Minutes-05/09/1990 (2)

The Tiffin city council met in regular session on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at the fire station. Mayor Potter called meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Members present were Bartels, Brown, Morgan, Slaymaker and Stoner. Also present were Engineer Hart, Attorney Greenleaf, Tim Wolfe and Joe Francis. During community forum Mayor Potter reported that Dolores Ackley inquired about filling an abandoned well on her property. Hart will check on this. Morgan asked if it is necessary to get a permit to pour a cement slab. Attorney Greenleaf said that a permit is not required. Potter reported that Lonnie Detert resigned as fire chief and Rick Janssen is interim fire chief. Potter reported that the fire siren malfunctioned a couple of weekends ago and nobody knew it until Monday because the whistle does not blow on the weekends. The firemen have asked that the siren be sounded again on Saturdays. Council consensus to sound the fire siren at noon on Saturdays. Motion Slaymaker second Bartels to approve agenda. Carried unanimously. Motion Brown second Slaymaker to approve minutes of April 11, 1990. Carried unanimously. Attorney reported that Joe Johnston will grant an easement to water tower if he gets assurance from the town that he will have access to his property to the northeast of the tower site for future development with the designation that it be a private drive. The easement will be twenty-five (25) feet wide with an all-weather (gravel) surface. The owners may change the width of the driveway on their property at their own expense and property owners will stand the cost of maintenance. A RESOLUTION FOR AN EASEMENT WITH GRACE-BACULIS AND JOHNSTON-POTTERFIELD, IN TIFFIN, JOHNSON COUNTY, IOWA for the purpose of access to the water tower site was introduced by Stoner and seconded by Morgan. Roll call vote: Stoner, aye; Brown, aye; Morgan, aye; Slaymaker, aye; Bartels, aye. Mayor Potter declared Resolution No. 1990-5 duly passed and adopted. Attorney reported that Joe Peterson of Vantage Cable looked at the cable box in the ditch on Main Street last week and Peterson said he could not see why it should be moved because it sits close to the telephone pole. Potter stated that the cable box in the ditch could be hit be a snow plow, and the company should accept responsibility for that. Hart stated that the box should sit closer to the property line. Clerk reported that Vantage Cable sent an "as built" map which shows which properties are hooked into the system but still does not show where the cables run over the city's rights-of-way. Hart reported that some of the cable is laid "like a snake". The cable is installed at the high school and as far as the council knows, all of the cable has been buried. Motion Brown second Slaymaker to accept the modifications as completed by Vantage Cable Associates, Inc. at the company's risk, and to direct the city attorney to