Minutes-2/20/2002

Tiffin City Council February 20, 2002 A special meeting of the Tiffin City Council was brought to order by Mayor Glenn R. Potter at the Tiffin Fire Station at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 20, 2002. Council present: Jim Bartels, Karin Dils, Mike Gericke and Dave Shaffer. Absent: Rodney Walls. Also present: Melvin Reeve. Motion Bartels, second Gericke to proceed with traffic counts with Johnson County Council of Governments and preliminary study with Hart Engineering for 80-20 IDOT match for Highway #6 from the Clear Creek Amana School east to I-380. Any funding not needed for study will be requested for addition to construction work in out year. Ayes: Bartels, Gericke, and Shaffer. Abstaining: Dils. Absent: Walls. Motion carried. Gracehill Estates subdivision was never recorded in 1995. Zoning Ordinance#1998-216, Section 1.04 requiring file of plat, such approval shall be revocable unless duly recorded. Motion Shaffer, second Bartels to place request for subdivision review and approval to Planning and Zoning on March 6, 2002. Ayes: Gericke, Shaffer, Dils and Bartels. Absent: Walls. Motion carried. Public Works Brett Mehmen and Assistant Brian Detert bring to the attention of the council need for a pole building near the sewer plant to house city equipment. They see need for a single axle dump truck including plow, belly blad and wing balde. Earlier plans to use the maintainer for snow removal do not work efficiently, due to slow speed of the maintainer. Need for a 850 air compressor was also brought to city official attention. Council discussed needs. No decision on any of these needs, council will keep all of these items in need as time continues. Tiffin continues in population growth. One count places Tiffin at 2,208. West Liberty at 3,193 and North Liberty at 6,585. City council vacation time recorded by Public Works. Payroll totals for year ending 12/31/01 as follows: Brett Mehmen - $40,053.91; Margaret Reihman, $33,558.00 and Brian Detert, $27,648.58. Motion Bartels, second Shaffer to approve a 3% pay increase to Brett Mehmen on 7/1/01 salary ($41,372.00) to $42,613.16; Margaret Reihman on 7/1/01 salary ($35,107.80) to $36,161.03; and 3% increase in 7/1/01 hourly wages from $12.24/hour to $12.60/hour (approximate $26,208.00/yr) for Public Works Asst. Brian Detert.. Pay increases effective 7/1/02 with continuance of benefits including single health and dental insurance. Ayes: Gericke, Bartels, and Shaffer. Abstaining: Dils. Absent: Walls. Motion carried. P & Z Reeve recommended a backfill around the cement entrance on the east end of the Washington Park. Motion Dils, second Bartels to adjourn. Motion carried. 8:45 p.m. Glenn R. Potter, Mayor Margaret B. Reihman, City Clerk