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Pandora council adopts new municipal code and emergency water-rate ordinance
Summary
Pandora Village Council on April 8 adopted the village's 2025 municipal code and replaced the village water-rate ordinance with an emergency measure, with unanimous votes on both items.
Mayor Jeremy Liechty presided as the Pandora Village Council adopted two major ordinances during its April 8 meeting.
On a unanimous vote, council adopted Ordinance No. 620-2025 to approve American Legal Publishing’s Ohio Basic Code, 2025 edition, as Pandora’s code of ordinances. Councilman Fricke moved to adopt the ordinance on its third and final reading; Councilman Gray seconded and the motion passed with all yea votes.
Council then replaced its existing water-rate ordinance by adopting Ordinance No. 621-2025, which updates rates and charges for village water service. Councilman Fricke moved to suspend the rules so the ordinance would not be read on three separate occasions; Councilman Burkholder seconded. Council then adopted Ordinance No. 621-2025 as an emergency measure, with the motions carrying unanimously. The minutes do not specify the new rates themselves.
Why it matters: updating the village code consolidates local regulations under the 2025 Ohio Basic Code; adopting the water-rate ordinance as an emergency measure implements rate changes immediately rather than waiting through multiple readings.
Next steps: the ordinances were recorded as adopted; the minutes note the procedural actions but do not list effective dates beyond the emergency adoption for the water-rate ordinance.
