City Council

City Council — regular meeting, September 10, 1975

Wednesday, September 10, 1975 0 agenda items 25 motions recorded 4 documents

·

Motions carried
17
of 19 substantive motions (procedural ones aside)
Split votes
0
at least one "no", or the motion failed
Minutes
Read
Coverage notes. 4 copies of these minutes; one is used (the others are compared) About coverage

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

ordinancevoice vote · p. 3

Glenn Potter made a motion to authorize the Clerk and Mayor to sign all City of Tiffin warrants, checks and state that the Treasurer will no longer be authorized to sign warrant/checks. This resolution will serve until an ordinance is adopted. T. Morgan seconded

Carried · moved by Glenn R. Potter, seconded by Tom Morgan

othervoice vote · p. 3

Smith moved to expend no more than $50.00 in sub-contract to the Secondary Road Dept. for center-line marking on farm-to-market roads from railroad crossing to Railroad St., to Grant St., to Marengo Rd. and from Marengo Rd. on Roberts Ferry Rd. to north city limits. Morgan seconded

Carried · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Tom Morgan

ordinancevoice vote Ord. 70 · p. 3

Smith moved to read Ordinance #70 establishing official posting places to publish and place notices and ordinances at Tiffin City Hall, Frank's Service, Inc., Sim's Tavern and Plancour's Hardware. Morgan seconded

Carried · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Tom Morgan

othervoice vote · p. 3

Potter moved to dispense with three separate readings on different days. Morgan seconded

Carried · moved by Glenn R. Potter, seconded by Tom Morgan

ordinancefinal Ord. 71 · p. 4

Smith moved to adopt ordinance #71. Potter seconded

Unknown · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Glenn R. Potter

ordinancevoice vote Ord. 71 · p. 4

Smith made the motion to create the office of City Clerk-Treasurer and naming the duties of the office as Ordinance #71. Potter seconded

Carried · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Glenn R. Potter

othervoice vote · p. 4

Potter moved to discuss with separate readings on three different days. Morgan seconded

Carried · moved by Glenn R. Potter, seconded by Tom Morgan

othervoice vote · p. 4

Potter moved to appoint Roger Formanek to fill the unexpired term vacated by Bill Bream as Councilman. Morgan seconded

Carried · moved by Glenn R. Potter, seconded by Tom Morgan

ordinancevoice vote Ord. 69 · p. 4

Smith moved to read Ordinance #69 adopting a charter for the City of Tiffin, embodying the existing form of government on July 21, 1975 and file a copy with the Secretary of the State of Iowa. Potter seconded

Carried · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Glenn R. Potter

othervoice vote · p. 4

Potter moved to discuss with three readings on separate days. Morgan seconded

Carried · moved by Glenn R. Potter, seconded by Tom Morgan

otherroll call · p. 6

Smith moved and Potter seconded to accept Treasurer Edna Miller's resignation and send a letter of gratitude to Mrs. Miller

Carried · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Glenn R. Potter

otherroll call · p. 6

Smith moved and Potter seconded to appoint Beverly Birtcher Clerk-Treasurer serving until January 1, 1976

Carried · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Glenn R. Potter

otherroll call · p. 6

Smith moved and Janssen seconded for Mrs. Miller to surrender the Treasurer's records to the City Finance committee

Carried · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Roger Janssen

otherroll call · p. 6

Smith moved and Potter seconded to approve the Iowa State Highway Commission report

Carried · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Glenn R. Potter

otherroll call · p. 6

Janssen moved and Morgan seconded to approve said permit

Carried · moved by Roger Janssen, seconded by Tom Morgan

otherroll call · p. 6

Smith moved and Janssen seconded to approve liquor license renewal application submitted by Dale Dahnke for the Lark Supper Club, Inc

Carried · moved by Judy Smith, seconded by Roger Janssen

otherroll call · p. 6

Potter moved and Formanek seconded to approve permit application for home building from Dale Flansburg

Carried · moved by Glenn R. Potter, seconded by Roger Formanek

other · p. 6

Janssen moved to increase Ralph Brown's salary by 9% of the present gross salary per year. No second

Died no second · moved by Roger Janssen

otherroll call · p. 6

Potter moved and Janssen seconded to increase Ralph Brown's salary by 8% of the present gross weekly salary, paid monthly, effective October 1975

Carried · moved by Glenn R. Potter, seconded by Roger Janssen

Procedural motions (6): agenda, minutes, payables approval, adjournment
  • Glenn Potter moved to approve the minutes of July 2nd. Judy Smith seconded — carried (voice vote)
  • Smith made the motion to pay the following bills and accept the following receipts. Morgan seconded — carried (voice vote)
  • Potter moved to adjourn until September 10, 1975. Smith seconded — carried (voice vote)
  • Potter moved and Janssen seconded to accept the August 13th minutes with typographical corrections — carried (roll call)
  • Potter moved and Janssen seconded to pay and accept following bills and receipts: Bills: Ralph Brown $791.69 Beverly Birtcher 132.14 Tiffin Post Office 6.11 Iowa State Printin Division 44.00 Iowa Data 8.58 Area X on Aging 49.00 Iowa State Bank & Trust Co. 135.00 Press-Citizen 65.89 Water Quality 60.00 Iowa Electric Light & Power Co. 358.07 Eck's Pool Supply 54.00 Plumber's Supply 10.00 Matt Parrott 142.97 Hawkeye Engineering 168.00 Central National Bank 202.50 TOWN OF TIFFIN TIFFIN, IOWA 52340 September 10, 1975 Minutes Bills cont. General Telephone Co. $28.87 Tom Mittman 6.60 Tiffin Fire Association 251.00 Total $2454.42 Receipts: State Comptroller $1425.50 Johnson County Treasurer 160.30 Dunton-Lanik Insurance, Inc. 120.00 Sewer - Townspeople 904.14 Water - Townspeople 1090.53 Total $3700.47 — carried (roll call)
  • Janssen moved and Morgan seconded to adjourn until October 8, 1975 — carried (roll call)

Attendance

Glenn R. Potter presentRoger Janssen presentJudy Smith presentTom Morgan presentRoger Formanek presentJames E. Brotherton (mayor) present

Ordinances and resolutions

Ord. 69, Ord. 70, Ord. 71

Agenda

The archive has no itemized agenda for this meeting.

Documents

DocumentTypePagesOriginal
Minutes-9 /10/1975 (2) minutes3PDF
Minutes-9 /10/1975 (3) minutes2PDF
Minutes-9 /10/1975 (4) minutes2PDF
Minutes-9 /10/1975 minutes8PDF

Sources

  • Laserfiche minutes archive: Minutes-9 /10/1975 — original listing ↗
  • Minutes read by parser minutes/early 2.4.0 from 4 copies.

This meeting as JSON · its votes as JSON

Data last updated October 15, 2026. Built from the archive's documents; see how the data is built.