Description	Minutes of Meeting
Date	7/16/2007	Location		Commissioners Session Room
Time	Speaker		Note
8:59:52 AM	Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Opening Prayer Roll Call Attendance
9:01:21 AM	Resolution 2007-571 Approve Minutes of July 12, 2007.		This resolution was amended to include approval of minutes from the Commissioner’s Bailey Oxide meeting on July 13, 2007.  Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Short seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:03:46 AM	Resolution 2007-572 Approve Agenda as Presented or Amended		Commissioner Short made the motion and Commissioner Genter seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:04:06 AM	Review Permissive Sales Tax Report		Commissioner Genter noted that sales taxes are down approximately $120,000 from the previous year.
9:04:33 AM	Review letter from Sanitary Engineer regarding Elmira/Burlington Sewer System Project		County Sanitary Engineer, Ziad Musallam, was present to address any questions from the Board. Mr. Musallam stated that this letter to Thomas Lingvai, owner of Lingvai Excavating, LLC, was pursuant to the previous discussion during Session on 6/28/07 relating to concerns that the project had not reached substantial completion and was already past the date of final completion. Final completion was previously extended to 6/8 which, as of today’s date, is still not completed. He further mentioned that there were also several items that still need to be corrected by the contractor before consideration can be made for final completion. Commissioner Genter inquired the steps needed to get this project completed. Mr. Musallam explained the steps that are required by law in the event that a contractor fails to comply with a contract. He explained that first, contact must be made with the contractor and allow them time to remedy the situation, which is the purpose of the letter referenced herein.  The next step would be to proceed in contacting the contractor’s Bond Company.  Mr. Musallam indicated that he had not yet received contact from Mr. Lingvai in response to his letter.  Commissioner Short instructed Mr. Musallam to contact Mr. Lingvai by phone before proceeding to contacting his Bond Company.  Commissioner Genter stated that he would like a further update on this matter by Friday 7/20/2007.
9:18:29 AM	Resolution 2007-573 Transfer Appropriations for Clerk of Courts		Commissioner Short made the motion and Commissioner Genter seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:19:30 AM	Resolution 2007-574 Authorize Board President to Execute Subordination Agreement		Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Short seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:21:05 AM	Resolution 2007-575 Approve Purchase Orders and Travel Requests		Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Genter seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
9:22:54 AM	Recess
9:30:52 AM	Public Hearing on Approval of Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds		Elizabeth Miceli from the Law Firm of Peck Shafer, Columbus, OH was present to conduct the public hearing on the Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds for the Recovery Systems of Northwest Ohio, formerly known as, Five County Drug and Alcohol Program.  Joining her from the Recovery Systems of Northwest Ohio were Ken Bond and Ruth Peck.  Ms. Miceli explained that Defiance County is the issuer of these bonds and that the Internal Revenue Code requires that when proceeds from said bonds are spent within another county, the governing body of that county must approve the agreement.  This $11.5M bond will not become a liability of Fulton County.  This agreement also involves Williams County.  Ken Bond stated that the purpose behind the new bonds is to refinance taxable debt to purchase a building in Defiance County with non-taxable proceeds.  Mr. Bond further stated that they are currently financed at 8% and this new bond would be financed at 5%, saving Recovery Systems of Northwest Ohio approximately $50,000.00 in interest.  Commissioner Barnaby moved to approve the Agreement.  Resolution 2007-576 was presented for execution by the Commissioners.  Resolution died for lack of a second Motion. Commissioners Genter and Short requested the opinion of the County Prosecuting Attorney, Roger Nagel, which was present at the hearing.  Mr. Nagel reported that he was made aware of an action of Williams County in this matter wherein bond council had been contacted and was requesting changes.  He further recommended that before signing the Resolution, that he be allowed time to contact Williams County’s Bond Council to further discuss the matter.
9:52:55 AM	Recess
9:53:40 AM	Further discussion on Public Hearing on Approval of Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds		Resolution 2007-577.  Commissioner Short moved to table Resolution 2007-576 until Thursday’s session, so further information could be received by Mr. Nagel.  Commissioner Genter seconded the motion.  Commissioner Barnaby abstained.  Motion carried 2-1.
9:57:19 AM	Adjourn
	Signed copies of the minutes, or an audio recording of the meeting, in it’s entirety, are available for review in the Office of the Clerk of the Board, 152 S. Fulton St., Suite 270; Wauseon, OH 43567 __________________ Dean Genter   __________________ Paul Barnaby __________________ Joseph Short   Attest:   __________________ Jennifer L. Connors, Clerk