Sat Nov 07 2009
Defiance County commissioners are scheduled to meet with Williams County commissioners on Monday at 6 p.m. at the Ney American Legion Hall to resume proceedings on the Lick Creek drainage project.
Last week, Ohio Department of Natural Resources director Sean Logan broke a 3-3 vote made April 27 by the joint board of commissioners, ruling that leaning trees on private property could not be harvested by the public for profit at no cost to the taxpayers. The motion to allow harvesting was supported by the three Williams County commissioners, while Defiance County Commissioners Jim Harris, Tom Kime and Otto Nicely voted in opposition.
'"We will reconvene the adjourned final hearing (from April 27)," Kime said Wednesday. "We will read the ODNR's official response in the record and decide the next step."
The project proposes to remove logjams, sand bars and leaning trees in Lick Creek from U.S. 6 in Williams County south to Prairie Creek in Defiance County, just before it joins the Tiffin River.
The estimated cost is $747,000, with private property assessments paying the bill. The assessments range from $50-$3,500 per parcel, according to Defiance County Engineer Warren Schlatter, the project engineer.
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