Dealership to open service center in NB

NEW BREMEN — A local car dealership will soon be opening a service center at the Bunker Hill Industrial Complex in New Bremen.

Platinum Auto Group will be building a service center on 7.7 acres at Bunker Hill to go along with its current dealership, Mayor Bob Parker announced Monday night during the village council meeting.

The service center is estimated to create five to eight jobs in the village.

Council completed a second reading on the ordinance to transfer the land over to the dealership.

The price is $15,000 per acre.

A third and final reading will be completed at council’s next meeting.

Also Monday, Village Administrator Brent Richter said that work ongoing at the intersection of state Route 66 and state Route 274, in front of Schwieterman’s Pharmacy, is warranty work to repair cracks in the concrete.

Construction was done most recently when work was done on the turning lanes and the stoplights.

“At the one-year inspection, it was determined that it’s cracked so we are going to have those panels replaced,” said Richter.

In other business:

• Mayor Bob Parker reminded that Cider Time will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday with Trick-or-Treat to follow at 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

• Councilor Jacob Larger announced September receipts as $1,190,170.30 and October expenses as $930,637.13.

• Richter reported that the bike

path is fully paved and

• Richter announced that cleanup

to the Miami and Erie Canal has begun. Schmiesing Tree Service was selected by the village to remove over 120 dead trees from the canal. Richter said that they will be doing work as weather permits with a majority of the work to be done in the winter.

• Richter said there is a production well pumping test scheduled for November at the water plant. He said the tests are done to make sure they’re still working as they should. Richter also reported that the village’s south water tower has been cleaned and sealed.

• The swimming pool liner has been repaired down at the drain box and new diving boards to replace the old ones have been ordered as well.

• Council completed a third reading and passed an ordinance that annexes roughly eight acres of land in German Township between Dollar General and Minster Bank.

• Council completed a first reading of an ordinance that authorizes

the village to sell personal property on GovDeals.com

• Council completed a third reading and passes an ordinance to contract the lease of the Komminsk farmland in 2022.

• The next village council meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 2.