NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at
8:30 a.m. on Monday, May 6, 2013 in the Conference Room in the Commissioners’
Office at 500 Court Street, Suite A, Defiance, Ohio
43512. Chairman Otto L. Nicely called the meeting to order. Also present were Commissioner James E. Harris, Jr., Sherry Carnahan, Finance Manager/Administrator,
and Stephanie Metz, 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.
Otto Meyer, Jr., Randy Groll, and Bruce
Colwell, Richland Township Trustees; Dennis Miller and Matt Davis, Maumee
Valley Planning Organization, and Russ Herman, Defiance County Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney met with the Commissioners to discuss the former SK Tools
property. Maumee Valley Planning Organization will continue to look into the
options.
Warren Schlatter,
Defiance County Engineer, met with the Commissioners for an update. Warren
reported that work is continuing on the Hill Road bridge reconstruction and the
Defiance-Ayersville-Pleasant Bend Road reconstruction. Warren reviewed the
April 2013 Accumulated Revenue Report. The 2013 Accumulated Revenue through
April was $1,34,160.04, compared to $1,366,839.53 in
2012.
The Commissioners
recently received the Monthly Activity Report for March 2013 from Amy
Galbraith, Defiance County Clerk of Courts. There were collections of
$14,017.33 in legal, $23,417.98 in title, $457,096.51 in Sales or Use and
Dealers’ Tax, and $2,267.75 in Watercraft Tax. There were deposits of
$77,827.36 in legal and $360,897.72 in title. There were 1,936 titles issued,
519 notation of liens and 544 inspections.
The Commissioners
recently received the Monthly Activity report for April 2013 from Cecilia
Parsons, Defiance County Recorder. The following instruments were filed: 175
deeds, 166 mortgages, 220 releases, 5 power of attorneys, and 4 leases. This is
compared to 171 deeds, 222 mortgages, 211 releases, 5 power of attorneys, and 2
leases in April 2012. There was $26,676.50 in total receipts, of which
$12,961.50 went to the Housing Trust Fund and $11,539.00 to the General Fund.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Otto
L. Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner