Minutes-09/02/1970

Minutes of Regular Council Meeting, September 2, 1970, Tiffin, Iowa. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Bream. Present: Ned Allen, Dale Flansburg, Jerry Michel, and Ted Spivey. Also present were: DeWaine Slade, Ralph Neuzil, Wayne Reed, and L.D. McMillan, who is with Powers-Willis. Absent: Glenn Potter. Minutes of the August meetings were read and approved with the correction that Mr. Neuzil also sent a letter to Mr. Walsher of the Interstate Commerce Commission as well as to the railroad. The Treasurer's report was given. Mr. Neuzil read a letter from the Railroad. It was decided to wait another week to see if there are any results. If not it is possible that we can demand another hearing. Mr. Neuzil reported he has started the papers for buying the school property where the standpipe is located. The man from the Co-Op told Mr. Neuzil the tanks at the plant have been purged out and another set of them moved in. They have been moved to farmers for putting them on grain dryers. The Council believes these are the ones that were there in the first place and nothing has been done to them. Mr. Neuzil has filed an answer in the "immerman law suit. The Gas Company is in Town and should be finished in three weeks. Wayne Reed said someone has checked the sewer line at Alden Janssen's and the slope there is adequate. Mr. Neuzil will write Janssens and tell them this has been looked into. Water- Mr. Reed said the treatment plant is done. The standpipe has been sterilized with HTH, flushed and filled. Samples of the water have been taken and the results should be known next week. Chalupa ia almost finished. Right now he is doing mostly clean up work. Mr. Reed also reported that Chalupa's work is about $2000 less than estimated. The total construction is within a few hundred dollars of what it should be. In the agreement with the school on the water lease it states there is to be a fence around the standpipe. This isn't in the contractor's contract. Mr. Reed said they can put in a change order and the contractor can put one in. Ned Allen made the motion to put a chain link fence around the standpipe as per the agreement with the school. Jerry Michel seconded it. By a roll call vote- Aye- Allen, Flansburg, Michel, and Spivey. Nay- None. There has been no word about C.L. Carroll's contract as to whether their sub-contractors have been paid or not. Latta's bill for $700.80 was presented. The abandoned well was properly filled with dry cement. Dale made the motion to pay Latta and Ned seconded it. By a roll call vote- Aye- Allen, Flansburg, Michel, and Spivey. Nay- None.