The Pioneer Village Council held their meeting on Monday, December 9th. The meeting began at 7:00 p.m. with council first moving to approve the current agenda as amended.
Minutes were then approved from the November 11th meeting and November 25th meeting, along with the financial report for November 2024.
Approval of bills was addressed next before the mayor recognized Will Cable for his five years of service on council.
The mayor then opened the meeting up to members of the public who wished to speak, before then recognizing Police Chief Tim Livengood to present the police report for November.
Chief Livengood expressed his gratitude to the community for their support on the Giving Tree. The chief also explained that the department was participating in the Cops for Kids Program this year as well.
Lastly, the donation from the legion for the K-9 was discussed. It was stated that the mayor asked Chief Livengood and Burnett get together and send a thank you to the legion for their donation.
The mayor next recognized Fire Chief Rodger Swank, who gave a report on the fire department. It was stated that the department had 18 calls since the last council meeting and that the Firefighter 2 class had been cancelled.
Work is also being done to finalize details of the new fire truck and extinguisher training was provided for Pennant employees.
Village Administrator Anthony Burnett was then recognized and proceeded to give an update on the substation and concrete approach.
Council was also informed that the splash pad equipment has been delivered to the shop before then informing council of a change to the new fire truck contract.
Due to this change, the change order is increasing but, the fire department will be splitting the increase with the village.
Due to this fact, a motion was put forward and approved to change the change order in the amount of $45,620, where $22,810 will be split between the fire fund and general fund.
It was then stated that Mayor Kidston addressed council members, with fire contracts being the majority of the topic discussed.
Following that discussion, Councilor Cochran presented his resignation, effective December 31st, 2024, due to no longer being a resident starting on January 1st, 2025.
It was stated that Mayor Kidston thanked Councilor Cochran for his seven years of service to the council. Council then moved to approve the following items.
-Ordinance 34-2024 to amend Ord. No. 30-2024 to set wages for 2025 and take effect on January 1st, 2025.
-Ordinance 37-2024 requesting permanent appropriations for 2025 and declaring an emergency.
-Ordinance 40-2024 waiving the requirement that Nikki Mittelstaedt as Village Fiscal Officer reside within the village.
-Ordinance 41-2024 repealing Ordinance 39-2024 and declaring an emergency.
-Ordinance 42-2024 to amend the appropriations for 2024 and declaring an emergency.
-Ordinance 43-2024 to repeal existing Section 929.01 of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Pioneer, Ohio, and enacting Codified Ordinance Section 929.01 to establish rates and charges for use of the service supplied by the municipal waterworks system and declaring an emergency.
-Ordinance 44-2024 to repeal existing Section 921.24 of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Pioneer, Ohio, and enacting Codified Ordinances Section 921.24 establishing rates and charges for the use of and for the service supplied by the municipal wastewater collection and treatment system and declaring an emergency.
-Ordinance 45-2024 to provide the authority for the village to accept a system loan under the powering affordable clean energy (PACE) program provided through the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Rural Utilities Service in the amount of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, designated as RUS PACE A120 Loan; and authorizing the village to enter into a loan agreement for the RUS PACE A120 Loan; authorizing the execution of all certificates and documentation necessary to effectuate the loan agreement.
Lastly, council moved to enter into executive session at 8:30 p.m. Upon their return at 8:49 p.m., and with no action taken, the meeting was adjourned at 8:53 p.m.
