Minutes-6/9/1999

Tiffin City Council June 9, 1999 A regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council was brought to order by Mayor Glenn R. Potter, 6:35 p.m., June 9, 1999 at the Tiffin Fire Station. Council members present: Alan Kern, Mike Gericke and Jim Bartels. Council members absent: Rodney Walls and Mike Ryan. Also present: Attorney Stephen Greenleaf, Engineer Mike Hart and the Iowa City Press Citizen correspondent. Motion Kern, second Gericke to approve the printed agenda and minutes. Ayes: Kern, Bartels, and Gericke. Nays: None. Absent: Walls, and Ryan. Motion carried. North Liberty Councilmember John Soukup was present to visit about boundary lines between Tiffin and North Liberty. A meeting was tentatively set for 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 7, 1999 at the North Liberty offices. Location and time will be verified at a later date. On the 9th day of June, 1999, at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council, Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Gericke, introduced a RESOLUTION #1999-26, RESOLUTION ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE OWNED BY FALPH AND FRANKIE STOFFER AND CERTAIN REAL ESTATE OWNED BY GRACE-BACULIS FARM PARTNERSHIP, and made a motion for approval. The motion was seconded by Councilperson Kern.. Ayes: Kern, Gericke, and Bartels. Absent: Walls, and Ryan. Nays: None. Motion carried. Whereupon, the Mayor declared that the RESOLUTION #1999-26, ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE OWNED BY RALPH AND FRANKIE STOFFER AND CERTAIN REAL ESTATE OWNED BY GRACE-BACULIS FARM PARTNERSHIP, be adopted and signified his approval of the sam by affixing his signature thereto. Motion Gericke, second Kern to approve RESOLUTION #1999-27 a pay raise past Step 5 on salary schedule for $16.50/hour on 40 hour week salary of $33,508.80/year for Public Works Director Brett Mehmen with no change in benefits and increase from $8.00 to $10.00/hour up to 40 hour wages per week with no change in benefits for Assistant Public Works Steve Jiras effective 7-1-99. Ayes: Bartels, Kern and Gericke. Nays: None. Absent: Walls, and Ryan. Motion carried. Council also indicated that wage review for increase would be provided to Steve Jiras at the time he obtains Grade I Water and Wastewater certificates. Motion Bartels, second Kern to approve RESOLUTIONG #1999-28 a pay raise to City Clerk Margaret Reihman from Step 3 to 5 on $16.13/hour on 33 hour week salary of $27,679.08 with no change in benefits effective 7-1-99. Ayes: Kern, Bartels, Gericke. Absent: Walls, and Ryan. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motion Kern, second Gericke to approve city payment for sewer easement under the railroad tracks that is needed for sewer plant improvements at a cost of $2,000.00 from