E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Petersen to open Public Hearing for comments on repealing Ordinance 1985- 133 Establishing Parks Commission
Unknown · moved by John Wright, seconded by Mark Petersen
City Council
City Council — regular meeting, February 13, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
0 agenda items
17 motions recorded
1 documents
Motions carried
2
of 3 substantive motions (procedural ones aside)
Split votes
0
at least one "no", or the motion failed
Votes
Each motion as the minutes record it: the agenda heading and the motion line. Names come from the roll call; "all ayes (implied)" marks a motion where the minutes say only "All ayes" or "carried unanimously", which credits the members recorded as present. Read the minutes
E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Petersen to repeal current Ordinance 1985- 133 Parks Commission to be replaced with the Ad Hoc Committee Parks, Recreation, Festivals, and Parks. All above actions were passed
Carried · moved by John Wright, seconded by Mark Petersen
E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Gericke, seconded by Wright to approve second reading by title only on Ordinance 2008- 290 on Oversized Metered Water Rates for all Zones
Carried · moved by Mike Gericke, seconded by John Wright
Procedural motions (14): agenda, minutes, payables approval, adjournment
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion Wright and seconded by Bartels to approve January 9, 2008 minutes and to accept January 2008 receipts and expenditures — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright and seconded by Petersen to not approve or accept the revised November 14, 2007, December 12, 2007 and January 2, 2008 minutes as published. Councilors instructed Clerk to revise these minutes, republish and make available for approval at March 12, 2008 City Council meeting — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Petersen to appoint the Iowa City Press Citizen as the newspaper of record for legal publishing — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Gericke, seconded by Wright to allow Mayor and Clerk to obtain bids for lease agreements on office equipment with final approval by Council — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Petersen, seconded by-Wright to publish in Community newsletter to solicit volunteers to design and, implement City of Tiffin website — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Bartels, seconded by Wright to set Public Hearing for 2008- 2009 Budget on March 12, 2008 Regular City Council meeting — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Petersen to close Public Hearing — unknown
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Gericke — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Petersen, seconded by Wright to further discuss with Owner of Slim' s on the above mentioned concerns and possibly be available for a special City Council meeting on February 27, 2008 — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Petersen to approve revised 28E agreement with Clear Creek Amana School District with additional wording changes by Engineer and Attorney. Signed agreement will be forwarded to Superintendent Paula Vincent prior to the February 21, 2008 School Board Meeting — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Petersen to close Open Session to enter into Closed Session pursuant to the provisions of Iowa Code 21. 51 ( 1) © to discuss pending litigation in the matter of Allen v. Tiffin, to discuss the possible purchase of certain Real Estate, and for discussion of possible litigation for collection of certain delinquent accounts and misappropriated funds — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Bartels to close Closed Session and to open Open Session — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Petersen to authorize Attorney to send correspondence to former Clerk Reihman to secure payment for unauthorized expenditure. Authorize Clerk Demuth to proceed with remedy solutions regarding outstanding utility bills — carried (all ayes (implied))
- E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Bartels for adjournment — carried (all ayes (implied))
Attendance
“Expenditures Approval of November” (unmatched) present“Minutes” (unmatched) present“December” (unmatched) present“January” (unmatched) presentRoyce Phillips (mayor) present
Projects at this meeting
- Joint projects with the Clear Creek Amana school district: E Delinquent Water Bills and Bad Meter Readings – Motion by Wright, seconded by Petersen to approve revised 28E agreement with Clear Creek Amana School District with additional wording changes by Engineer and Attorney. Signed agreement will be forwarded to Superintendent Paula Vincent prior to the February 21, 2008 School Board Meeting
Ordinances and resolutions
Agenda
The archive has no itemized agenda for this meeting.
Documents
| Document | Type | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes-02/13/2008 | minutes |
Sources
- Laserfiche minutes archive: Minutes-02/13/2008 — original listing ↗
- Minutes read by parser minutes/transition 2.4.0 from 1 copy.
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