Minutes-9/19/2017

CityofTiffin,Iowa Meeting: Tiffin Regular City Council Meeting Place: Tiffin City Hall, 300Railroad Street, Tiffin, Iowa 52340 Date/Time: September 19, 2017 – 7:00PM Web Page: www.tiffin-iowa.org Posted: September 15, 2017 website & front entry ofCity Hall) MayorCity StevenBerner : Administrator/Clerk DougBoldt Council AtLargeCity JimBartels : Attorney RobertMichael Council AlHavens AtLargeDeputy : CityClerk AshleyPlatz Council AtLarge: JoanKahler : D.ofPublicWorks BrettMehmen CouncilAtLargeCity MikeRyan Engineer: Hart-Frederick Council AtLarge PeggyUpton Work Session A. Roll Call The City Council ofthe City ofTiffin, Johnson County, Iowa, met inawork session September 19, 2017 at6:02 p.m.Mayor Steve Berner called themeeting toorder. Upon rollbeing called thefollowing named council members were present: AlHavens, JoKahler, Mike Ryan, Jim Bartels. Absent: Peggy Upton, Also present: City Administrator/Clerk Doug Boldt, Deputy City Clerk Ashley Platz, City Engineer Ben Carhoff, City Attorney Crystal Raiber andother visitors. B. Agenda Additions/Agenda Approval Motion toapprove theagenda byRyan. Second byKahler. Allayes, motion carried. C. Discussion and Update onTimber Ridge Trail –Nick Ford Discussion: NickFord with Woodruff Construction gave andupdate onthestatus andtheplan forthetrail with thenew changes byremoving theswitch backs bynotgoing fully tothewest. D. Discussion ofPotential Closure ofPark Road forPark Place Project Discussion: Doug Boldt discussed thePark Road closure tobeeffective October 1st for E. Discussion ofGIS Options Discussion: Doug Boldt discussed thethree companies thatpresented their GIS products. F. Discussion ofMayor/Council Pay Ordinance Increase Discussion: Doug Bold presented increasing theCouncil paypermeeting from $20to 50/meeting andonly paying forCouncil meetings attended instead of $20forallcitymeeting attended thatcurrent ordinance states. Also discussed anincrease inMayoral stipend from 3000/year to $4500/year. G. Discussion ofChange toSubdivision Ordinance forCity Share ofIncrease inSanitary Sewer Pipe Size Cost Discussion: Doug gave background ofhisexperience with other Cities how they deal with increasing Sanitary Sewer pipesizeandthesplitting ofcost withthedevelopers. H. Update of5.1MGeneral Obligation Bond City Council Agenda Page 1of8