Notes for the Work Session - 12-15-23

______________________________________________________________________________ CITY OF TIFFIN CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL – NOTES FOR WORK SESSION ITEMS December 15, 2023 • Placer.ai and Retail Strategies are two companies that Eric Schnedler and I met with at the ICSC Conference in May. They are two economic development ‘enhancement’ companies that supply consumer demographical data and business recruiting information to assist and to a certain extent for some cities, even perform a significant amount of the economic development activities for a community. With the passage of the local option sales tax and a desire to continue to increase the City’s economic development efforts, both of these companies will provide a presentation for the council to see if any of their approached (and each company will be a little different) might be a good fit for Tiffin’s efforts. As you can see from the regular agenda, this is not an action item. At this point it is only a discussion item for the council in the work session as we enter the budget process. Tiffany Huber will present for Placer.ai and John Tiedt will present for Retail Strategies. I believe I have left enough time for questions after each demo but if we need to have a follow up at another meeting, that would be just fine. • Time permitting, I want to give an update on Tuesday night on the improvements to the Highway 6/Kimberlite intersection along with the entrance and road extension into the Jim Bartels Tiffin City Park. I’ve been working with MMS to prepare bid documents but want to discuss the general timeline of the project, the cost breakdown and the cost split with the developer.