Minutes-7 /11/1984

The Tiffin City Council met in regular session on Wednesday, July 11, 1984 at the Tiffin Methodist Church. Mayor Potter called meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Councilmembers present were Cox, Kobold, Morgan, Spivey, Stevens. Also present were Judy Aspelmeier, Pat Cain, John Schumacher, Bill and Reta Bream, Tom Morgan, Dennis Brown, Harley Stapes, Virgil Potter and Tom McAreavy. No one spoke during community forum. Motion Spivey second Stevens to approve agenda. Carried unanimously. Motion Morgan second Kobold to approve minutes of regular meeting June 11, 1984 and special meeting June 22, 1984. Carried unanimously. During public hearing to accept bids for street repair project, engineer Schumacher reported that no bids were received. Council will readvertise and set bid date for Friday, August 3, 1984, and will extend completion date to August 21, 1984. McAreavy stated that school board would like to pave parking lot at high school in conjunction with Tiffin's street repair project. McAreavy and Schumacher will discuss it after the meeting. General discussion concerning driveway accesses at Bream Bins and Buildings on Railroad Street. Cox stated that a committee of three councilmembers met with Bream a few months ago but did not report back at a council meeting. Stevens: Do you always have one driveway roped off? Bream: No. We had a party last Saturday for Kerrie Boyd and that's why it was roped off. Potter: Are you having any problem with cars running in and out? Bream: The sheriff's dept. is the only one who uses it, once a night. Potter: I appointed committee to resolve this, but it never reported back at a council meeting. People knew the outcome, but it was never in the minutes. Cox: With Beckler's new business, there should be less traffic using that for turn around. Did the town ever put up a new truck route sign? Spivey: Yes, a new sign is up. Agreement was made to control traffic and nothing was done about it. Morgan: I read minutes and did not see where Bream ever acknowledged any discussion about controlling traffic. It was discussed by the council, but Bream did not acknowledge it. Spivey: It was a gentlemen's agreement - that two accesses would be used for driveways. Bream: What two accesses? When was this agreed? Spivey: When the new building went in. Look through the minutes. The council could have required hard surfacing of area for dust control, but it didn't. I went along with that, too. Bream: I was not required to hard surface at the time. If it was supposed to be hard surfaced, I didn't know it at the time. Spivey: Other businesses have hard surfaced drives and parking areas. The council did not require it of you.