Minutes-8 /10/1983

Council consensus to instruct attorney at contact bonding attorney in order to sell $65,000.00 general obligation bonds and repay it 10 years. Council will use $20,000.00 in water fund to make up the difference in cost. Clerk stated that she talked with Johnson County auditor's office and was told that borrowing $80,000.00 in general obligation bonds and repaying in 10 years would cause a tax increase on a home assessed at $50,000.00 of about $135.00 the first years and decreasing to $90.00 the last year, or an average of $100.00 per year. Potter reported that the State Insurance Services will rate the fire protection after the tower is installed and should drop rates on a $50,000.00 home as much as $65.00 per year. Spivey reported that Clear Creek School Board gave permission to use property east of current water tower for construction of new tower. Board secretary will send letter to that effect. Engineer reported that city would lose about 20% of the capacity of existing well due to installation of elevated 100,000 gallon tank. Hart also reported that he had submitted schedules to Department of Water, Air and Waste Management and it take about 30 days for approval. Rohret reported that he contacted Coralville about providing police protection for Tiffin and they were not interested. Potter stated that Ralph Brown was going to go to school for sewer licensing, at a cost of $85.00. Motion Brown second Stevens to approve Clerk-Treasurer's reports. Carried unanimously. Clerk reported that Larry Beuter's term expires on Board of Adjustment in September. Potter will take care of that. Clerk also reported that terms of Darla Bartels and Tom Hoyt expire on the Planning and Zoning Commission. Motion Stevens second Spivey to approve bills and accept receipts. Carried unanimously. Bill Verry reported that surface water created a problem on his property. He stated that he would rather see the council installing storm sewers or doing something to take care of current problems instead of spending money to annex new ground. Potter stated that city had just spent over $3,600.00 to install pump at sewer plant to prevent flooding of plant and sewer backing up into basements. Council also checked of price of photographing lines but was advised that this would not be the best solution because it might not show breaks in lines after money was spent anyway. Verry stated that he though someone broke tile lines when apartment on College Street were installed and that installation of Third Street extension created water drainage problems also. Potter stated that ditches need to be dug deeper because they are not deep enough to hold all the water in that area. Verry stated that the drainage problem was on the back of his property. Potter instructed Cox to meet with Verry and work out a solution other than a storm sewer. Motion Cox second Rohret to adjourn at 8:50 p.m. Carried unanimously.