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St John Town Council approves $243,290.82 in purchase requests and $814,764.84 in vouchers
Summary
At its Jan. 8 meeting the St John Town Council approved four purchase requests totaling $243,290.82 and an accounts-payable voucher for $814,764.84 by 3-0 roll-call votes. Council members noted a grant that will cover part of a radio purchase.
ST JOHN, Jan. 8, 2025 — The St John Town Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve four purchase requests totaling $243,290.82 and to authorize an accounts-payable voucher for $814,764.84 covering payroll, supplies and services.
The council approved the December 30, 2024 minutes before taking the financial items. Clerk-Treasurer Beth Hernandez conducted roll-call votes for each item; Councilmembers Anne Oster, Wayne Pandinis and Mike Bobak recorded “yes” on the motions, producing 3-0 results for each action. The meeting record lists Councilmembers Gerald Sweats and Christian Jorgensen as absent.
Council members did not detail each purchase on the record; the agenda item summary stated there were four requests to purchase with a combined total of $243,290.82. The accounts-payable voucher the council approved was described as representing payment for payroll, supplies, services and equipment rendered to the town and totaled $814,764.84.
During the reports portion of the meeting, Councilman Wayne Pandinis thanked the police department for obtaining a grant that he said will “basically pay for those radios,” and referred to a radio purchase in the roughly $170,000 range. Pandinis characterized that amount as “in that neighborhood” while addressing the council; the exact grant amount was not specified during the meeting.
No amendments or conditions were recorded in the meeting minutes for these approvals. No public testimony or substantive debate on the individual purchases or voucher was entered on the record.
