St. John Mennonite Church annexation project into the Village of Pandora will cost the village (including engineering fees) is estimated to be $145,648.50. That estimate was announced at the recent Pandora council meeting on July 12.

Other action at the meeting follow, through the report of the council minutes:

The Pandora Village Council met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
July 12, 2011, at 7:00 PM at the Municipal Building with Mayor, John Schlumbohm, presiding.

Members Present: Painter, Vance, Fricke, Hall, Stall, Blank
Members Absent: None

The meeting was opend with Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion was made by Mr. Fricke, seconded by Mr. Painter to approve the June 28, 2011 Minutes. Voting: All Yea.

Motion was made by Mr. Vance, seconded by Mr. Hall to approve the Treasurer's Report for June, 2011. Voting: All Yea.

The following bills were presented for payment:

9860 Nathan Sprunger $5.03
9861 Public Entities Pool of Ohio 22,114.90
9862 Riley Township Trustees 8,433.73
9863 American Electric Power 2,085.33
9864 Archbold Equipment Co. 140.30
9865 Associated Police & Fire Equip 202.00
9866 Fairpoint Communications 353.45
9867 Fields of Dreams Mowing 150.00
9868 Friends Business Source 146.62
9869 Gary's Repair 45.47
9870 Knueve & Sons 349.00
9871 Lima Radio Hospital 630.00
9872 M&M Hauling 70.00
9873 Marvin Steiner 8.00
9874 MASI Environ. Serv. 393.95
9875 Ottawa Feed & Grain 75.80
9876 Pandora Excavating 140.60
9877 Pandora Grain & Supply 77.60
9878 Pandora Postmaster 600.00
9879 Parsons Auto Service 365.04
9880 Putnam County Sentinel 276.00
9881 Putnam County Treasurer 893.19
9882 Daniel Rader 720.00
9883 Riley Creek Festival 25.00
9884 Stanley Schneck 31.62
9885 Tawa Tree Service 510.00
9886 US Bank 640.71
$ 39,483.34
Payroll Account:

1914 Tax Commissioner $893.11
1915 Ohio School Income Tax 462.13
1916 Ohio Dept. of Taxation 601.65
1917 Stanley Schneck 1,422.19
1918 Lana Burry 852.05
1919 Aaron Basinger 293.49
1920 Paul Bishop 121.65
1921 Eric Rayle 909.27
1922 Scott Stant 1,149.03
1923 Thomas Hochstettler 470.60
1924 Rick Morrison 861.87
1925 Zachary Niese 455.19
1926 Marvin Steiner 1,229.08
Online Pmts:
OPERS 4,877.35
Police Pension 1,881.66
Federal/Medicare Tax 3,100.90
19,581.22
$ 59,064.56

Motion was made by Mrs. Stall, seconded by Mr. Fricke to approve the bills as presented. Voting: All Yea.

RESOLUTION NO. 2011-605:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND FISCAL OFFICER OF THE VILLAGE OF PANDORA, OHIO TO ENTER INTO AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH THE RILEY TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.
Motion was made by Mr. Vance, seconded by Mr. Hall to place Resolution No. 2011-605 on its second reading. Voting: All Yea.

RESOLUTION NO. 2011-606:

A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE PARK FUND AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Motion was made by Mr. Fricke, seconded by Mrs. Stall to suspend the rules by which Resolution No. 2011-606 be read on three separate occasions. Voting: All Yea. Motion was made by Mr. Hall, seconded by Mr. Painter to adopt Resolution No. 2011-606 as an emergency measure. Voting: All Yea.

The Village Administrator reported on the following:
1) Contacted Dan Radebaugh as to the proposed sidewalk on his property located on State Route 12. Mr. Radebaugh stated he would put in the sidewalk next Spring.

2) The gutters along State Route 12 have been cleaned of debris.

3) St. John Mennonite Church project: The updated cost for the village's share of said project, including engineering fees is estimated to be $145,648.50. The lift station will be maintained by the Village, thus the electric will be paid by the village.

The Village Council received a letter from the Riley Township Trustees as to their proposal of the fire station building. If the Village deeds the building to the Trustees for $1.00, the Trustees would then abate the village's share of the Fire Department expenses for one year.

Also in the event the Trustees no longer desire to retain ownership of the fire station, the Village would have first right of refusal to purchase for $1.00 said building.

Riley Township Trustee, Mark Kinsinger, was present to discuss this matter. The Council asked Mr. Kinsinger, if the village deeds the fire station building to the Trustees, would they immediately add on to said building to house the cascade system.

Mr. Kinsinger stated the Trustees do not have adequate funds at this time to proceed with this addition and therefore would have to seek financial assistance for this project. The Trustees are looking at other options to house the cascade system.

It was the consensus of the Council to retain ownership of the fire station building and to proceed with obtaining estimates for the cost of adding on to only house the cascade system.

With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned upon a motion by Mr. Hall, seconded by Mr. Vance. Voting: All Yea.