Minutes-4/14/1999 (2)

A regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council was brought to order 6:30 p.m. by Mayor Glenn R. Potter, Wednesday, April 14, 1999 at the Tiffin Fire Station. Council present: Rodney Walls, Mike Gericke, and Mike Ryan. Absent: Alan Kern and Jim Bartels. Motion Ryan, second Gericke to approve the printed agenda and minutes. Ayes: Ryan, Gericke, and Walls. Absent: Bartels, and Kern. Motion carried. Representatives of South Slope Telephone were present to request permission to attach a five foot omnidirectional antenna to the top of the water tower along with a basic transmission unit base unit beneath the tower for wireless and cellular telephone operation. When this operation is in power Iowa will become one of the first states to have solid rural coverage in the nation. The new service will provide computer access and allow data transmission via computer. City officials agreed to take up agreement during the next regular meeting. A Public Hearing was opened by Mayor Glenn R. Potter at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of hearing citizen input either in favor or against a proposed ordinance amendment providing for a one year time limit on variances granted by the City of Tiffin Board of Adjustment. There were no citizens present to speak either in favor of or against said proposal. There were no written comments received by the city. Motion Ryan, second Walls to close the Public Hearing. Ayes: Walls, Gericke, and Ryan. Absent: Kern, Bartels. Nays: None. Motion carried. Public Hearing closed at 7:02 p.m. A Public Hearing was opened by Mayor Glenn R. Potter at 7:03 p.m. for the purpose of hearing citizen input either in favor or against a proposed adoption of the Capital Improvements Plan. There were no citizens present to speak either in favor of or against said proposal. There were not written comments received by the city. Motion Gericke, second Walls to close the Public Hearing. Ayes: Gericke, Walls, and Ryan. Absent; Bartels, Kern. Nays: none. Motion carried. Public Hearing closed at 7:04 p.m. On the 14th day of April, 1999, at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council, Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Gericke introduced Ordinance No. 1999-230, an ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR A ONE YEAR LIMITATION ON BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCES and moved that it be given its first reading. The motion was seconded by Walls. Ayes: Walls, Gericke and Ryan. Absent: Kern and Bartels. Nays: None. Motion carried. Three members of the council being present and having voted "Aye", Mayor Glenn R. Potter, declared th motion carried and ordinance No. 1999-230, an ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR A ONE YEAR LIMITATION ON BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCES, was read the first time and discussed and placed on record.