Minutes-12/07/1966

The regular meeting of the Tiffin Town Council was called to order by Mayor Wayne Stratton on 12-7-66. Present: Bill Bream, Clayton Klein, Glenn Potter, Ted Spivey Absent: Bill Verry Mayor Stratton brought to the meeting and passed around for the councilmen to read a copy of the letter he had written to Mr. Temetich explaining how the Town of Tiffin had progressed concerning the water situation, and what problems had arisen. Glenn Tuttle submitted a bid to the tree work in town. The bid was $750.00 to chip stump below the ground and haul it down by the sewage plant to be burned. Bill Bream made a motion we hire Tuttle with a discount for not having them chip the stumps. Ted Spivey seconded it and the motion carried. Glenn Potter reported on the progress the gas company is making regarding piping natural gas to Tiffin. The representative from the company will meet with the town in a month or two and will do a survey of the number of gas users in Tiffin. It will be piped from the Coralville line at a cost of $85,000 to 90,000. Bill Bream reported on the Christmas party..It will be December the 18th from 2-4 P.M. Mayor Stratton ordered a 40X100 ft. Plastic ice-skating pond for the play ground. Bill Bream brought up the problem of trailers in town. Mayor Stratton said he would look in to getting an ordinance ready for the next meeting restraining the parking of trailers in town. Since the town dug a sewer line through Marion Evan's property and he wasn't given an easement, Glenn Potter made a motion to waive the back rent for sewer on the trailer Mr. Evans has parked on one of his lots. Bill Bream seconded it and the motion carried. Glenn Potter made a motion to pay the following bills: <table> <tr> <th>Kens Farm and Auto</th> <td>31.66</td> <td>19 posts and wire stamps</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Marlene Janssen</th> <td>3.00</td> <td>14 meetings @ 3.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Ted Spivey</th> <td>42.00</td> <td>9 meetings @ 3.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Clayton Klein</th> <td>27.00</td> <td>9 meetings @ 3.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Bill Bream</th> <td>27.00</td> <td>14 meetings @ 3.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Glenn Potter</th> <td>42.00</td> <td>10 meetings @ 3.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Bill Verry</th> <td>30.00</td> <td>15 meetings @ 5.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Wayne Stratton</th> <td>75.00</td> <td>Annual salary</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Edna Bowman</th> <td>50.00</td> <td>annual salary</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Marlene Janssen</th> <td>75.00</td> <td>Collecting sewer bills salary</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Jessie Madden</th> <td>10.00</td> <td>630 miles to classes @ .10 per mi.</td> </tr> <tr> <th>DeWaine Slade</th> <td>208.99</td> <td>Envelopes for sewer bills</td> </tr> <tr> <th>DeWaine Slade</th> <td>63.00</td> <td>Knife</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Post Office</th> <td>26.25</td> <td>November balance</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Amana Implement</th> <td>12.70</td> <td>Rent of sewer pump</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Franks service</th> <td>12.00</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <th>Bill Bream</th> <td>25.00</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> Clayton Klein seconded the motion and it carried. Bill Bream made a motion to pay-the-fe accept the following checks: Johnson County Treasurer 1174.37 City Order State Comptroller 152.74 Road Use Tax Glenn Potter seconded the motion and it carried. Bill Bream made a motion the meeting be adjourned. Clayton Klein seconded the motion and it carried.