3,600 |
$3,600 |
|
County-Wide |
|
Administration |
$10,800 |
$10,800 |
All the terms contained in the
original FY 2012 Formula Allocation Grant Agreement (B-F-12-1AS-1)
between the Ohio Development Services Agency and the Defiance County
Commissioners shall remain in effect and no terms of the original agreement,
except those set out above, will be changed by the amendment.
Niki also reviewed the application for
the FY 2013 CDBG CD Allocation (formerly Formula Allocation). Defiance County
was allocated $75,000, of which $15,000 is for Administration and Fair Housing.
The County can approve up to three projects for the remaining $60,000
allocation. Applications were received from the following organizations:
Village of Ney, Johnson Memorial Library – Hicksville, Huber Opera House (2
applications), Defiance Township, Tiffin Township, and the Village of Sherwood.
Niki will obtain additional information for the Board to make a final
determination of projects.
On Friday, the
Commissioners will attend a meeting regarding Employer Shared Medical with
First Insurance Group at First Federal Operations Center and the Local Emergency
Planning Committee Tabletop Exercise at the Emergency Management Agency Building.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Otto
L. Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner