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City Council — regular meeting, June 12, 1985

Wednesday, June 12, 1985 0 agenda items 9 substantive motions, 5 procedural motions (closed session) 0 documents

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Motions carried
8
of 9 substantive motions (procedural ones aside)
Split votes
0
at least one "no", or the motion failed
Minutes
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Coverage notes. its minutes are pages 8–12 of a record filed under 1985-07-10 (document 4386) document 4386 also holds the minutes of the meetings of 1985-07-10, 1985-06-17; only the part of 1985-06-12 is read here About coverage

Closed session

Closed session — real estate (Iowa Code §28A.6(1)(j), the former open-meetings chapter, now chapter 21); the discussion is not public.

The motion: “Motion Stevens second Cox to go into closed session at 7:55 pm under Iowa Code Chapter 28A section 6.1.j. to discuss the purchase of particular real estate where premature disclosure could be reasonably expected to increase the price the governmental body would have to p” — carried · p. 10 · in the list below.

The minutes record no motion to return to open session.

The reason is read from the minutes' words; no Code section is cited.

What the law says (the general rule, not a finding about this meeting)

Under Iowa Code §21.5, a council may close part of a meeting only for a reason the law lists, by a vote of two-thirds of its members (or all members present) taken in open session, with the reason announced and entered in the minutes. No final action may be taken in the closed session. The law requires detailed minutes and an audio recording of the closed session, kept sealed for at least a year and opened only by court order.

The archive holds no record of the closed discussion itself, and nothing here says whether its own minutes or recording were kept.

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

otherroll call · p. 9

Motion Cox second Stevens to approve request by Tiffin Fire Department for 14 day beer permit effective July 11, 1985

Carried · moved by Jerry Cox, seconded by Greg Stevens

otherroll call · p. 9

Motion Morgan second Runge to approve cigarette permits for Lark (Hawkeye Amusement), Morgan's Standard (Regal Vending), Grandpa's Grocery (Louis Voparil), Slim's (Dan Wilkerson)

Carried · moved by Sandra Morgan, seconded by Bill Runge

ordinance · p. 9

110 PRESCRIBING THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR THEIR DUTIES was introduced by Stevens. Clerk read ordinance and council considered it

Unknown · moved by Greg Stevens

otherroll call · p. 9

Councilman Stevens moved for adoption and

Carried · moved by Greg Stevens, seconded by Jerry Cox

ordinancewaive second thirdroll call · p. 9

Councilman Runge then moved that the rule or law requiring three readings of this ordinance on three different dates be dispensed with

Carried · moved by Bill Runge, seconded by Sandra Morgan

ordinancefinalroll call · p. 9

Councilman Morgan then moved for final adoption of ordinance and

Carried · moved by Sandra Morgan, seconded by Greg Stevens

ordinanceroll call Ord. 1985-134 · p. 10

Mayor Pro-tem Spivey then declared Ordinance No. 1985-134 duly passed and adopted – A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING EMPLOYEES' WAGES FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1985 was introduced by Stevens and

Carried · moved by Greg Stevens, seconded by Jerry Cox

otherroll call · p. 10

Motion Cox second Stevens to open session to public at 8:10 pm

Carried · moved by Jerry Cox, seconded by Greg Stevens

otherall ayes (implied) · p. 10

Motion Stevens second Runge to approve clerk-treasurer's reports

Carried · moved by Greg Stevens, seconded by Bill Runge

Procedural motions (5): agenda, minutes, payables approval, closed session, adjournment
  • Motion Morgan second Stevens to approve agenda — carried (all ayes (implied)) · p. 9
  • Motion Runge second Stevens to approve minutes of May 8, 1985 — carried (all ayes (implied)) · p. 9
  • into closed session Motion Stevens second Cox to go into closed session at 7:55 pm under Iowa Code Chapter 28A section 6.1.j. to discuss the purchase of particular real estate where premature disclosure could be reasonably expected to increase the price the governmental body would have to pay for that property — carried (roll call) · p. 10
  • Motion Morgan second Cox to approve bills and accept receipts — carried (all ayes (implied)) · p. 10
  • Motion Stevens second Morgan to adjourn at 8:15 pm — carried (all ayes (implied)) · p. 10

Attendance

Jerry Cox presentSandra Morgan presentBill Runge presentTed Spivey presentGreg Stevens present

Ordinances and resolutions

Ord. 1985-134

Instruments adopted at this meeting

From the minutes motions and the signed copies' own certificates (passed clause, the clerk's certificate, the agenda and the copy's date).

Agenda

The archive has no itemized agenda for this meeting.

Documents

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Sources

  • minutes
  • Minutes read by parser minutes/classic 2.7.3 from 1 copy.

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