Minutes-01/11/2012

w. f E CITY OF- TIFFIN Minutes Regular Council Meeting L Wednesday,- January. 11, 2012 6: 30 p. m. a, x rSpringmier, Community Library at CCA' Middle School The Tiffin city.council met in regular session' on' Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at the*;,- Springmier Community Library. Mayor Berner called meeting to•order at 6: 30 p. m. Members present: Steve Berner: Mike Ryan, Chris Ball, Peggy Upton, Jim Bartels, Travis Weipert arrived at 7: 00. Also present: Attorney Greenleaf and Engineer ,- Frederick. F Motion Ryan second Bartels to approve agenda. Carried unanimously. c a, h s 4 J" Community Forum 1- Lonny Pulkrabek, Johnson County Sheriff, presented annual report for 2011 itemizing amount of activity in Tiffin which- exceeded the contract by 116 hours. Annual hours usually exceed the contract due to calls for service and providing patrol. The county does not bill the city for hours- in excess of the=annual, agreement, does, not bill for in- depth investigations and does not bill for services which are paid by another agency, such as the school- or Tiffin Fest or RAGBRAI. Pulkrabek has instructed the deputies to walk through the schools, as a matter of public safety, and is a service which is provided for every town in Johnson; County with a public school. A school walk through takes less than. 10 minutes. The county bills the school when it calls a deputy. Pulkrabek` also 'reported that' the sheriff' s department has been providing extra hours to curb the car. burglaries in town, but will continue to provide ordinary public service., The sheriff' s protection contract is between the; Board of Supervisors and city' council and covers the- fiscal period of July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. Pulkrabek presented a proposal which included the customary 10% annual increase with an alternative 15% increase. He also recommended an increase from 25. 75 to 30 hours per week based upon the number of calls and the city' s population. The $ 35 per hour rate remains the same although it falls , below the actual cost to provide services. Council will take;proposal modification to agreement with sheriff' s department under . advisementand place item on agenda for budget work session. F , " . Minutes Motion Bartels second Ball to approve minutes of December 14, 2011. Carried a. unanimously. , Receipts and Expenditures „, i Motion Ball second Ryan to approve receipts and expenditures and financial reports for the month of"December, 2011. Carried unanimously. Clerk- treasurer reported that she will take. two days of training on. the' new accounting software and has also solicited, a proposal, with direction from the mayor,`for evaluation. of the technology needs at city hall. 1