Defiance City Council sealed the deal on an annexation near U.S. 24 and Carpenter Road on Tuesday night by approving an ordinance accepting the annexation on Commerce Drive.
It brings about 46 acres of Richland Township into the city next to Johns Manville’s Carpenter Road plant and just south of U.S. 24.
Clemens Mobile Welding has been building a new facility there. The annexation was requested by Clemens owner Scott Clemens and property owner Jerry Liska.