Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Water Infrastructure Rates topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Pandora council approves 2025 utility-rate increases and clears final water‑tower payments
Summary
After a 4–1 vote, the council moved forward with scheduled 2025 increases to water (+1.5%), sewer (+0.75%) and stormwater (+3%) rates; council also approved multiple payments and a net contract adjustment for the water-tower replacement project and authorized a long‑lead equipment deposit to be reimbursed from grants.
The Pandora Village Council voted to implement its annual utility rate adjustments effective with the January 2025 billing after a split vote during the Jan. 14 meeting.
Fiscal officer Kimberly Reese presented comparative charts showing the 2025 rates (water +1.5%, sewer +0.75%, storm water +3%). A motion by Mr. Burkholder and second by Mr. Eisenbach to suspend the increases failed (Burkholder and Eisenbach voted to suspend; Dettrow, Braidic and Gray opposed). A subsequent motion by Mr. Gray, seconded by Ms. Dettrow, to proceed with the increases passed 4–1 (Eisenbach, Dettrow, Braidic and Gray voted to proceed; Burkholder voted Nay). The minutes include the rate tables provided to council; among the changes, the water base rate inside corporate limits rises from $19.39/month to $19.68/month for 2025 billing.
Council also addressed the Water Tower Replacement Project. It approved Contractor’s Application for Payment No. 15 in the amount of $137,852.95 and approved Change Order 7, which the minutes record as a net contract price decrease of $67,559.30 to reconcile plan quantities with installed quantities and to add certain work. The village approved payment of a consulting invoice to Bockrath & Associates ($6,472.50) to be paid from grant funds and authorized the Fiscal Officer to pay a $54,205.56 deposit to Global Electric, Inc. from the village water fund so long-lead equipment (a generator and three high-service pumps) can be ordered; the minutes state that grant funds will reimburse the village later. Council also released $34,275.22 in remaining liquidated-damage funds to Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors, Inc., after accounting for village expenses that had been reimbursed earlier.
Village Administrator Rick Morrison provided a short operations report noting a completed water-main repair and pending preventive maintenance quotes for wells. The minutes show the village will receive a grant reimbursement of $57,381.82 for previously paid engineering services.
The council approved these infrastructure payments and adjustments by recorded motions and votes documented in the meeting minutes.
