NEWS
RELEASE
DEFIANCE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
The Board of Defiance County Commissioners met in regular session at 8:00
a.m. on Monday, September 23, 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, 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.
The Commissioners
approved an Expedited Type 2 annexation petition for 0.918 acres in Section 12
of Noble Township.
Warren Schlatter,
Defiance County Engineer, did not meet with the Commissioners for a weekly
update, due to another meeting.
Greg Reinhart,
Defiance County Wastewater Operations Director, met with the Commissioners for
a monthly update. Greg reported the following repairs being completed in
August: rebuilt the pump at Defiance County’s Auglaize River Sewer pump station
#7; installed new air release valve at Defiance County’s Auglaize River Sewer
pump station #6; sprayed the lagoons and pump stations for weed control;
cleaned Defiance County’s Auglaize River Sewer pump station #7; primed and
cleaned the transducer at Paulding County’s Auglaize River Sewer pump station
#7. Greg reported billing out $59,611.54, collecting $87,031.04 and having
expenses of $49,133.03 in August.
The Commissioners, along with the Defiance County Engineer, hosted the
Northwest Ohio Commissioners and Engineers quarterly meeting. The event
included a golf outing, a tour of Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO) and Northwest Ohio Juvenile Detention Center, a tour
of various projects recently completed by the Engineer’s Office, a meeting and
a dinner.
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
Otto
L. Nicely, Defiance County Commissioner