Minutes-10/17/2023

CityofTiffin,Iowa Meeting: Tiffin City Council Meeting Place: Tiffin City Hall, 300Railroad Street, Tiffin, Iowa 52340 Date/Time: October 17,2023 7:00PM Web Page: www.tiffin-iowa.org Posted: October 13,2023 (website & front entry ofCity Hall) Mayor: StevenBerner CityAdministrator: DougBoldt Council AtLarge: AlHavens MayorPro-Tem CityAttorney: CrystalRaiber Council AtLarge: SkylarLimkemann CityClerk: AbigailHora Council AtLarge: ChrisOlney W/WWSuperintendent: BrettMehmen Council AtLarge: TimOrris D.ofPublicWorks: BrianDetert Council AtLarge: EricSchnedler Building Official: BrianShay Recreation Director: FrankHaege FireChief: BradHill CityEngineer: MSAProfessional Services Work Session - Call toOrder 5:45PM A. Roll Call TheCityofTiffinCityCouncilheldaworksessionTuesday, October17,2023,attheCityHallCouncil Chamber. MayorBernercalledthemeetingtoorderat5:48PM.Uponrollbeingcalledthefollowing memberswerepresent: AlHavens, ChrisOlney, EricSchnedler, SkylarLimkemann. Absent: TimOrris. OtherspresentCityAdministratorDougBoldtandCityClerkAbigailHora. B. Agenda Additions/Agenda Approval Motion toapprove agenda bySchnedler. Second byHavens. Allayes, agenda approved. C. Discussion and Update ofTiffin Fire Department Third Quarter Review Discussion: Fire Chief Brad Hillreviewed calls todate forquarter three. Weare currently at483 calls to date. D. Discussion and Review ofTiffin Fire Department Future Purchases Discussion: Fire Marshal BillErbrecommends First DuePlatform asthesoftware fortheFire Department, which isontheregular agenda tobeapproved. Chief HillandFire Marshal Billreviewed three items that willbefuture purchases forthedepartment. The first item was theCascade Breathing System. Current system isoldandneeds replaced. This willbeputinFY25 budget andestimated tocost between $70,000-80,000. Thesecond itemwas thermal imaging cameras which arecurrently inthisyears budget upto $20,000. Chief Hillgave some pricing onthese andthey willbeordered before the endof thefiscal year. The lastitem wasthe self-contained breathing apparatus. TheFire Department current setissoon tobeoutofcompliance. Wecurrently donothave enough sets forthemembers onthe department. Council directed Chief Hilltolook intopricing allnew setsforthe department andpossibly selling ourcurrent setstoanother department. The pricing isroughly $175,000. E. Discussion ofFuture Recreation Center Planning Discussion: City Administrator Doug Boldt andMayor Berner discussed thefuture ofaRecreation Center. Staff toured afewfacilities earlier intheweek that would beclose towhat theCity would likeour future Recreation Center tolook like. Anarchitecture services agreement willbeonthe next agenda for approval. F. Questions from Council Members regarding items ontheRegular City Council Agenda orReports G. Other Business H. Adjournment Motion toadjourn byLimkemann. Second bySchnedler. Allayes, meeting adjourned at7:00PM. City Council Agenda Page 1of4