Minutes-5/19/2020

CityofTiffin,Iowa Meeting: Tiffin Regular City Council Meeting Place: Tiffin City Hall, 300 Railroad Street, Tiffin, Iowa 52340 Date/Time: May 19, 2020 7:00PM Web Page: www.tiffin-iowa.org Posted: May 15, 2020 (website & front entry ofCity Hall) Ma yor: StevenBerner CityAdministrator: DougBoldt Council AtLarge: JimBartels CityAttorney: RobertMichael/CrystalRaiber Council AtLarge: AlHavens MayorPro-Tem CityClerk: AbigailHora Council AtLarge: EricSchnedler D.ofPublicWorks: BrettMehmen Council AtLarge: ChrisOlney Council AtLarge: RodneyWalls Work Session - Call toOrder 6:00PM A. Roll Call The City ofTiffin City Council held awork session Tuesday, May 19, 2020, attheCity Hall Council Chambers. This wasameeting open tothepublic through the Iowa Open Meeting Law butduetothe current public health emergency (Covid-19) most councilpersons were participating inthemeeting electronically asallow bytheIowa Code, Chapter 21. Mayor Berner called themeeting toorder at6:02 PM. Upon rollbeing called thefollowing members were present: Rodney Walls (present 6:04PM), Jim Bartels present viaphone, Eric Schnedler, Christine Olney, AlHavens present viaMicrosoft Teams. Others present were City Administrator Doug Boldt, City Clerk Abigail Hora, Building Official Brian Shay andCity Attorney Robert Michael. B. Agenda Additions/Agenda Approval Motion toapprove agenda bySchnedler Second byHavens Allayes, agenda approved. C. Discussion ofMadden Addition and Questions from Planning & Zoning Meeting Discussion: Planning & Zoning wanted Council input onthelong-term plan forSPark Rd. Planning andZoning would likeasidewalk tobeconnected totheCity Trail andother facilities inside city limits. Density was heavy perour 2018 comp plan; recommendation was toremove some R-4.Green space that was gifted tothecitywas notbuildable ground, would liketopreserve asmany trees aspossible. Public Present: Shannon Prince resident at20Gable Way president ofHickory Knoll Association. Would likecouncil toaddress theproposed density, aswell assidewalks andconnecting tothetrail system. Would likethe width ofSPark Rdtobeaddressed. BevVermace resident at400SPark Rd, hasbeen alongtime resident. Does not likethepurposed development. Bailey Abben resident at15Park Place echoes theconcerns ofothers. Melissa Fontanini owns thebusiness at205 SPark Rd. Concerns about thehouses thatwould bebuilt behind herbusiness andnotable tocontinue herbusiness without anoise complaint. Would likeas many trees tostay aspossible ifnotahigh privacy fence tokeep theprivacy forher venue. Would like thesafety ofthechildren tobeapriority inregard totheroad andsidewalks. D. Discussion and Review ofProposed Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion: Sicktime max tobeincreased from 480 hours to600 hours. Council Person Walls would liketheANSI standards tobeintroduced tothePublic Works Dept from toptobottom. E. Discussion and Review of2020 General Obligation Note Discussion: Heidi Kuhl from Northland Securities present viaphone todiscuss the2020 GO. Thiswill bea15year note andwillnot increase our $11.80taxrate. City Council Agenda Page 1of4