Minutes-8/7/2018

CityofTiffin,Iowa Meeting: Tiffin Regular City Council Meeting Place: Tiffin City Hall, 300 Railroad Street, Tiffin, Iowa 52340 Date/Time: August 7,2018 – 7:00PM Web Page: www.tiffin-iowa.org Posted: August 3,2018 (website & front entry ofCity Hall) Mayor: StevenBerner CityAdministrator: DougBoldt Council AtLarge: JimBartels CityAttorney: RobertMichael Council AtLarge: AlHavens CityClerk: AshleyPlatz Council AtLarge: EricSchnedler D.ofPublicWorks: BrettMehmen Council AtLarge: MikeRyan CityEngineer: Hart-Frederick Council AtLarge: PeggyUpton A. Roll Call The City Council oftheCity ofTiffin, Johnson County, Iowa, met inawork session August 7,2018 at6:04 p.m. Mayor Berner called the meeting toorder. Upon roll being called the following named council members were present: AlHavens, Eric Schnedler, JimBartels, Peggy Upton, Mike Ryan. Also present: City Administrator Doug Boldt, Deputy City Clerk Abigail Hora, Public Works Director Brett Mehmen, Building Official Brian Shay, City Engineer Ben Carhoff andother visitors. B. Agenda Additions/Agenda Approval Motion toapprove agenda bySchnedler Second byUpton Allayes, motion carried. C. Discussion ofCenter Island ofRoundabout Tiffin sign onEast side oftown willneed tobemoved, council isokay ifitisincluded inthe design but might need toputTiffin onother side ofsign. Council wouldn’tmind seeing rocks with arrows likeNorth Liberty hastoshow thedirection traffic should gointheroundabout. Public works staff topick outtasteful shrubs andtreesfordesign. D. Review ofFY2016-2017 Audit Doug mentioned thatAshley hasagood handle onBank Rec, hiring ofnew UB clerk, Megan, shouldn’t have issues with utility billing going forward. Eileen Schmidt, intern, review concessions stand cash. E. Discussion ofmaking the Amana Library aSatellite ofthe Springmier Library –Kris Petersen Amana students have togotoMarengo library togetlibrary card andthen cancome back toSpringmier library togetlibrary card toustheir books, downloadable material orother features ofthelibrary. Iowa County will send their money toClear Creek todotheir part offunding tothe Springmier Library. Marengo library isokay with this. Kris would likesomething inwriting inSeptember orOctober. Shewould also liketoupdate the28Eagreement asithasbeen over 10years. F. Questions from Council Members regarding items onthe Regular City Council Agenda G. Other Business Ribbon cutting for Fareway store coming theweek ofAugust 20th Approval ofsign placement fortheBoondock festival temporary sign ontheEast ofBella Sala sign. H. Adjournment Motion toadjourn byUpton City Council Agenda Page 1of5