Notes for the Work Session - 7-7-23

______________________________________________________________________________ CITY OF TIFFIN CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL – NOTES FOR WORK SESSION ITEMS July 7, 2023 • We will continue the conversation on the Local Option Sales Tax on Tuesday night. I will have updated materials and information for the educational campaign for the special election. I will also talk about the dates for the public information meetings leading up to the special elections. Please note that we will start the work session at 5:30 p.m. This is to make sure we have enough time to get through both items on the agenda as I want to spend as much time as needed on this issue. • As the City continues to grow and as the demand on the City’s water system continues to increase, it might be time to revisit the single-use or irrigation water meter ordinance. With the City having just finished drilling its third well, moving forward, a general practice of conservation is something the City might want to consider to hopefully delay the drilling of a fourth well in the near future. To accommodate builders or homeowners of a new house as sod or grass is being established, the City could offer a one-time sewer bill credit for the water use. The credit could be capped at a maximum number of gallons to make it easy to implement. Another reason to potentially revisit this issue now would be because of the RO System we are planning on upgrading the water plant to in 2025. This would be another demand on the system that in the end, would cost more money.