Government

On again, off again, now it’s on again. The pos­si­ble ren­o­va­tion of Defi­ance County’s cour­t­house that is. A seven-member com­mit­tee look­ing into the courthouse’s future decided to revisit the project dur­ing a meet­ing Wednes­day after­noon in the county com­mis­sion­ers’ office. The meet­ing this week comes more than a month after …

The Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers have been told that ODOT has finally approved the pre­lim­i­nary plan for the design of a sec­ond river bridge in Napoleon. Now, a pub­lic meet­ing will be the next step toward get­ting the project under­way. ODOT says con­struc­tion on a new bridge in Napoleon would likely …

The Hicksville Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day, dis­cussed water flow meters. Coun­cil dis­cussed the fact that the meters, which mon­i­tor water flow, cost $1,100 a month to keep. As Hicksville con­tin­ues to work to improve its water sys­tem with­out the time-consuming and expen­sive option of a sewer and storm sewer sep­a­ra­tion …

A law­suit has been filed against the Henry County com­mis­sion­ers by a Napoleon busi­ness­man. Dou­glas Pelmear and Horse Power Sales Net Inc. filed the suit in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court against the com­mis­sion­ers and a list of oth­ers, alleg­ing that paper­work was not prop­erly pre­pared for a $50,000 revolv­ing …

Renewal of an agri­cul­tural lease was a hot but­ton topic Mon­day night in Stryker. The Bryan Times reports that three years ago bids were taken for a 34-acre prop­erty on the south side of the vil­lage. The high bid­der from that period was asked Mon­day to renew the lease for …

Defi­ance city offi­cials are now hav­ing sec­ond thoughts regard­ing a dead­line they pre­vi­ously issued, requir­ing the local Gen­eral Motors plant on Ohio 281 to begin annex­a­tion pro­ceed­ings or have their munic­i­pal water ser­vice shut off. A let­ter attempt­ing to force the issue was sent to GM ear­lier this year in …

Edon could be the next local com­mu­nity, fol­low­ing the lead of Bryan and Mont­pe­lier, to place a pro­hi­bi­tion on the sale and dis­tri­b­u­tion of syn­thetic mar­i­juana and other drugs. Vil­lage coun­cil mem­bers voted at their meet­ing Mon­day evening to have the Vil­lage Solic­i­tor draw up an ordi­nance which they will …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil com­mit­tees are in the process of review­ing the city’s pro­posed 2014 bud­gets. Council’s water and sewer com­mit­tees looked at the water and sewer bud­gets Tues­day dur­ing a com­bined meet­ing. The gen­eral fund bud­get will be reviewed by council’s finance com­mit­tee at 5:30 p.m. next Tues­day, Oct. 22nd. …

The Henry County com­mis­sion­ers have hired a deputy dog war­den. Com­mis­sion­ers hired Guy Miller to fill the posi­tion. Miller’s new duties begin effec­tive Oct. 15. Miller will be placed on a 120-day pro­ba­tion­ary period and will receive $10 per hour. In other busi­ness this week, Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers approved a …

Behind every sil­ver lin­ing is a dark cloud. Yes, even what we think of as good things, some­times aren’t what they appear. Take elec­tric and hybrid vehi­cles for instance. Who would have thought that they would have such a big impact on area road­ways. But not in the way most …