Minutes-5/13/1998 (4)

Tiffin City Council May 13, 1998 A regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council was brought to order by Mayor Glenn R. Potter, 7:00 p.m. at the Tiffin Fire Station, May 13, 1998. Council present: Rodney Walls, Mike Ryan, Jim Bartels, Alan Kern and Mike Gericke. Absent: None. Also present: Mike Singer. Motion Bartels, second Ryan to approve printed agenda and minutes. Ayes: Bartels, Ryan, Walls, Kern and Gericke. Motion carried. John Schneider spoke in Community Forum regarding sign needs for his business. Motion Ryan, second Kern to look into sign information. Ayes: Gericke, Walls, Ryan, Bartels, and Kern. Motion carried. A Public Hearing was opened at 7:10 p.m. for the purpose of gathering input either in favor of or against a proposal to amendment the City of Tiffin Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance. There were no citizens present to speak either in favor of or against said proposal. No written comments have been received by the city. The Public Hearing was closed at 7:15 p.m. Motion Bartels, second Walls to reconvene the regular session of the Tiffin City Council. Ayes: Ryan, Bartels, Gericke, Walls and Kern. Motion carried. On the 11th day of March, 1998, at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council, Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Ryan introduced Ordinance No. 1998-218 and moved that it be given its first reading. The motion was seconded by Councilperson Walls, Ayes: Bartels, Walls, Ryan and Gericke. Motion carried. It was moved on the 13th day of May, 1998 by Councilperson Walls and seconded by Councilperson Kern that the laws and rules providing that ordinances be considered and voted on for passage at two council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed by suspended and dispensed with and that Ordinance No. 1998-218, entitled, AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1996-205, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA, FOR REGULATING THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND PRESCRIBING STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISION AND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT THEREOF, PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES FOR THE REVIEW OF PROPOSED SUBDIVISION PLATS AND ESTABLISHING FEES THEREFOR, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SUCH ORDINANCE AND IN CONFORMANCE WITH CHAPTER 354 OF THE CODE OF IOWA, be placed on its last reading. Ayes: Bartels, Kern, Gericke, Walls and Ryan. Nays: None. Motion carried. Five members of the council being present and having voted "Aye", Mayor Glenn R. Potter declared the motion carried, and Ordinance No. 1998-218, was then placed on its last reading and was read the last time.