Minutes-1 /14/1976

TOWN OF TIFFIN TIFFIN, IOWA 52340 The Tiffin City Council met in regular session on January 14, 1976 at 7:30 P.M. at City Hall. Mayor Brotherton presiding. Councilmembers present: Glenn Potter, Tommy Morgan, Roger Formanek and Janis Stratton. Absent: Roger Janssen. Also present: Atty. Ralph Neuzil, Jim McCrabb and Rick McCrabb. Formanek moved to approve the December 12th regular meeting minutes. Potter seconded and motion carried unanimously. Stratton moved to accept the minutes from the January 2nd special meeting and Morgan seconded. Motion carried unanimously. A motion to accept the Clerk-Treasurer's report for December was made by Formanek, seconded by Morgan and carried unanimously. A request for a building permit was made by Jim McCrabb. McCrabb submitted an approval statement from the majority of property owners within 300 feet of the proposed building site. A motion to grant a building permit to McCrabb Bros. for an agri-business showroom and display on Railroad Street near Grant Street upon completion of the application requirements was made by Formanek and seconded by Stratton. Motion carried unanimously. Morgan moved to grant a variance from Ordinance #56 to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Slade, concerning their property on Summerhays Street, in front yard requirement only, and any house constructed cannot be closer to the front lot line than the existing house on the North 60' of East 60' of lots 11, 12 and 13, Summerhays Addition. Stratton seconded and motion carried unanimously. Morgan moved that Mayor Brotherton's appointments for the following be accepted and approved: City Attorney, Ralph Neuzil; Mayor Pro-Tem, Glenn Potter; Clerk-Treas., Beverly Birtcher; Deputy Clerk, Janis Stratton; and Official Publisher, Iowa City Press-Citizen. Potter seconded and motion carried unanimously. Potter move to approve and accept uniBank and Trust, Coralville, Iowa as the City of Tiffin's official bank. Morgan seconded. Ayes: Potter, Stratton and Morgan. Abstain: Formanek. Motion carried. Potter moved to pay following bills and accept following receipts. Formanek seconded and motion carried unanimously. <table> <tr> <th>Central National Bank</th> <td>$2382.50</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Iowa State Bank</th> <td>45.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Water Quality</th> <td>60.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Iowa-Illinois Gas</th> <td>63.52</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Hawkeye Engineering</th> <td>130.20</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Tiffin Post Office</th> <td>6.40</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Courier Printing</th> <td>17.25</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Iowa Electric</th> <td>316.94</td> </tr> <tr> <th>General Telephone Co.</th> <td>21.35</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Johnson County Treasurer - Sheriff's Dept.</th> <td>357.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Swenka Land Improvement</th> <td>150.00</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Frank's Service</th> <td>10.05</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Beverly Birtcher</th> <td>150.91</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Ralph Brown</th> <td>560.39</td> </tr> <tr> <th>FICA</th> <td>343.61</td> </tr> <tr> <th>IPERS</th> <td>205.58</td> </tr> <tr> <th>State of Iowa Treasurer</th> <td>65.12</td> </tr> <tr> <th>uniBank & Trust</th> <td>317.60</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Total Bills</th> <th>$5203.42</th> </tr> </table>