NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at
8:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 12, 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 Commissioners James E. Harris,
Jr. and Thomas L. Kime, Sherry Carnahan, Fiscal 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.
The Board
authorized the Clerk to proceed with advertising for the Commissioners’
Receptionist/Deputy Clerk position, which will become vacant as of October 1,
2013.
Sherry Carnahan, Defiance County Finance Manager/Administrator, met
with the Commissioners for a monthly update.
Eric Ratts and Allen Thorpe, DLZ, met with
the Commissioners, Defiance County Common Pleas Judge Schmenk, Sheriff David
Westrick, Defiance County Clerk of Courts Amy Galbraith, Erin Speith from
Defiance County Probate/Juvenile Court, Sargeant Mark Denning from Courthouse
Security, and Alyson Hagemen from Defiance County
Common Pleas Court to present draft plans for the Courthouse Project. After
reviewing the plans and obtaining feedback from the staff of the Courthouse, DLZ
will continue to revise the plans. A meeting is scheduled for September 26,
2013 for the review of the plans and for the approval to move forward with the
project. The project must be approved by a majority of: the three
Commissioners, Judge Schmenk, Probate/Juvenile Court Judge Strausbaugh, Sheriff
Westrick, and Amy Galbraith.
The Commissioners’ Office recently received the monthly activity report
for August, 2013 from Amy Galbraith, Defiance County Clerk of Courts. Amy
reported collecting $10,462.55 in Legal, $22,594.62 in
Title, $396,101.48 in Sales or Use and Dealers’ Tax, and $4,820.90 in
Watercraft Tax. There were deposits of $50,656.43 in Legal and $426,876.87 in
Title. There were 1,960 titles issued, 497 notations of liens and 604
inspections.
Sandy Schappert, Defiance County Child Support Enforcement Agency
Director, recently provided an update for August, 2013. There was $586,388.00
in collections and $64,865.46 in expenditures from 2,772 cases. This compares
to $587,342.00 in collections and $59,349.05 in expenditures from 2,856 cases
in August, 2012.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Otto
L. Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner