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Home My WebLink About1975-11-18 CorrespondenceMEETING OFTHECITY COUNCIL • , November 18, 1975 -- DISBURSEMENTS FOR APPROVAL October 1-15, 1975 GENERAL FUND E. K. Jones - Management Fee 1,250.00 Northwestern BellJuly Phone Service 3,790.07 - Iowa -Illinois Gas & Electric Gas & Electricity 1,622.85 Tom O'Leary Concrete Construction Repair Improvements 658.56 University of, Iowa - = Books 25.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Supplemental Retirement 915.64 C & V Kleen King Sales & Service - Equipment Maintenance 30.00 Clerk of District Court Court Costs 121.75 Frohwein Supply Co. Office Supplies 14.58 Wilson Concrete Co. Improvement Materials 360.83 Tri -City Blue Print Co. - Minor Equipment 17.67 Capitol Propane Gas Co. Fuel 62.03 Shepards Citations Book 30.00 Plum Grove Acres, Inc. Improvements 4,162.60 Clerk of District Court -Polk County Miscellaneous Expense 7.00 Robert J. Carroll Outside Printing, 259.00 Lawrence Harzinski- - Interview Expenae 118.46 - Thomas Serrano Interview Expense, 228.60 Joyce Klinek Interview Expense 55.50 • Jeanette Rupp Interview Expense 121.21 General Pest Control - Building Maintenance 10.00 Superintendent --of-Documents Books 8.75 Institute of Public Affairs Booklets - 21.00 - Roberta Lampert Technical Services 6.90 Margaret Balla Technical Services ;11.50 Treasurer of Johnson County Report 8.00 West Publishing Co. Books 65.00 - American Management Assoc. _Membership 385.00 Jim Wonick Safety Supplies 15.00 Joy E. Sellers Refund 3.50 Martha Brown Refunds 15.00 Freda Villhauser Refund 5.50 - _ Donald Levy:.. .Refun- _ d 8.00 Hach Brothers Co. Industrial Supplies 52.75 Quill Corp. Office' Supplies 206.77 General Pest Control Building Maintenance 16.00 Iowa Parcel Service - Freight 12.37 - Nagle Lumber 2.37Nagle-Lumber Construction Supplies 207.39 Pitney,Bowes - Equipment Rental 48.00 American Assoc. for Health _ -Book 1.75 American Library Assoc. Book 6.06 Apple Tree Press Book 5.00 Arkham House Publishers Book 4.00 William E. Covill, Jr. Book 17.50 • Chambers Record Corp. Records 77.28 - Doubleday & Co., Inc. Books 36.88 - Lolly .Eggers `- Registrations .. _ 15.47 - Epateins Book Store Book 1.60 DISBURSEMENTS LIST Page 2 • GENERAL FUND (cont.) Gale Research Co. Book 35.96 Governmental Guides Inc. Book 5.50 Garrard Publishing Co. Book 37.67': Grolier Educational Corp. Book 128.50, Hugo's :Book_;Service Book 7.00 ' Iowa Data Book, 8.40` Iowa State University Press Book 18.02 The Kerkus Service Serials 82.00 League of Women Voters of Iowa Book 7:25' National Audio -Visual Assoc. Book 7.50 National PTA Publications _ Book 1.90 National Safety Council Book 2.98` Nordstorm Publishing Co. Serial 5.00 John Astern Records 51.00 Planned Parenthood of Iowa Book 3.15-- Rizzoli International Book 29.49 Solon Economia[ Serials . 3.50' Aeonian Press Book 23.95 State Historical Society of Iowa Book 23.75 Tax Foundation Inc. Book 3.00 Womens Action Alliance Books 5.00 •: Baker b Taylor Co. Books 264.82 Ebsco Subscription Service ; Serials 47.44, Ingram'.Book Co. Books 181.38 Lenoch 6 Cilek Miscellaneous Supplies 19.95 Addressograph Multigraph Corp. Repair b Supplies 80.70 Iowa City Petty Cash Miscellaneous Expense 130.86` Hospital Services Health Insurance 11,597.34 Nate Moore Wiring Service Improvement Repairs 43.62 ' Freeman Locksmith Building Repairs 164.75 .Wilsons on the Mall Recreation Supplies 47.80 Iowa -City _Urban Renewal Building Rental 440.00 Iowa City Petty Cash Recreation Department 74.15 Jean Fountain Technical Services 55.00 Consolidated Freightways Freight 20.46 Hawkeye State Fire Safety Assoc. Registration 25.00 MFOA Career Development Center Registration 90.00 Strub-Rocca Welding 6 Repair Building Repair 206.41 Sears Roebuck 6 Co. Tools - 92.14 Paul's Towing Inc. Vehicle Repair 88.42 Larry Donohoe Clothing Allowance 200.00 Park Maintenance Publications 24.30 Daily Iowan Publications 40.32 The Harvest Publishing co. Publications 40.00 Leon Lyvers Tree Removal 165.00 Hawkeye Wholesale_ Grocery Cleaning Supplies = 62.65 • - Lawn 6 Leisure Iowa City, Glass 6 Mirror Equipment 915.06 Vehicle *Rep air - 54.54 Coralville Products Construction Supplies_ 4.04 Aero Rental Equipment 6-Tool Rental 40.00 - Lyle Seydel Travel Expense 50.21 Winebrenner-Dreusicke Inc. Equipment Materials _ 5.74 DISBURSEMENTS LIST - - Page 3 • GENERAL FUND (cont. 204.38 Travel Expense 11.68 Allan D._Kardoff Travel Expense- 94.50 _ Paul Bowers Travel Expense 15.83 Dennis Kraft Travel Expense 358.00 William A. Kidwell Engineering Services 2,060.00 Iowa City Laboratory Inc. Attorney Fee -- 26.50 Hayek, Hayek S Hayek - Equipment Rental 100.00 Answer Iowa Public Safety Equipment Rental 5.50 Department of Refund 5,000.00 Nathaniel Good Postage 200.00 U.S. Post Office Dev. Center istration 12,88 _ International MFOA Career Tzavel-Expense 528.25 Candy Morgan Electrical Supplies gp1;41 Crescent Electric Supply Co. - Gasoline 50.11 Kra11- Oil ,, - Stevens Sand 6 Gravel Co. Sand _ Miscellaneous, Supplies 114.12 1,108.34 -Lenoch 6 Cilek - - Computer Services 2,994.55 University Computer Center Concrete 298.38 Iowa City Ready Mix 6 Cleaning Uniform Rental 317.23 New Process Laundry Repair Parts 122,67 Capitol Implement Animal Food 18.95 Keith Wilson Hatchery Inc: Printing Supplies 66.00- The Sherwin Williams Co:' Registration 283.22-= League of Iowa Municipalities Publications 75.00, • International Press Associates Appraisal Service 49.00: Hoffman -Waters Realtors - Technical Services 7,65 Dave Kruse Mileage 5.00 Jean Spector Refund 5.00 David'Villhauer Refund 5.00= James McKray - Refund 5.00 Susan Miller -- Refund 5.00 Elke Bellile Refund 5.00 Neil Schleisman Refund 5.00 Dale Peterson Refund _ _ 5`.00 Ronald Wudtke Refund 5.00 Kuo Sung _Liu Refund 5.00 Duane Waters Refund 5.00 Gary Lantz - :Refund 5.00 James Knapp Refund 760.39 Susan Soderberg Vehicle Repair - 11,109.96 Johnson's Machine Shop '6 Electric Gas =3 Electric Charges Supplies 21,18 Iowa-lllinois`Gas Miscellaneous Repair - 3,756.00 - Barron Motor Supply Tree Removal 387.74 Noel .Tree Service Publication 153:47 Des Moines Register S Tribune Air -Fare 82,00 -United Airlines- TravelExpense 78:50 Carol deProsse Planning Offic. Publication American Society of gook 67:50 Superintendent of Documents Veterinarian Services 12.00 • Animal Clinic - Recording Services 179.34 Johnson County Recorder Travel Expense 100.00 Paul Alexander - Registration 115.34 University of Iowa Professional Services Cathy Ockenfels -DISBURSEMENTS LIST Page 4' •; GENERAL`FUND (cont.) Breeses Vehicle_ Repair Supplies 132.44 Charles D. Belger Safety Supplies '' 15.00 D 6 J Industrial Laundry Uniform Services 1,476.30 Iowa City Assoc. of Indep. Insur. Agents Camp. Liability Insurance 18,045.00 City Electric Supply - = Electrical Supplies 165.47' Callaghan 6 Co. Reference Materials 30.00 Ed'McGinness Mileage 46.95' Charles Fulton Safety Shoes 15.00 - Jay Honohan Attorney Services 921.68 Kieck's, Uniforms 1,213.21. Internt'l City Management Assoc. Books' 171.98 University of Iowa Hospital Medical Treatment 9.00' University of Iowa Xerox Services 4.50 Jim`Coblentz Safety Supplies 18. -02 -- Hilltop DX Car Wash Vehicle Maintenance - 77.65 Means Service Laundry Service 193.84 .Chicago Daily.Defender Publication Costs 49.50_ University of NorthernIowa- Registration- _,35.00 -- Cline Truck S Equipment Co. Vehicle Repairs 86.53 Red Carpet Travel Service Air Fare 534.66 Identi-Kit Co. Equipment Rental 162.00 -' PPG Industries Paint 130.82 Hartwig Motors Inc. Vehicle Repair 489.88 • Kirwan Furniture Repair Supplies 17.26 University of Iowa Technical Services- 5.00 The Wickes Corp. Construction Supplies 956.86 --- Koch 'Brothers Office Equipment 332.56 Stillwell Paint Store Recreation.Supplies _ 39.31 Pyramid `:Service Inc. Equipment Material 11.46 $88,081.34 CAPITAL PROJECTS -- L. L. Pelling Co. Improvements-' 7,297.70 Metro Pavers Inc: Paving' - 158;496.52 Iona Road Builders - Parking_ Lot, Construction 3,812.58 - Lenoch 6 Cilek Building Supplies 11.10 H. B. Allen Inc. Repair 6 Maintenance Supplies 490.00 D. C. Taylor - Roof Repair 22,595.40 $192;703.30 ENTERPRISE Northwestern Bell July_ Phone Service 439.40 Iowa-Illinois.Gas-6 Electric Gas 3 Electricity 1,139.08 Utility Equipment Co. Improvement Materials 578.61 Novotny's Cycle Center Miscellaneous Supplies _ - 14.25 • _ Fandel Inca James Doyle Improvement Repairs Water Refund 39.00 1.25 Tim -Kane Water Refund 6.32 Merrill Krueger - Water Refund 3.12 , Terry _Paul Water Refund- 4.74 Bill Panther Water Refund 4.12 DISBURSEMENTS LIST Page ``5 • ENTERPRISE FUND (cont.) 4.40 Water Refund 2,080.11 Laura Smith Employment Security Comm. FICA Taxes Taxes 1,096.00 Iowa Iowa Public Employees Retire. System IPERS Miscellaneous Expense 2.48 1;512.10 Iowa City -Petty Cash Health Insurance 28.00 Hospital Services Miscellaneous Supplies 39.50 Freeman Locksmith - Building Supp lies - Strub-Rocca Welding vehicle Repairs .414.00 3.00 ' Martin Brothers Equipment - Miscellaneoussupplies 18.70 Union Supply Co. Industrial Supplies 163.426 John Nash Grocer Co. Repair__ Supplies 30.24 Iowa Pipe 6 Supplies Social Work Water Refund 4.41 University of Iowa Water Refund :._3.00 Leonard Roggow Water Refund 9.45 Clifford Walters Water Refund- 4.18 Mike Beasley - Water Refund 4.00' Ben Pressley Water Refund .' 2.59 Sally,Shalla -. Water Refund 3.00 university of Iowa Water Refund 4.41 Susanne O'Connor Water. Refund _ 10.15 Gerald Knipfer. WaterrRefund 2.30 A 6 A Coins ----Water Refund - `s 31.43 Pat Harding WaterRefund15.27 •Donald Langenberg Water Refund 36.12` --Mrs. W. A. Gay -_ Water Refund 6.00 Frantz Construction Water Refund 8`.50 Rentals by Ivette Water Refund 6:95 ,- -Lester Laubach Water Refund 7,28 Larry,Solomonson Water Refund 152.54 Larry Wolf Water Refund 105:00 Iowa City Press Citizen _ Registration 55.33 'Iowa Section AWWA Repair Supplies 445.96 u Crescent Electric supply Krall 011 Solvent 89.50 Standard Oil Div. - Sand 5.15 Stevens `Sand 6 Gravel Co. Meter Repair Supplies 107.18 Lenoch 6 Cilek Concrete 13,857.00 Iowa City Ready Mix Refund 5.30 University of Iowa Refund 15.53 -Jim Clark Meter Repair Supplies 11,335.79 --- Johnsons Machine Shop Gas 6 Electric Chargee 301.39 Iowa Illinois_Gas 6 Electric Water Refund 12.51 -Phi- Delta Theta _ vehicle Repair Supplies 2.89 Sieg Co. Tools 40.00 Barron Motor Supply Repair 6 Maintenance 11.32 Montgomery Elevator Co. paint 734.35 Breeses D 8 J_Industrial Laundry Uniform Service -- Supplyes 30.29 City Electric Supply Electrical Safety -:Supplies 15.00 ,75 Donald Walton vehicle Maintenance 7.88 • Hilltop DX Car Wash Laundry: Service 10:00 Means Service Water Refund 1.87 Claire Wehr Water Refund ` Gary Klinefelter DISBURSEMENTS LIST -Page-6 • ENTERPRISE FUND (cont.) 2.32 4.33 Water ,Refund John Dahlhauser Water Refund 5.59 10.69 John Bauers Water -Refund Water Refund - 9.39 Joan Wagner Water`Refund 1.22 Hazel_,Kerr French Water Refund, 6.02 - Pete Jeff Romine - ` <- Watef Refund ` 100.71 Linda L. Tope - Tool Repairs 232.47 213.74 McCabe: Equipment _ Travel Service Air Fare Paint' 28,306.06 . - Red Carpet PPG Industries Pipe .60 33.71- Griffin Pipe Products Ice Building Repair 78.70 John's Grocery a lies - Induatrlal Supp 44.50 PPG Industries Equipment Repair $64,173.46 Oxford Chemicals Bontrager Machine 6 Welding TRUST13,950.00 Fire Pension Transfer 12,525,00 - Police Pension Transfer 233..23 City Treasurer Book 7.02 City Treasurer` Taylor Co. Publication 84.40 Baker 6 The Daily Iowan ------ Service Serials Books 11.66 11,837.42 •- Ebsco-SubscriptiOn Book Co. FICA Taxes 61112.10 Ingram Iowa Employment Security Comm*,_ - IPERS Taxes to ees Retiremnt System Expense --73.99 205.19 - Iowa'Puty Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Supplies 36.48 PettyCash Iowa City Ptty Coffee Supplies 79.37 Coffee Time Grovery - lies Agricultural Supp -14.50 Hawkeye'Wholesale Flower Shop Technical Services $45,170.36 Pierson'a - Drake Hokanson , SERVICE 157 219.4V INTRpGOVERNMEN'AL Payroll Transfer 296,44 HawState Bank a July Phone Service Electricity 357.76 75.00 western Bell Northwestern Gas Electric Gas :6 Registration 115.00 Iowa -Illinois Case Western Reserve University Travel Expense Supp lies 33.11 135.00 - Larry Donohoe 1 Co. Supply General Office Travel .Expense 135.00 Juhl Travel Expense 135.00 Christine Christine Goldberg Travel Expense 135.00 Michael Tr 150.00 Becky Morgan' Patricia Klug Travel Expense Travel 150.00 '20.00 Fredine Branson Travel Expense Equipment Rental 240.00 Lyle'Seydel Polytechnic Data Corp • Office_ ent Rental Office Equipment 891.14 • Xerox Corp. Security Comm AICA Taxes IPERS Taxes 228.53 7.50 Iowa Fmploy• Retirement Public Employees; Syst. Miscellaneous_ Expense Iowa Iowa City Petty Cash DISBURSEMENTS LIST Page 7 INTRAGOVERNMENTAL SERVICE Hospital Services Sally Smith Health Insurance 1,124.50 Martin Brothers Equipment q pment Travel Expense Vehicle Repair Supplies 100.00 - Wholesale Crovery Cleaning Supplies Su -191.86 John ohn Ne Nash Grocer Co. Winebrenner-Dreusicke-Inc. Restroom Supplies 14:25 52.75 Xerox V ehicle Repair Supplies 134.80 American Society of Civil Engineers Equipment Renal _ Membership 60.00 Harley-Davidson -Hawkeye Bank Vehicle Repair Supplies - 6.00 126.17 -$tate _ Kenneth A. Snelson Payroll Transfer ' 1,536.44 Richard Fields Art 44,000.00 -Cleo Kron Art,, 13,000.00 Crescent Electric Su l PP Y Travel Expense Miscellaneous Supplies 265.00 Krall Oil - -Gasoline -_ 27:05 -- Harley-Davidson Repair Supplies .7,641.13 Capitol Implement co. Repair Parts 18.65 Quill Corp. Office Supplies 523.33 - Bob Zimmerman Ford Lynn Bailey Vehicle Repair Supplies 273.41 719.94 Mary McDonough "Refund 8.50 Johnson's Machine Shop Sieg Refund Vehicle Repair Supplies 19.00 Co. Barron Motor Supply Vehicle Repair.Supplies 353:43 328.24 Darel Forman Miscellaneous -Supplies 536.89` Debbie Rauh -=Travel Expense 96.00 Breeses Travel'Expense 80.00 D 6 J Industrial Laundry Vehicle Repair Supplies -1,807.61, City Electric Supply Uniform Service Supplies 320.95'Electrical l Hilltop DX Car Wash CarWashes2.25 10.13 Robert Keating - -Jerry Travel Expense . Goodwin Refund 40.00 ` Means Service Laundry Service -.911.90_ McCabe Equipment Machinery Co. - 54.32 Miscellaneous Vehicle Supplies 3.20 ; Cline Tr 6 Equipment Co. Vehicle Repair Supplies 113.78 Red Carpet Red Carpet Travel Service _ Vehicle Repair Supplies AirFare 441.23 - " Hartwig Motors The Drawing Board := Equipment Materials 206.47 625.51 ' Transign - General -Office Supplies 38.07 Pyramid_ Service, Inc. Equipment Materials =-230.52 . Equipment Materials 701.27 $236;568.51 SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Wolf Construction Sidewalk Construction 1,574.64 _ - $1,574.64 " • LEASED HOUSING Various Landlords October Rent Various Landlords - - - September Rent 26,787.50 26,680.00 ' "_ - $53,467.50 Minutes of Staff Meeting october 17, 1975 Jim Sueppel and Jim Clemens from the Problem Drinking Center presented the Cit Council discussion relating to th=oblemsilitAaTesolution washadoptedich eby rs assistance to employees with drinking problems. Ar Manual .which offers assistancet skills in our Personnel Rules and Regulationstraining and employees but main tains_ confidential records. 'SprThey strongly urged F are necessary to handle employees with drinking problems., If el have good supervisors, they can help .the City to follow through the Labor Relations Center or the Institute of - Public Affairs for such programs.If the employees with such problems. Early eliminate' problems by spotting Y detection avoids grievance situations There ane YombeananPoons as nsibleed ufor lthis. to our rehabilitation program, i.e., who is going is a sour whereh ome celpanies can bevfound t1The rehabilitation p ogram is toffercontact area one inivival assistance unitive type of action. Detail work needs to be completed to help not as a p problems and refer employees to the proper area. Medical .supervisors identify p - sending employees through physical advisors may be the first source of help• be identified as a result of the examinations, certain behavior patterns may companies have the first examination.' Program should be open to everyone. Many _ mP source of identification as a physical exam which 'fill reveal certroblems V1If patterns 'or physical ailments-which-can be the.result'of alcohol p as employee lartmenttsfrom attention �UIf therethis are o�physicalrreasons for ethe . Personnel Dep options - problem, counseling could be obtained from the _Miinneapolisahas�many p ioial nce, and Problem Drinking Center. The 3DL Company OF to employees. They have an ex-bartender who functions as a counseloif r. She has the ability to minimize the problems and the ability to analyze of or other types psychological problems y of employees who have lhad cdrinkinated gt they have had five referrals from Iowa City Two employees are still with the City; two have terminated because problems. ' of alcohol abuse. In the case of the as had, the two referrals the Problem Dbut the spousesCenter hrelated another employees denied that such a problem existed, that Part-of the problem has been to get, an individual to identify story• roblem. The Problem Drinking Center would be recep- they have had a drinking p limiting tive to setting up a program with three or four supervisors atheecould Y Pr records one his to two to two and a half an hour. 1Yith such -a small g uP help the supervisors to identify people is to look at the absenteberu °ate definite approach to identify= ervi;or may not If an employee does have a'problem, the first line sup have resulted in errors - position to'say anything because the drinking problem may that ,it is or hard feelings. The Problem Drinking Center works on the theory not a rescue operation. They try to get an individual to-understand that they to ee indicated uit drinking so he quit working. Two others were fired owe it to themselves to take care of their problem. one emp Y that he did not want to q as a result of their alcohol abuse. Rehabilitation programs have worked well in the past. Percentage recovery of alcohol is not good, but industries and companies who have had a program have had good success. Rehabilitation program is to help people, not rescue them.`. e alcoholic,' problems.- This is an area i;ith 360 employees, S to 10% could hav that we will be following up with program and education training. This program should be made available to employees through the benefit package so that they will become more_ aware of it and seek its services when necessary. :They suggested a'committee of management and labor personnel to_help define the needs of employees who would ultimately have input to the City Manager. The staff and department heads are encouraged to give some thought to items that they would, want to -put into the Annual _Report. Thought should be given to publishing the annual report in the newspaper in a`speci.al section.,. -This would be 'similar to paid advertising and cost somewhere in the neighborhood ;' -- --of-$1,S00 to $2,000. If we decided to follow-through'; with this, we would put, the report in the Press -Citizen and Daily Iowan. Some thought has been given to whether it would be desirable to _change the meeting time from Friday to Wednesday at midmorning. At this time agenda items can be reviewed and any items scheduled with the appropriate departments. Arrangements should be made to block out time during the middle of the week to use Barbara Ettleson from the Institute of Public Affairs to continue to further discuss problems that have been identified. The City Manager's office (specifically, Neal, Julie, Linda, Mel and Lorraine) will continue to work on the citizen complaint referral procedures. Department, heads are encouraged to begin monthly reporting proceduresquickly.: Police and Fire are now pro-; viding these, but itisdifficult to determine where department priorities are and the Manager is; not in a position to inform the Council what is going on within' the individual departments without these reports. Department heads,, should establish a meeting with each of their division heads to improve com MM and discuss problem% goals, priorities with each of them. The.-- -- ----organization does not appear to have the cohesiveness necessary with relation- - ship to goals and objectives throughout the total organization. The easy answer is to say that we do not have the time to establish objectives. It is necessary that the department communicate to outline,,the work, responsibilities and where problems are in their divisions. This is in direct relationship with the citizen complaints. Some revision may be necessary to sort out requests to determine which have a higher priority. The phone system was modified two years ago -to .allow individuals to get hold of someone personally. Now department heads are getting into a situation where calls are taking up the majority of their time. Some calls do not necessarily need to be referred to the department head. The Public Works area will be reviewed in -relationship to the citizens' complaint procedures. An equipment facilities study will also involve the Police, Fire, and the Amenities Program Plan. - The Christmas Party was discussed, and a memo will besentto the Council out - The He states in, this opinion that Christmas lining the Attorney General's opi parties are an expenditure of public funds for private purposes and can be interpreted as embezzlement:. 1%'e will be getting feedback from the Council on this item. - 2 777 Minutes of Staff Meeting October 31, 1975 Agenda items were reviewed. The Council discussed the_Christmas parties at the last Council meeting and a consensus was reached that a party would not ` be held this year. Some employees favor holding an appreciation party while SOME :are opposed. Department heads should poll their departments to see if enough employees favor holding an appreciation -party on ,our own. The funding, would not be provided by the City. Everyone will be responsible for their own costs. It appears as though everyone in the Civic Center is in favor of .> and others who are not in the peripheral area are not. holding such a party have not been well attended in the past. Individual parties by departments The staff felt that the Christmas party should be dropped. The question of holidays off during the Christmas season was discussed. Personnel rules and regulations state that a floating holiday will be either the day before or the day, after Christmas. This item is negotiated into the Union contracts. A holiday -schedule will be followed Friday and Saturday after Christmas. No consensus was reached regarding the days off for Christmas and New Years.The-City.:will operate on a skeleton crew during the holidays Individual employees must contact their department head requesting time off. w are putting together orientation package for new Council candidates. A tour is planned for Saturday,_ November 15. This is not a home„football game, so no 'conflict ;is -anticipated. Division heads, should be present to give a tour and explanation of their facilities and answer questions ,that the Council may have.; A staff meeting will be held with Barbara Ettleson from the Institute of Public Affairs on November 5 at 1:30 P.M. in the City Manager's Conference room. Concurrent Session I OBTAINING ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE WATER AITD SE14ER SYSTEMS -Larry Heeren,'Pro;;ram Manager, Department of .using & Urban Development, Omaha -Bob llegley, Chief, Business & Industry, Farmers Home Administra- tion, Des lioines -Larry Ferguson, Chlef of Planning & Analysis, Department of En- vironmental quality PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT -Mike Lamson, Iowa State Representative, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Kansas City -Allen Robert Way, Executive Director, Iowa Crime Cormission, " Des Moines _ MEETING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS - RURAL Lee Waddleton, Regional Representative from Urban Mass Transporta- tion Administration, Kansas City- -Ray Kassel, Acting Director of Planning,, Iowa Department of Trans- portation, Ames -William Jack Sasser, Assistant Airports Division Chief, Federal Aviation Administration, Kansas City Concurrent 'Session II OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS -Bob llegley, Chief, Business S Industry, Farmers Home Administra- tion, Des Moines -Larry ITeeren, Prcigram Manager, Department of Housing d Urban - Development, Omaha -Wayne Thomas, Regional Director, Community Services Administration. - Kansas City dministration,Kansas-City ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE IN MEETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL"TPms OP YOUR TOIdH -Ron Ritter, Congressional and IntergovernmentalRelationsOfficer, Environmental Protection Agency, Kansas City -Pete Hamlin, Director Land Quality Management Division, Department of Environmental quality : IMPROVING THE RECREATIO14 OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUR TOWN Arthur Stewart, Manager of r,rants-in-Aid Division, Department of the Interior, Denver Les Fleming, Superintendent of Grant -in -Aid, Iowa Conservation Commission, Des Moines , Concurrent Session III MEETIN'7 THE 14OUSIIIG NEEDS OF YOUR COMMUNITY " Bob-Ilepley, Chief, Business & Industry,Farmers Home Administration, Des Moines -Larry Hecren, Program Manaver, Department'_of:Housing, & Urban Development, Omaha -hate Ruben, Director, Federal. Housing Administration, Des Moines U14DERSTANDING THE FEDERAL REVE14UE SHARING PROGRAM - ° -- -Jeff Schiff., Manager of. Intergovernmental Relations, Office of Revenue Sharing,Washington D.C. UTILIZING, MANPOWER PROGRAMS' -Henry Walser, Deputy Associate Repional'Manpower Administrator,- _ Nebraska and Iowa, Department of. Labor, Kansas City Gordon Bennet, Director, Division of Manpower, Office of Planning, and Programming,` Des Moines -'like Dunn, Faecutive Director, Southeast Iowa Area Planning` Commission, Keokuk A LOOK AT THE NATIONAL AND STATE ENERGY SITUATION AND WAYS TO CONSFRVE ENERGY IN YOUR TOWN -William H. Smith, Acting Regional Administrator, Federal Energy Administration,'Kansas_Ci.ty Wayne Thomas, Regional ,Administrator, Community Services:Adminis- tration, -Kansas City -Pot 111yal1! l0i, Iving nl mer-o?r, I&WR 1c,qBFj.,7 Y01'sY CAWi'c'ilj Neve w l • CITY OF IOWA CITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICWORKS MEMORANDUM DATE: November 7,;1975 TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager and City Council Me ers FROM: Richard Plastino, Director of Public Works RE: Equipment Maintenance Building Last year the City was contemplating the idea of having a bond issue election for a new Equipment Maintenance Building. r It appeared, however, that an election for an Equipment Building would be premature since we did not fully understand all of the problems besetting equipment maintenance in Iowa City and we _believed we needed more information. Subsequently, we retained Barry Lundberg and Brian Bachner with Barton Aschman to spend considerable time Interviewing 60 to 70 employees and doing a thorough analysis of the financial ; conditions in equipment maintenance and also maintenance procedures. Some of the key questions that are materializing are listed below: 1. Should equipment maintenance management and facilities be completely centralized?. 2. What form should the equipmentmaintenance organization take and where should -the ultimate responsibility lie? 3. How should equipment acquisition be financed? - 4. Are there any opportunities to combine the Iowa City, University of Iowa and Coralville bus operations? 5. What should be the policy on private contract maintenance of City vehicles? 6. What should be done with the Central Maintenance Facility? 7. How should the equipment maintenance operation be staffed? The Equipment Maintenance Division presently has an annual llars. The City budget of approximately one half million n approximate valueoofs approximately 170 wheeled vehicles with an app well in excess of one million dollars. It can be seen that the stakes in this study are significant and additional memorandums will be sent to you as Mr. Lundberg and Bachner pull the facts - - arch for solutions. together and help us se SUD4fARY OF INFORMATIONAL MEETING BETWEEN OLD CAPITOL ASSOCIATES, LPA, AND CITY STAFF NOVEMBER 11, 1975 I Berlin, Ed Czarnecki, ATTENDEES: Paul Alexander, John Balmer, Nea Penny Davidsen, Pat Foster, Freda Hieronymus,', Don Scatena, - Max Selzer, Maureen Sullivan, Dick Wollmershauser DISCUSSION: 1, Purpose of LPA meetings The purpose of the LPA meetings are to establish, cooperation between OCA and the City Council. These meetings are informative and, hopefully, a vehicle to lessen real or perceived hostility. 2. Plaza Centre One or Friday (November OCA will file with the mortgage lender on Thursdayto act on the 13, 14). It will take the lender a minimum of 45 days. this winter, application. OCA hopes to get the footings in the ground early _March. however, actual.construction will begin late February Construction plans are 80% complete, and OCA will file for a building permit after the mortgage lender acts. Neal Berlin suggested a policy state menconstructionCouncil schedule, but wledges the delay from the Septe d faith efforts to secure a mortgage -and supports OCA in -their g begin construction. 3. Parcels 101-1, 101-4 -- Bank Facilities Iowa State Bank and Perpetual Savings are almost ready to approve the Iowa State is attempting to begin the plans for the new facilities. construction this year. q. Parcel 103-3 -- Elderly; Housing The SAMA (Site Appraisal and Marketing Analysis) has been filed for an FHAmortgage. OCA is .working with ,Bank 0 and E. G. Becker (a private lender oval off the and bonding company) to secure the mortgage. construction, subject to HUD's appr target date for theh- ggMp (conditional and -final),_is March 1, 1976. 5. Miscellaneous Information In April, 1976, Parcel 102-3 is to be constructed. OCA is negotiating with the Rebel Motel for an expansion of the facilities. In July, 1976, Blocks 9: 101-2, Office/Residential, should begin to`be"constructed. ow; of this booideC,con[auka.p_ • --:_ lo arid d publicity—but which did notibecome law; in he 1p'pslatiire when it reconvenes on January 12,119 .... _ �i,nranf narttcular inter it the Canitol_' _. _.: _. .__ t_.. �.`_. NGiLAWS, OUNTY LICENSE PLATES.,.., r� T�isif� io=nci3csCSft'+ 5 ;v�,. Pat7tta. ULEt CORRECTIONS 3 AUTHORITY3'. f r 'si•; +i C "` TAX)�REFORM , a •`c r V• - r' RIAL; PROPERTY~ TAXI_EQUALIZATION_j.L zoistic{ 3i _moi, �r zc •� aogr, )NSI)MER PRICE'YNDEX )TER LAWS q , )BLIC,EMPLOYEE:RETI_REMENTiFUNDING; )CK,,TRANSPORT.- ,TRIP,;_TICKETILAW ttc,2n aI jr% T.k ;E NEW,;LEGAL.,AGE)ric.z< c.1 MALPRACTICE tINSURANCE rs &LZI44 va s' of Dflib�sF.1 n�,kv`-aozih ,Y. LTLLA,JCOMMITMENT,;LAW .'CLE _LAWS/H9LMETE REQUIREMENT 3 tCYCT,E'-LAWS/LICENSE. FEE_INCREASE: .ti 1Ti F;: LD'ASSISTANCE . r ��u� �-_,baa, eb s -:� a 'ti• t3 3 ' 1S ,.fir_ page � ,.t r_YQ r •lL r GS �.! �'�%Uit Ltl/SYi� �lS4RY� .� HYuse F e �W! a iiS23la` TH DEPENDENT CH3ILD12EN„Y3 4 ' AID T p Fp,MILIES WI Qii,: F� 1eZognafI inc21 omes 1 8 .€,i ;.• bare recip c+ x S� o£ +Iowa'spopulation laturet aPP ved� nt a fund ercethe 1975 legis_. Aboutrthree p for which , The intent of " tga.ii from this P1ograz`x the 1975: ear �ntubeneeLimonth 1976 y r totaling"s37•? ml�atioh increaserthe�+ntih4Y�from, $356 ip. It1ie �E thetleglslatlon_. income by $l._ 3uring} - 1 ' ,of four without anY ,.' s ificantly _ _ ,tegir� 1Ci a 'farm Y =-_ The :caseload has -3. i dBethe1 a sla�lon The'~Irn+a T toy $370) so the'result^of be negated',. first half'of 1975;rogr:-to .x,.` dopa= ,increase -to' families may .; Iowa ADC p., Liiee�s il, - = a<monthly or-,$81 short.. ofLmonthly Department ofSocial•Servloes considers t e Os.i,Hf,� 82$ o£ basic need r be funded now, at ; for the of four o r , Senate Flle 518�D2�°XI'7`UQO SYSTEM CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY zthe<. for assuring collection of child auPP,e has_had a:program of the Iowa law ;g the ,r "� overning Iowa__; under authority ro ram. 'Now, as a result `'toy families? payments since,. 1972 .; endent Children !which are due, Soc^ al' :Aid_toFamilies wlth''Dep ort payments t_, artment'of. child supe court. the :.Dep i C >^rant of this"",new law, recipient ahe:full AD to Provic must ;be made',to the clerk,,,. on ADC: a s the ADC artment_ r iCthe?family�isS automatica7ay.p Y_. ahe authorltY �R <5erYices he new;`law, gives the'deP t- ;{family if erformed on' in addition -.. rt ,recovery: service td an serva.ce p�� s=Jc 10:) the child supper lent. the 'support ,= recovery C3CvIf HOi 4 9 not ADC reclp Min tzsp' it N,itC7 a fee Aasis NT ENDING OF STATE GOVERNME { ove3 �WAl' i ractIc 4f ftinding state 4 to determine how -the P £or two years, w�11 affeci f It is'too,soon Instead for Tivas put°into practice ment'Sfor one:yea-11 r,;at, a aime.one=Year =funding ,-_ Fit is a_sound overnment ro onents sayln4 :=especiallyfiP ,Iowans". or Iowa 4 kmoney,;; for• the first time= in'1975 wltti';,Gultp P O onents _argue=chat =business practice -,that :could c gllxnate,savpp9 �because� legislatl�v light,of, an.uncertain economi 'costs eventually to 'a full=time wiil_actually result in higher s even leading M er- perhap atinuai�"aPPfOPrlatlons s sessions will grow long The Germ It-, Two=Year. °r "bier islature- n the near- futuannuai Fbudgehat4la�stTill`j=is 'yn�+effe< Oleg confused with SCT; should nom bs required by Iow �'�l`111,±��.t budgeting FileHouse File 88 1. House r, 3DFri t<. ARTS _yFUND11 House File 880.` _ ` yslature addresses e state aeg r T €i Iowans is.tiow th Z' ercent-of the �:' interest to many remodeling pro7ec ,Of, for_;the,a ts. -'At least'one halan£dllarge., 1 ,faxidixig' sent. for artistic, elements -,; total.tappropriation .for„newrbstlbe gp, FTrisS will`?aPP1Y't� funded byw°'tbls.legislature s and:phot09 p ra h's sculpture.,•palntin4 rlculture building, as such as.;-. _ and state a4 including} one`ati the? new state;of°or.remodeling PrO7ects. -+ to'_ Some -,_ j_ ? J _s well as, Ipwa` Fair grounds.- `State „,.. _ y r F i, 5 f 6o '\k irited2ri"1974 .- slature- by,,Janua�-'16', ;,Qk.f .,4f or zzEarly jChli-I oun-ldrer Lawclijiit s- hie vle'q-a-k6de' ifily'. - 11 - - - i � - 1,to 'ac -ch ld�.wii6r.ns Lites-Athatqthe Cchargelo cre t, -in'egl-e I cted pad ,,l�lac4d in� the. P�ys A I -Mitchellville. -::1 The' 1 -612itable� uverd 14-hoi36 8a c-aie''g*'o'ry,- -,ca-l: A0 ' t n( - s i�que� eld'-il I:rls choo. ilsoaays.-counties ml- 6r-childien"-� i�ilne-ed.' IVIL,�SERVICEJSYSTEM FORrCITIESY. , HouseoFi �zT xo$cri ZonO2ysnureiXsnt maz3gL t-,1 Phe=measure3permits�yearsround civilZse`rvic motional cpreparation`':'and?conduct examinat Sy,,personsjbther thanlcivi'l:;serviceYcommis. :ity.,'official whogis-iscandidate-for:public ianvv nf4absencetwithout`,pavr-:pr3.03 story' will -beeligible to,enter a'c ffice' building'.oriiwhich rcontracts'a: ring ,class ,will receive an 'award, ;'.e,, by,anuessayusupportitic the proposed g _Comm ssion,will ".coiiducti the conte 5' enttY`and_csubmit it'=to thenlegisla ,3�1976:i:i vcP P�aspelfa era ns[i� .�qr: LTEIN 'FARMG 3REGULATION V House Fitle i�sa_Cav -:11PxcT9cq ,nmd#tit o s72 Xr� c ;y,.law.•was'�designed ,to,be aastep tow Iowa family -f arm. ;. 'Ie requires`: corp -ships, and3non-resident land -owners `$10:Jmi'ilionx business P,'annvallyrcanr. tte to ;feedlot'=used rfo==beef- cattle -a-tc r fothe purchase ..of "feeding�Ii ,one` of about fsix sta. es3w3. a lec ,lY COMPEIISATION BOARD ' Fiouse F11e .p.elected'officials will:Fr eceive=i L975" 70beca'use''of this_ la1. chryc r. 5asation aboard'- to review;sala=ies -e :r�rad'�fshfsBuryiso rs.r t-allofc$6500.ffoi �thedyeaiteAn6!daadji r z s s "is�`avthorized'`for ttie.fcounty��aiid3:1 ,-s. 'sheriff; rldiJssx'o ST0J,. z` u�i G T ' FJri QY L;�:�f1i 91ON FOR'.THE DEAF ^House File;332'= vision for the Deafris established the by'this law • Its :'duty is:to;of: the=state5+for,'thedeaf: f ` In` anottie: s' been'•Femoved''for admissiont'^to ah now, "anyone .under _ age- 21 may be .r , .: < •r �� pox slaa u:? r S: _-`-- -a�. VVaILLILLCbr-!d iP� law 'whose I;eAef its, have .�e _;The -jjewtemploymentopportuni ies an ,not IF the-�'-rnillibn�,attriicts'�.-$3.lmil ion -in f -The new benefits" - NT .11 law- will� -increase, ax tribut assu This jaw.�des there, is The, bil: The _4:69116issi � y e O1 �{ Cg AND DEVE ,y AND _THE ENVIRONMENT/ Iowa, h(liE 3 33i ._ a t ' ' ed'to eventually �mProve anew law is design„in 0 > zAc$250°th`ou: bp?funflingsresearenergy source alternate�'energyEsow 's ,Energy 0_3. Couna3sofla gement'of existing_, including „ bhshed�in the state , .n at"'this writing_somesPrOFacs?near Des'Moines;it'. Histiorys, cling chicken was mentsfor Living. a from.recy osals rang and airterier9Y�e ;ed •Prop to solar. wind,, . n luction of :gas. r, J,: ,� llsi y, t}c 1 .r ` .r s]ti_ - DEMONSTRATION UNI7 ENVIRONMENT/SOLAR Do .t „ enb ry tGY AND THE ;, _ z is i n. r eft will be`Planned alar energy ,demonstration.„ , ear.fiI j with $300:;thousands-appr�PriateQ`this-y itol'complex!power plant aid wilhbe�useai� h Vic', complex ` =It, is' the first. of� its kind I -. n the a.,. RONMENT/ SURFACE MININGYREnnp ;RGY ANDrTHEuENVI c yri. js '< ulies'surface mining-.. rations In _ is law.req i,,.t ly'disPese of coal waste. >_ration'so as Tland'affected touat�lfes'' nt - restoration of ,the s ; as The law; aPP,,,,,.. pability�it1t19a6tOoPerato 'stare iequied�4o�ieg ter'July,.l. Soil;Consecrvationro t§roI • 's 'Department of :ate CYCLING'ADVICE rj—.j'ENVIRONMENT%WAS011 DE tERGY t uu oal of,n aste recycling for_.fuel is an eventual 4:nt°of 'Ei aw ;requires the director`.'.o£' the DepaF uahtY,tiand-of-other 4OVeZ ental agencassistano! ;anon of--ene e'4uestpiti aIttapplies-t j-,_? yes'; ifficials, h-landfill°PrO�e asvrt�ut ibno�a FIth 5�j�01q JR,?.: i.:i3 F ..> ! -NERGY'AND T� ENVIRONMENT/ENDANGERED SPECIES wiidlTl feTor�plant�l f r* ` Bred'fish;' overnment L raking,Of en.- 4. e� F sfeder< by theTstate;instead oar ycipationlin.theI , will=bereligible for P Endan4ered SpeciesAoi p sions,o µthe Federal. tiiA 11e 40°" ei rovi E�LAW REPEALED Se sin° Jrs rPy?�Cttt�7 �: FAR TRAD t less than the. ;Retail stores may. sell goods for•;. price _;because of the repeal triis,ar ofLthe of •the IowaxCode Theme section1wrathersthan dei Pd to �.ncrease `col jtrade`',which tend, to.the`;best interests of •,5 and , -to be contrary t.r t—i i e1v UCS `• x .. C,A@ggLING�LAWS `Senate F �le 4ar6� �" ambling The legislateIe_tlghtened the statlalnt`sthat,;: nt;.officials, cone `Fox to :law"enforceme assible� to 'enforce f ",difficult, if not=imp `m. ;.a xc d ig rbtained""before"gambl ng is permit 1ows6annual'game nights underglic eto participate Araffle=maybe t.., .s the -prize does exceed, $5F,I Tot exceed $5 Prizesingames,ol displayed unless theyycan be,=won' ize Timet -i's allowed merchan< :;;Jackpot"bingo is allowedonce, ot to ;e' player may ; sth not increa exceed! $500.: zA $2�S license;asvlr -ea ction;monf S --=House', V 1.e J �. x>,! a. nd m cipai,uti itres re ; ubhc projects, in addition to the above-mentioned: _ _ -C. ar n •.7. a Tai �! 2mi GM i f. OUSING AUTHORITY House File 823:• rt »`4 .t[ia '•FS 4i�iC� "S9tfU7f nJj'.� r i� Y �..✓ 'hiss nec3b]awtiLestablishes a nines members Authorit , to , supply .of"adequ'a�te iusingLor tam dies of low ori me Lt least 30$'of �ousin� Au.horityf projects mustc�be� -i �� low ncone;persons 1and3 apped disa�iled„ and very f� _ - app.e , s =-y-1� ,.. .7*hrir.; ze_d_;lncllldln.4.tmostgc' Authority `is'to function tnrVuy u, auuy r -_ .- ernments and agencies.,A fundof $100,000 'isaapp tial='Authority expense with•�the ideatthatitbeese er;the first year. A bonaing ceiling!�o_f $100 m111 e' mel !OME: TAX tdw e -state Is Vj:j-ect 'n:1u& from probo'sgAj�'anges in,�qgricul uralrlan« 'Ounty-_;aher�,!D'Vrectn r CONSUME/PR1* CE Per'sons-are I ; fax I com�idre�szfh�!-_ , npai " � r , es -current,) ast t, r", , � 4, n-,"-'Thd14�6t o co 97 e 'employer: contrinuuvn.�a�=^a-• -- phi r*v _years'., SE sof--live �:livestoc top {trans :"navfTn C.' suits=, ',and.prohibi.t sy? i .dam fective January. 1; 1976,::.this-law completely:�rewrites o t i the '';involuntary coirmtitment . of;'patientsmentah:freatment istitutions:�'- It is; intendedl-'..1 protect' the constitutional';r E= persons_ by ,providing ,far�i— aring�and`i'.appeal procedures T= reates an advocate:'for the mentally:il_lywho�must seer that th z atient: receives the care ,heaven inlviriting t This-femily'.oz actions and rights=must;'be g�surQ.cyarifies that uardian when he is �soapitssliztsd ThQ �ay 1 LOU sale, of'mobile'homeszmoreot an a House File�U450 vr.<:c row^f rtur�zn'.ri CHrOF VEHICLES osnt fikAx oc'�Ei _la, allows farm implements carrying a load of3hay, straw, t 6.inches wideiwererNOTen stover to`exceed_the;eight-foot width .legal,hmitation o C?ty buses Ghat.are;$ feet,a .lbng�trucki amendment ,was alined by ,the`I97,S,leq%siature; ached to the wide -bus measure and zneverswas,debatedJinithe },e ef3 F31iY 5 tf r ySi-'1.�"�'rtr>''l� j .y i L`E Irtx aqi ]..E? ka. 1975 1976,=rciO L :ABOUT THE`. 66th I0 9 GENERAL ASSEMBLY ra vi t no.cj,�t jnsp �J,t �n.ib�h3 i _ .•. : '' . �zu :c ` srrr SENATE . [ OF;.REPRESENT ATIVESc r SO: members �i< srT )p members, Each represents 56,OOc0t{Zowan, ich;;repre'sents 28;000 Iowan39 D`embcrats r 26.E RePlicans Bmocrats `61, Republicans' Averagew age k� 44 m a C.zdot, 3 a e' 43 i . •'Age t span 28obr>69a t .r6° 'bit verage 9 ge span 23 to `72- Average,yearsy served S�S,th verage years served 5 n' Women: 4 , ,Men 46t . r z Tn omen: 10 ,``Men _90` PresidIngOf£icerj ?•t iwer .Officer:":Speaker Arthur -A."'• N`eu ni rc.r L*_sn residing ale M Cochran t4 ` range:, , R f ,.= occupiation_�y_r� ,©rrs 0 ).tibn range Farmers `13tury ,gc,z,yo2t^L farmers 31 Lawyers,:,... 1 None awyers 8 `Educators �4 Y f,zt�0 ducators qng-all 150 legislators, 12 list the�r,ocaeiainnsuraiiceas The` Assembly includes - S who' x ' "legislato=i" wide ,varieEy ofd others busiit� :and _`several in';a a3furnrture stor'e�owner;r�B: pr real estate.., an auto d'eale"r, T° U nesses including:': There are auctioneers,' and at pharmacist t Also, li a•lumber-retailer:, and "a certifiedLpul?lic +accountant a journa- it broker, -workers, ', -1 secur a tist..ta: fire _.captain:, two factory t any employees: are: an wo"rker, ani two cerealcomp M list,+ a construction - Senators , s everyf foi House`membe"rs' ar'e` elected every YtjoSY,ears ,� 1 ,two Iowa;Aousf made upr ofr +,i years Each Iowa` Senate district Des MoinesCbyrlon�,r}, Iowan:is represented ink �v4 rrut,a.i- dieEricts:" Every ssx'+r Senator and one Representative. tr _ d women who.rePresentFYou,n,the Iowa legislature�5' viewp veli, aur RePresentaT The;men�an_� ''o1nt:..-Learn the nauwa ofxY which you -are welcome,YOur -t_i, Write to them about lawsein tive and'`Senator•- interested r 4.i- i , . Tt following issues were} inthe public eyp use _• - r. session=of the 66th General'Assembly, butatTososals f 4 r 34 _ox ri tirief'descriptioii`;of the ,p P a ea COME'hAW. ,For, ,a ,y �b'read"thelfoll4 _ P gLt, Werhe'bills-will!6egin lx in 1976 BILLS STILL PENDING IN 1976 .� rz , page 16'. A- on .16; ,. Adoption:, law-revl.sion'. q �.r e �` r� F, ;r 7e16 3n �; a , • '16 An trust c :tn7f ?ta rarz v . J c Area nschools,definit on ,,-r, ate 3tf1 r „rr , ra r , c316 "Ban the Can `saf- standards` "` oblb Biking- - sr' X17 Cable television task°Tforce: - 1, -Capitalization;: rates;'farmland Coinpetit�.ve'bidding, law contracts see Teacher -Contracts) 1. Continuing 1 Corporate tax change'. t - xS s ti; .r } : Ire- in, erest rates 1; Criminal code revision aiiization 1 Employment security,,reorg Feedlot:_nuisance moratorium i- lr 1 Grain.°inspections <. t, Housing code..; 1 Land law. = 1 > - a Liquorlaw, changes _t _ , 1 Localoption` taxes ^` ] w e Mobile -home tie-d9�s f . (e i ] No:fault auto" insurance r l t� C•,.:� Nuclea.... ower; plant':moratorium r k Open bottle law `� r`. <. o _ open meetings' law pari_mutuel-b6ttin9; Park user fee i �` bill' of :rights Patients + a Z Performance,'.auditing ., { <.• rR i-' 'Rail ,'passenger improvements ':Railroad rights of ,way n privacy acts: Records yslators Retirement -fund for leg x; ngj,cj2lt't0x serve". trill '�Jtt _ 17'7-incj,� va rohibition .,,'r ^f n sIt` �' Smoking Snowmobile regulation im �.. .a r� Social worker licensing ;,. 1 rohibition t ra Studdedr snow tine 'p rovements Tax exemptions fOr, Om ?mP� ,t Teachers' con trat ts Trucks (65 foot law) TFuc at. __; _ f" copnty 'bud gets �? f rive C 'Uni'form-classDlfCed`office for1lowaeS Washington; €' Workmens' compensation increase _- riorty,"' means; (Note * means Democratic 'legisla**+empeans priority of'bt 'legislative"Priority, Reber` gay_` _n. -.. i - c 'tPs'-'the'state's adopr-, 6.._ monopolies, aciy y� ;Hent "_ powers,�to -tile 6+session ill 'a Sen quiat= by. the ndar, of ire ,Certain',sarecy. s :passed;�thelHous� TA: an x�t t : ---t,fi6-,presen I I ate rate I . et-. - , by 6W,th, �� is s ,f r ate :jsa-m or'tP ---lawn tit:iV - 6 biddiijjg I I of .pe. . 2, � nriority, . ONTINUINGTCONggACTS GE -*CO special -standing - sti e -'sl three factor co (t n s xes cor - bill- emt!��Jano. still sli H session E -INT --,Antereg *6REDIT, di-tt' re H use-, 0 :f "the� st2. n,O ., o �, .., -- ;; 2 d�MPOn - The.que__ d�,Th 8% was s cte Janna in but noJ ice 3.n ee- eY arta ;05 matter Wlll Still'. 7a t a "prile 85 J3, M- senate VISIONsi CODE RE lb Djuminous 4 tie VI -p_', p'Which ;reg as'sed) t coures7fJind",pen, The: Sena -,�Pro. or --la,,47bookfOrY:� iiitee . beg, entire I 1 . - j COM comm use ju ic a P- e lttee-OfAthe�. 0- -W 3- e' T 197 5 -� H anGl 3. In e 1976 session i of�t opening - ,, - -11, .- .1- 0 1 �i .- t the mIr L-1 axy- a 07, ORGANIZATIONi.. **EMPLOYMENT SECuill n RITY4i--J—g Ilk a.s :01 Placemen�-, 3. S is -Coj0=5S3.o rior ---MM3- I ,sngledi- ' ' " - tmp three .Mmbevip. . -P,. a 2. e j�e du ranen a�goVer board; I t e—, fo :was -,.re matter blect' -gena 01,; -�r, the 7en-at 037�1 ..we a 'ivith-,"tie- dom Rule-making after.-appiRv, ,A bill - to pzovide'mandator accidents -without'r'e-gar&s I OPEN BOTTLE LA q- 'session'�-`cl .n!J975 - --IS -'the' ction on4heybill-,-iso:=Itlffio ommitteeThei.question-,'!' f ,f£eredeass;anc;amendment> to' - SES E Senate File 260, iz F m se a park user; ti°c wernorrrequested'leglsiato 5e used for the maintenat}ce� �G .he'P ,. } 'areasie The�fbill did nobecfound 3t}hn6r" roceeds,of which aa'ta recreate°Rin; 1975.°so;ltwill still e l--MMittee ansa c�mnittee in January. �„ :a e L „� L k •:i k-: enate Ways; and Me �c , d s 819 'Senate, File 3�7��,� n ` 'RIGHTS House rile T7TS'Y BILL OF ,ki chamber).= which'write' f�rY= Yz in each „ euch as an liillgr8Oe3eeking healthx care k( r wt A r�rzK are comp' pft Pn;.1975 , Comp hts."_ etc') ' ;_The House version was law_the, 4 debated, acy_informea.consent•; buttwas,not r�Senatetbill7># the,._9 da "`and the ge ular;Calen, ResOurces• Note ``-An,r{ ed on t. ei1976 session House ,bill„will,- din x? tan, ,of art of Aouse3FiTet 803`, "JudiciarYi at,.thec'.s a law__as p enate did beco!a a ” clause.. tIL ormedoconsent.t bill) malpractice_ medicals umber) bill n FOgMANCE AT TING iNO t and depa ent„Performance encY xtm arty t oversight of state agcratac.ma7OLX P is1ative f(�the Demo but sincefthe mattertt��t5 lawsals�a'prior2. .Io S_ sio a -log 3 itteT cc in the }975 3.C, �?� T_3-aftletn- - mt ,the, funding Pro1976/would be House�APPrOP )'_ closely tied information i?► ,r {a �rf�,�3t 1 . im`which to_ seek„ r �t Sb uY.>c ©m rn Lons a , ._rr r _ a finSS GER -SERVICE It�ROVEMENTS T r ^� r assenger-service on IL PASS emerged�froml rovide�iowans:.w11975a'but nom stillAbeyfound :Verse bills to P.. where they?, , were introduced 3i►i f T { it ✓ triousaroutes, rtation cpTO 2.ttee t, ze'.House-TransP_0_. 76 session r�r yes Cr, h t theropening of therl9 "Hous File 837;asiTf t RIGHTS OF WAY a state to ,” AIL�� iT �'et chanism to enable ,the wa , rj L' `the bill; abandoned, =anlroad ri4hts of , ld create.a.me Vote; his bell wohcy<_regar.,. g , , "`come :to a,final, on Cheabl1sh P did not rtes in 1976•,x, �! i debated; butter commi a. House;„ be found 3n}a -Hou Ln' 1975` r so it will ,' _" House Fyle�.783 VACY ACT a of�acric RECORDS^P� _ the confidentialit�he'HousE �`Would:bring iowa'slalawwas%Place eturnaorythi This b11L lioe withfederal,, it will{.. but=;was note_ ins the;;secona3Session records{into 3 debated, . geqular,Calendar,L Eorfaction. Hou se Education'oommittee u , ��pendments� to Sena te�File $OR LEGISLATORS a X37 gETIREMENT FUND under-the Iowa.Employeea Re were debat4 legislator§. ,-° 5ecuritY Efforts to ittcludZPE' f or _.Lfederal3jsoelnlot ,ellgiblej'for7tretizE nt z Y t.. islators .ar 5 Assembly - ' S stem'' ( -- theme 1975 SI�e9 ed in filo Deneral ?defeated in �� di. rV an .., *' for years se IIent benefits. r.; - r 3 5 f ( ? 'RIGHT TO SERVE"'BILL 'Senate Fil 'his <bill passed b6th cSa-m—bers� n so it did`lnot�-becom"e M1l'aw: -' It:.wou. _eaves of 'alisenoe :from ytheir._p'lacl -hanged ttie-bi1L'to include'30="da, lG.. rtf= iffice as :we 1T,; and the.'SenatB--;di( :he Ibillhas been,rreturned toy the .n a':committee at-the-opening_of'1 o�ssw'=rs lt{�=t c:r::.zro rore£;n MOKING :PROHIBITION,' House,zFile`-,33 2aca ompanion-bills;to;;prohibit rsmojai ere -Intro ducedaintithe„1975_esessic n-the=Senate ;Regular;:en Ca1dat;=bu euld confin.rsmokingstO8+dr zesignate ubject to fine s'ranging`_from410' ills will! be -in`- House and ;Senate and,;sunrise?'except' Int emergencies is "inr sources* comriittee; f it was not�:`appiove'dt;i >- u; -- -� House- Concurrent_. Resolution (HCR 5-3);,wa. -an interim study of possible remedial,lc snowmobile., deaths.`: _ yS1£ --SOCIAL WORKER LICENSINGi,.'H6use,File '4895 ..The measureto require` the ( licensing of batedland amended. by theHouse;n41975' 4 final -vote. .It--wi11 be found :iiia a” House of the 1976'•session:" 'STUDDED SNOW TIRES•PROHIBITION Senate E A'bill to`'1_ 11prohibl:E .Ihe use ofistudded's was placed on,the Senate Regular�hCail end 1975 It will be in at Senate.bommitteet' i TAX -EXEMPTIONS FOR HOME-IMPROVEMENTS,;.0 The�L"oval Options Tax subcommit`ee of -the committee 'studibd but-.didnot4.vote!-upon exemptions £or'certain home= improvements _ be found- in; House, Ways -an MeansR in 1976 TEACHERS' ;CONTRACTS,a Senate °File'G205-_z A bill' to ,provide,aeachers a procedure' -f( appeal,. to an :arbitrator< in -contract°;tenni wasrplaced:.on then House°,:Calendar;, but:!Vd It will begin next:,session rin?aHe=House F ounty budgets was studiedbS ommittee in1975, but: di3'nc he subject matt#$er will s�)ys�'�'�1. f7f NIFORM'CLAiSSIFIED:DRIVERSz;}L] owa drivers ,licenses gwill�iii f�..,this�,ne�bure';.as�adopted �- :llbeestablished to ,repla< die present feeasystem ' onsidered by either. -,;I oitati"ori Committee neww'dai ineis io"take-writ�teaItes`ts .tied. by A�SHIiQGTON-, D:��'C� OFFTCE�Fb `a 1 % li"i1Tto establish;,ani Iona of s Mliaison ;between�,state,an atedine erz chambein';19 essioWFin the�Senate e G N!S_COMPENSATIOINCREA Rilll increase benefits. used or<}ill,�as��aresult��ofn t �t debated byythe i Senate in ^- ;r v t it I r' •*+• abor '� and Indus trral';_�Re lation A -rellatedbill; HouseFile 7 is own`medical_'praotioner; w �rkmen'siCompensation�brll;rt k: Democratic 'legislative_pr t*, Governor.'Robert--Ray aegis r* Legislativepriority ofb -- 3 k OVERNME �-I- - �,-.-Pubficlikrm Statehouse Des b6fiiii, l 5 �-Your State` A - - Tues., Nov. 11, 1973 ■ DES MOINES REGISTER Iowa's, arbitration law - The public employe collective bargauF : nor can it -work out tradeoffs involving= - Ing law passed by, the Iowa legislature'_. issuespreviously agreed upon. last year. provides ways to break dead .i, Iowa.wai the first state to adopt -this locks between employers and employes: -form of arbitration and ezperience.with which avoid the pitfalls of compulsory Ertit is+limited--.The Iowa; system would; arbitration described by Neal: Peirce W_rappear. to -'discourage -employers' and _ an article elsewhere on this Page - i_s . employes 'from staying apart in, the _ -- ; The Iowa law:requires,employes,and,. ezpeetatlon,that the arbitrator would: employe�,who have not agreed to anoth •., impose a' half -way" settlement._, er deadlock -breaking procedure before- : WJone•,side' makes an-.unreabstic� hand to call in a mediator if tbey become : ' demand under final offer arbitration and: ' deadlocked: If themediator is unable to the btbeie side •doesn't, the most realistic- work out; an; agreement ;acceptable?to f offer "bre likely to be chosen ui arbi- , - both sides, the twortiei must employ a _ ,. tratfoa fact finder: W , P Y i .' ? 1: e� Peirce states in passing that final offer,: The fact -finder conducts hearings and. arbitration does not eliminate the draw recommends terms which either :side'- =tiacks to compulsory arbitration, but he" - - - - - - may accept or rejecC Only if this second don not support the contention: The attempt' at voluntary, agreement fails -'effect of final offer arbitration in major: does the law require both sides to enter a -` league baseball• player negotiations has binding arbitration procedure_. been to bring ;employe and employer._ Iowa' law , prescribes ' a vanatlon t--� "closer togethee" arbitration called final -offer arbitration. Finaloffer arbitration under the Iowa < Under, it, -a three-member, arbitration.,, law is available only_after mediation and panel considm each side's final offer on :' fact-finding have been tried. This make • , points still in dispute and 'chooses' one -; It a"last resort" method -which probably • ; - - offer or the other. The panel cannot work will be used rarely. Only time will tell.- : but a compromise between troffers, bow well it works -,-, -- tt Tnef Nor 11 1973 -F.. DES MOINES REGISTER-/ 3A if A rbit�ration ..-seen , aa d �t limb ker Somesly casith e, arbitrators muste0.asin some cases arbitrators must choose between the "final..best otter" of each side. The result, according to Berrodm. is 2. ��R® ^y A �� -' union, lea in low-risk venture for the }�/ e C union, leading to "awards which have ' been both inflationary and arbitrary., :In lace of compulsoryarbitration the i Michigan Municipal eague, which , BYitiFALR PEIIiCE -' `''• °......_.L ":represents 476. city: and village govern The sharpest debat: at the AFI�GT0 _ments, recommends;a limited right.to.; - convention last month centered on the; n strike for all public employes, wfUt provi thorny Issue: should police and firefight- ,,, ` sloes for public airing of issues at dispute ers have the right to strike? Or is it bet.-: �' Futile effort I ter. to have compulsory I •- .i '•'� and forcroobng-off periods before strikes p rikesbyletton,• 7 would be which averts the pain of strikes by letting hanY Governments have sought to bar permitted -- a' neutral arbitrator impose settlement . strikes by legislative fiat_- an increas ' Most mayors, according to Sam terms whea governments and unions Of• inglytutileeffortPublicemployestrikes '� Zagoria, head of the Labor -.Management public employes can't agree? J have increased more than 800 percent in Relations Service in Washington, now About dozen states have opted for the past l0 years z prefer strikes to arbitration: "They feet The jvrisdicUonf •that have tried to 1 .they Cando better in the battle for public compulsory arbitration in recent yea*; ' ;avoid strikes by adopting,compuli6r -,, Opinion; which I.think a"p6blic.strike Arbitration ss clear, It final, and t: ,, arbilntion have had reason, to regret real) keeps public workers on the job. Y is, than before an arbilratop their choice: In bargaining, it's generally a Insulated from public opinion But'it may be. the most dangerous the' union that most of the Innovation fa the difficult area otpublic., I demands, while the employer seeks lo' Great exception „ sector labor relations. It takes out of the .,{ preserve the status quo. Arbitrators tend ' hands o[ elected officiate and transfers to i to come down half -we between' the ° The battle -for public opinion bas been -- - ->'! - - Y turning to the side of public managers in _ .union and employer. The result,'accord- -these hard economic times when to:pay. See editorial. in columns at left - log to Evigene Berrodin of the Michigan Municipal League: 'Arbitration -awards, -_crsincreasiagly,resent concessions to - are frequently excessive in cost and at already well-paid, tenured civil servants. a third patty, responsible to no one th • limp impose serious financial burden Squeezed themselves by inflation and power to decide how much' public work- 1 upon the Municipalityfearful of layoffs, government workers ers Should be paid -and thus how mv�y . and its cttizencl have been striking in record numbers — " taxescittzensmotpay. -;. The' Michigan compulsory arbitratiapi and winning less for their efforts. The AFL-CIO came down on the side o[ law for public safety workers,-Bet7rodin - Only, in rare - instances' have 1975 r strikes rather than`com also said; has resulted in average. salary`. -strikes won government workers raises U012- J President p rY-"arbitra awards well above' those in. negotiated.- c Jerry Warf of the Amen settlements. In Oakland, Cali; .where: 9ual to the rise in the cost of living = can Federation of'State, County and compulsory arbitration was instituted in., * ` The great exception was is San Fran - Municipal Employees, argued that Con-:- 1973, the cit subsequently, g cisco, where Ma gress would never pass legislation fer- Y bsequenU ,sou ht to: fished off his lttiyor Joseph Alioto tin- ventiydesired by his union -mandato reduce the fire department by 36 men po ' •cal career by knuckling , `� l The firefighters took the Issue to arbitra= under to striking police and firemen. Had i collective bargaining for'all state and .I Alioto resisted, u local governments — if the bill legalized - tion persuaded only got the 36 men cut rehired I public opinion. prabablY. g but persuaded the arbitrator to their would have been squarely on his side PoLceand firestrikes. - work week by four hours and to instruct. evert to the pointof.requesting National But virtually every other union leader `i the city to hire 66 more men to keep the - Guard troops to keep order. seemed to agree with the president of the department at full strength. The cost to ' That kind of solution is a last resort, of Service Employees International Union, the city: ;:13 million a year. An arbitra. course, and Zagoria is correct in saying George. Hardy, who said: "We must I tion panel recently boosted the pay. of that both strikes and compulsory arbitra- ` alwags have the right to stripe."_ Nassau.County, Long Island, policemen tion have drawbacks and that govern- - AFL-CIO -President -George Meany, i to$19,257ayear. --- merits should be looking for outer alter - discourages the argument "I hope I never 1 In many uses, compulsory arbitration natives. These include mediation, lter- see the day that the AFL-CIO will ask. - discourages unions from bargaining seri-:. finding, "goldfish- bowl', bargaining to Congress to imposecompulsoryarbitra- '-- _ - - .r keep the public fully informed on collet tion on anybody anywhere at any time .— five bargaining, and possibly even refer. and local governments deceive I ral of disputes with government workers. themselves if they think they can escape' I to public referenda. the hard choices posed by the AFL CIO About half the states have failed'to debate - strikes or compulsory arbitra- enact reasonably comprehensive collet. tfou The swift rise of public employe live bargaining laws for government union membership and militancy means workers. By thele dxdicttoa t„ty are that collective bargaining is coming, In risking federal Intervention In the form fact if not by law, In virtually all U.S. ' of.legislation government units.that might well mandate `I[ the bargaining .compulsory arbitration'- the,"budget reaches an impasse, there must be some breaker of the ;70s.' way to break the deadlock , - • • November 11, 1975 -3- Monthly Report 17, Policewomen's Locker Facility Design Status - Architect Selected Engineer - The Architects two months Est. Time of Completion 18. Mercer Park Tennis Center - Status - Complete ($72,997.08) Engineer - City Est. Time of Completion - -- 19, Frantz -Braverman Sanitary Sewer - Status Complete ($13.276.15) Engineer City Completion Remarks.Time - -- - of fby developers Rem. Paid ' 20, 1975 Sanitary Landfill -Contract - status- 65% Complete Engineer - City December 1, 1975 Est. Time of Completion - 21. 1975 Slurry Seal Project Status Complete ($16,806.09) Engineer - City Remarks -_This job was cancelled after about 50% completion because of cold weather. ,It will be rebid next Spring. Maintenance Facility Study being Other projects include the EquipmentIllinois. done by The Council Bartot n Aschman Associates of Evanston, of this project. recently rece- ived a memo describing _Scope of Cr cost has heen'finalizad and is awaiting decision by The Ralston _Creek Watershed Management Plan Contract Services and project Manager to sign this -contract._ Council to authorize City NEW PROGRAMS IN ENGINEERING 1, Washington Street Amenities Design - Status - Initial Design Phase Engineer - City -y 1, 1976 Estimated Time of Completion Januar1, 1976 Remarks - Projected letting;Februaty 2, Dubuque -College Mall Project - Statue - Awaiting further Council action Engineer - City - Design; May 1, 1976 roceeding ahead with design prior to Est. -Time "of Completion Remarks - Engineering is P - finalizing FY -76 Budget since inadequate time will be available for design; after finalization of Budget. Monthly Report • -7 • November 11, 1975' 9. 38 man-hours were spent installing fluorescent cones on the light base poles on Washington Street WATER DIVISION 1. Approximately 1,500,000 gallons of water were treated and pumped in October using the normal chemicals of alum,.-,chlorine,,fluoride, carbon, lime and polymer 2. Water pressure varied from a`low of 47 -lbs per square inch at Howard Johnson's to a high of 105 lbs. at the Airport 3. City crews constructed 660 feet -of 6 -inch water main and installed two new valves and one new hydrant 4. There was a total of 9 water main breaks repaired by the crews 5. 38 new water meters were installed and 4 were repaired 6.. - 33servicetaps were made 7, The Division made 80 service calls, 103 meter reads, changed 56 water meters,removed 21 water meters and reset 8 water meters 8. 80 outside meter readers were installed The Water Division also carried on the, following activities: flushed all fire hydrants; replaced 2 -inch galvanized main in the 1100blockof Fairchild; attended State American Water Works Association meeting in Sioux City. - REFUSE DIVISION 1. The Division spent 1,793 man-hours collecting 967 tons of refuse 2. Milage,traveled was 2,780 The Bureau of Labor inspected the landfill and found three citations. The City will have to incur an unexpected expenditure of $5,000 to install =a roll over protective structure cab on the TD20;bulldozer at the landfill. This will bring the site into full compliance with OSHA standards. POLLUTION CONTROL 1. The Pollution Control Division' treated approximately 187,000,000 th no bypasses to the river occurring during gallons of wastewater wi the month of October`- 2. A total of 201 hours was spent maintaining and repairing the 10 sewage lift stations throughout the community MONTHLY REPORT DEPARTMENT OP COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OCTOBER, 1975 Administration Personnel activities during this month included the hiringa f an UrPlanner Redevelopment Coordinator ,(Paul Alexander), the hiring for the Comprehensive Plan (Rick hiring of an Planner.e hiring of an The Redevelopment Specialist, and the hiring - Division, Dick Department's Assistant Director and Head of the Planning Wollmershauser,.announced his resignatioKansos Development Direck will become the Community , ctor for Park, During the month of November, advertisements will be distributed for the purpose of finding qualified applicants for the City Planner position to replace Mr. Wolimershauser. ode During October, the Housing Inspectors were transferred fromthe Inspector Enforcement Division to the Housing Division and the City 8 t Planning section of the Planning Division. was transferred to the Curren to embark upon It is also anticipated that ;two additional housing inspectors will be hired during the month of November so as to enable the City a more intensified housing code inspection program. Planni� Division Current planning activities included the preparation of entstaplan, atprelimins on ary a preliminary and final large scale residentiaent l development a preliminary and a and final large scale non-resiandtsaecialereports onbotha new proposed final industrial subdivision, P University Zone amendment to the Zoning Ordinance and additional work on revising the M1 and M2 Industrial Zones. Long-range planning activities included the preparation and subsequent ng ommission Of distribution to the City Council and the Planning andZonithe Ccompletion of a Comprehensive Planning Process ,Study Design Rep the final draftofa0sidewalwaspolicy andPopul tionmprovemenCharacteristics Reporteted during the mon and a draft (one of the background reports for the Comprehensive Plan), a draft Housing Background Report whey Reports a pwas.completed and art of the same eboth the1Riverfront of,the-Bikeways Survey Summa TY P Commission and City Staff `reviewed a draft report on the FialComprehensive Commis ionthe month of November; it is anticipated that a final CSP Council DuringPlan Study Design will be prepared after discussions with the City and the Planning and Zoning Commission, and that a final Sidewalk Policy and the ill also be completed. Additional activities Improvement Program Report w projected for November include publication of the'Bikeways Survey and a Land Use Background Report. initiation of Urban Renewal Division approval to the During the month of October, the City Council gave preliminary ppr Monthly Report Page 2 Plaza Centre One proposed site plan and the Council also approved a procedure which delineates the relationship between.Old Capitol Associates and the City of Iowa City for the preliminary approval of proposed redevelopment Projects. The recently reconstructed Washington -Street was opened to traffic on October 30,;1975, and the remaining site amenities, including trees and street lights, are scheduled to be included in the contract to be awarded this winter with project completion anticipated during the spring of 1976. The final demolition contract for the Urban Renewal. Program was let ,in October to the Bob Madget Company of St. Joseph, Missouri, and an auction was held which resulted in the sale of five houses in the Urban Renewal area which were deemed to be rehabilitable. Work is presently proceeding in conjunction with the Public Works and Parks and Recreation Departments to develop'a maintenance program for the central business district area. During this past month the, Shell Gas Station at the corner of Burlington and Madison Streets was acquired .through condemnation and a contract was entered into with Larry Waters for the purpose of obtaining a third appraisal on the College Block Building and;for'obtaining _review, appraisals on parcels in Blocks 95, 93, and three other parcels. It is anticipated that these review appraisals will be completed during November and that the College Block Building and other parcels can be scheduled for offering for sale in late November or early December. Housing Division As of October 31, 1975, there were 192 units under lease in the City's Section 23 Housing Program. -During the past month, 9 new applications were received and 5 units were vacated and reoccupied. Relevant activity by the Housing Commission during October included the approval by the Commission, and subsequent recommendation to the City Council, of the "Statement of policies governing participation in housing -assistance programs administered by the Iowa City Housing Authority". Fredine Branson, Chairperson of the Iowa City HousingCommission, was appointed to a two-year term on the Board of the State Housing Finance Authority. The preliminary, proposal submitted by the City for 100 units of new construction Section 8 housing was rejected by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and an appeal is being considered on this rejection at this time. 'A comprehensive rental housing survey was completed during the past month and an initial report was prepared. The purpose of this survey was to provide adequate basis for requesting an increase in the fair market rents for rental housing units under the Section 8 program. The City was notified that Project IA -22-2 (the Old Capitol Associates' 62 -unit elderly housing project) was acceptable for:conversion to Section 8, and this action has resulted in Old Capitol initiating work on the preparation Of a- Monthly Report Page 3 request for an FHA mortgage commitment. (This 62-unit elderly project was initially approved under Section 23 of the Federal Housing Act, however, the decision was made to convert to Section -8; because of.the` higher -market rents under this program.) Several corrections and changes were made to the City's application for 100 - units of existing housing under Section 8, and additional information was provided as relates to the City's request for'the-conversion of Project IA- 22-1, the-City's existing Leased Housing Program, from Section 23 to Section 8 - During the month of November, it is anticipated that a budget revision for the Section 23 Program will be completed and submitted to HUD, and that an administrative plan for administering the Section -8 Program will be completed for subsequent Council and HUD action. It is also anticipated that plans will be finalized for the conversion of Project IA-22-1 from Section 8 to Section 23. The successful implementation of the Section 8 conversion of the existing housing-program will be dependent upon positive action by HUD on the City's request fortheincrease of fair market rents. This increase, or lack thereof, will have a definite impact on the budget revision work now underway and on the planned conversion of Project IA-22-1. Conceivably, the best course of action will be to not accept an annual contributions contract from HUD on the Section 8 conversionuntil the fair market rents are increased. If thisisdone, and if the, annual contributions contract is cut, based upon the present fair market rents, it may require a; significant amount of time to then have the annual contributions contract amended. As action occurs on the above project, additional information will--be.provided. MONTHLY REPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT Month of Oct. 1975 V1111: Dlil'ARTMENT ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH THIS -YEAR TO'DATE LAST `YEAR -TO DATE V[ 11N ALARMS 40 208 241 I1M;SCUL' UH FTJERGENC9 44 HONEST MISTAKES _. FALSE'ALARMS b2 b2-- INVESTIGATIONS60 TOTAL EMERGENCY 77 383 413 INSPECTIONS 322 1432 1569 . - BURNING PERMITS 65-99 BEER PERMITS< 0 .10 20 FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS 4 —° 10 ;FIRE DRILLS 14 48 COMPLAINTS 5 18 - 8MONEY<TA1tEN MONEY TAXEN-IN 8Q2.65 " 3 9 5 DRILLS . _ _1751522 FIRST AID INSTRUCTION PUBLIC -RELATIONS 57 -STANDBY DUTY ;. FIRE SCHOOLS 4 lu- STATION TOURS INJURIES 'TO:FI °-„_2 18 DEATNS OF -FIREMEN - --INJURIES TO CIVILIANS DEATHS TO CIVILIANS CLAIISIFICATION'OF NO. LOSS LOSS -LASS VIRE ALARMS THIS MONTH THIS MONTHA VALUATION' THIS YEAR LAST YEAR IN BUILDINGS ig 140,405.00 4 82 . 2759908. 214,194,87_ ROLLING STOCK 8 120,030.59 OTHER —1 - .00 1 !00 ��655.00 7ib2l.00 USE OF; EQUIPMENT THIS MONTH THIS -YEAR THIS MONTH THIS YEAR - AT FIRES AT FVW T D AT D73 FP OF' n HOSE' 00 00. _. 800 6 00 FT OF a ;; HOSE 0 , 400 5750 FT. OF='2 w HOSE 2200. 23100 1r 'OF ” HOS 21 0 18150 FT OF BOOS 2 120 OF LADDOS ,162 231C Pu T3)mS -:47 CARB TRUCK 1 1 1 MCK 2 8 . 12, 10 _=UCX 363 12 665 1 ._ jU7TRUCK 6b 20 11 86 . 1 Bb TRUCK- 4 DAT! Oct. 1975 TOTAL TO DATE Number Est. Loss Number N Est. Lose $z91, 789.00* 19 51409405.00* 89 Fires in Buildings- - 50 189643.55 g 1,992.00 Fires in Motor Vehicles - 23 .00 2 .00_ Fires in Rubbish 46 655.00 11 .00 Other Fires Outdoors ,00 14 .00 41, Malicious Woo Alarm 27 .00 _ 5 .00 17 Other False Alarms - 15- 23 073.00 - - O .00 Apartments 22 77.829.00 -------------- 4 18000.00 Dwellings p .00 0 - .00 Rotels'- Motels -140,394.00 21 7 120,755.00 -Other-Residential X55,00 1 -00 7:. institutions1 .00 1 .00 - Sohoole - Colleges 2 409000.00 1 .00 Public Assembly 9 8,813.00 3 _ ::1650.00 Stores.- Offices3 1;115.00 1 00 Manufacturing O .00 Storage :00 1 Miscellaneous include personal property of members of Beta Theta Pi will be available xR,;lding Loss does not Fire Loss -of ootober 149 1975• These losses Fraternity in at a later date. MONTHLY REPORT October 1975 FIRE DEPARTMENT .. MONTH OF FIRE DEPT. OCTIVITIES- THIS MONTH THIS YEAR TO DATE LAST YEAR TO DATE - FIRE ALARMS 40 206 241 RESCUE OR EMERGENCY 34 HONEST MISTAKES 1 24 19 FALSE ALARMS 1 _jMTIGATIONS _ -- -- - TOTAL EMERGEWCY 1 77 383 413 INSPECTIONS 322 1432 - 1569 CLASSIFICATION OF NO. LASS LOSS LOSS FIRE ALARMS THIS MONTH THIS MONTH THIS YEAR LAST YEAR IN BUILDINGS I V 1 0 0 .00 2 08.00 - -1$214,194.8 ROLLING STOCK 8 1 2.00 1 20,030.59 OTHER 1 .00 - 00 7,621.00 FIRE MARSHAL The Fire Marshal made 20 special -inspections, 2 nursing homes, 1 day care 1 alleyinspection, 2 fire investigations and one set fire, investigation. He .wrote 2 correction orders, studied ?,building plans and presented 6 fire_ prevention programs and -:gave 2 safety talks. In addition he scheduled and correlated ;l2 fire prevention programs inschools. The :Fire Marshal -made 2<£ire investigations and 1:setfire investigation and made 1 fire call. -He also made a video tape for`KCRG and during Fire Prevention Week gave a news release recommending each home to be equipped with a smoke detecting device and that each family practise a fire escape plan. He"attpnded Hawkeye Safety Conference at Sioux City and assisted the Chief in administration work and worked on City; Safety. Committee. TRAINING OFFICER The T.O. trained the firefighters in a total of 175 drills. The total number of hours of drills for all three shifts was 884.: The Johnson County Mutual Aid sponsored a Flammable Liquids Class held at Ames, Iowa. Four members from the Iowa City Dept. attended. ° A fire Extinguisher and Linen Hose Demonstration was held at the College of Nursing.There were 60 in attendance. The second Fire Extinguisher and Linen Hose Demonstration was_held at the Chemistry Bldg. with 20 persons in attendance.- The third Extinguisher and Linen Hose Demonstration was given by Batt. Chief Irving at Mercy Hospital for their staff. This was performed at 10:00 P.M. for the night shift with 30'people`in attendance. The T.O. and 3 members of the Dept, participated in Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. Family Safety Night. Our '100 -Pt. Aerial -Ladder was demonstrated for their personnel.. There were over -400 in attendance. Training Officer went to Henry Sabin on a Fire Prevention Program. Many outside drills were performed this month using many different hose layouts, and pumper; operations. November 7 1Q75 TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager FROM: Harvey D. Miller, Police Chief SUBJECT: Transmittal - October Report - For this month the report -will-be _brief and contain few: statistics. As the process forreportingbecomes'- better known throughout the Department, a standard method will be developed for the final product. The bulk of police activitiesrevolved around general - dutiesofthe Patrol Force. A number of routine calls lead to further investigation by non-uniformed_ officers: Most impressive of these investigations was `the "inquiry : into the theft of coins-:' Several hundred dollars of mint condition coins were recovered by officers of the Youth Aid Division. One subject was petitioned to Juvenile Court as a result of the investigation As a`.unit with- in; the Department, the Youth Aid Division under the gen= eral command of Captain Ken Stock has performed except- ionally well. Itis a''concept that will receive further attention and personnel reinforcement if these important - -activities continue to increase. The Patrol units have conducted several traffic and.park.- ing surveys over the last several days. Recommendations relative to possible changes in parking, lightingand signing have been forwarded to the City Manager's Office for proper referral. The S.U.I. Homecoming came'and went without causing sign- ` _-ificant disruptions within the Department. Some traffic problems have arisen asa result of the opening of Washington Street. -These _problems will prob ably become less severe as the driving public becomes more accustomed to the traffic flow and parking require— ments. The Narcotics Enforcement Unit is undergoing study. Alternative enforcement mechanisms are being discussed. An operational plan for the investigation of drug and . drug related cases will be forthcoming in, the next few weeks. St - �, 11�✓�_ DATE November 6, 1975 TO Neal Berlin, City Manager D. Miller, Police Chief 1975 FROM: Harvey _ pctober, RE: Report of Animal Shelter Activities for the employees of: activity reports The most Copies of the orts Animal Shelter are attach meahese rep the Iowa City to be drawn their position SX: conclusion of employees in is that the _continuity - a more uniform believe to bei relating to has resulted in what I lease note that total type of enforcement of theh�s, pleas to that Animal animals. As evidence of orided to -by for the same complaints receivedarenoverS500 less than Shelter.-Personedrl For, the same -period of time revenue period last ye as Increased about $200,00. from the operation h is rescheduling the hours. Ms. Horton, Sheltermaster, assure -longer= -on -street employees to . nment of person- -_ -_ cf work fOr_I" P ard; the reassigof some employees coverage. In this reg a royal nel (contingent upon Council aprolwill increase temporary part-time to permanent)The change is from temp additional hours'- Horton• Z coverage from 13-15 ustif. d by`Ms. necessary and properly J on..proper processing by the recommend its approval UP Department of Personnel of the forms.' larger, We are having a dipping vat-constructsc for eStes. Most -of the-materials_ares'SsOp for weld- _ animals• cost to the City will be $ The only ing of the device. the will have to be addressed soon is animals . the absence of claimants. The One issue that disposal of restive it ae - people at Oakdale are incrand1facilities• It appears our claim upon ,their time aid if we are charge may have to in p As of this service in the future.- dead as if some small ortation of to avail ourselves roblem is the transp It. is an adjunct to this p disposed of at`Oakdale• er s -- they are disp the Animal Shelter person - animals animals after to not very palatable to, either viewing Public to be seen -on tewithddead to the truck stacked high nel or with a pickup- suggest a rem --- the landfill been asked to _suggest Bev --Horton has' edy for this -problem. IG C, LL"_ Lis F; L0�», DO", DIsPOskL S5 C !T '.Il,lL 3IT3t D�?}..L - Q Q - CIlst aLD,ST�Y,2IUIS�27C� ��7 ♦3D-_r-c--.P,gT DISPOSXL ,gILD A21D T.'SPiCE UPAS ' D �D!C I1tgL PICK U' .30- - CIVIC CIT%TIas$ _ SUPPLI t . TO I L n. This Month This Month This Year Last Year (Last Year) to Date [o Date 5 / Doo Complaints Cat Complaints Total Complaints " (dogs)owNers cos rl l/ p Impounding Record O Voluntary Boarded Pick u e.a.15 recinim,-ecQ Disposals (dogs) Adoption Reclaimed Sul _ Y7 Cnl d d0 s Revenue (in Dollars) _ Boarding Fees ov no$ Adoptions------- - - SUI y d _ Impound in - - -- 69 Tickets Issued dos - Cats Impounded Other Animals Picked -Up Raccoon Opposum_ . Snakes Ground Hogs: ' Skunk Sheep Other - - - O Dog Bites - 0 - Cat Bites Rabies Confirmed Dead -Animals Picked U " ALL USES OF -MACE OR DISCHARGE OF -FIREARMS:' A report must be made to -the to report concerning officer in your .-nal charge. Anyadditio information that you have or wish officer in charge.;/ n work should also be reported to the s Q S 3 City of Iowa C�► MEMORANDUM DATE: November 5, 1975 TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager FROM: Dennis E. Showalter, Director of Parke 6 Recreation RE:October Monthly Report -Park Division A. Major Accomplishments 1. Prepared Oak Grove building for the puppeteers -included shingling roof, painting, and installing furnace. 2. Backfilled next to new asphalt__ overlay road in lower City Park to support edge of road and permit easier mowing right next to the asphalt. - -3. Installednine(9) new -park -signs. 4.' Repaired Washington Street sidewalk at College Green - Park. 5. Installed new furnace at City Park shelter 413 (ice skating warming house). 6. _Aerified approximately 200 acres of park turf. _Dry soil conditions made it impractical'. to do balance of park areas. 7. Rototilled nine (9) annual flower beds in parks,' -two -(2) in Chauncey Swan plaza in preparation' for next year's annual flowers. Expect_to have approximately 20 beds in 1976. `Plants are to be; grown under a cooperative agreement with Kirkwood Community College. 8. Regraded ten (10),ball-diamond;-infields. 9. Graded and seeded waterJlines on Reno, Davenport, and - Johnson Streets for the Water Division. Water -Division - installed water line to Reno Park for -.our use. 10.- Used existing nursery stock at City Park nursery to land- acape 'steep 'banks at College Green Park. 11. Routine fall maintenance including mulching and removal of leaves, painting bleachers, preparation of Mercer Park parking lot for --ice-skating, watering, new trees, mowing and seeding turf areas on Washington Street. B. Projected Work for November 1. Start work on "inside" projects such as remodeling/redesign of park restrooms-and other facilities to better serve the handicapped. 2. Continue fall maintenance such 'as -leaf removal and mulching. - 3.' Continue aerification of turf areas. 4. Downtown cleanup of sidewalk and alley areas. C. Problems 1. Early development work on Northeast, South Hollywood Manor,_ Willow Creek, and Villa Parks held up:because H.C.D.A. funds: - not released. ., 2. No action on ball diamond lights for -diamonds #2 #2 and 03 at Mercer because of non -release of H.CD.A. funds. RECREATION DIVISION REPORT FOR,OCTOBER 1975 L Completed. • a. Debra Wyjack, maintenance worker I, transferred from Refuse Division and started to work on October 13. She is a very quiet person and keeps to herself. She does her work in an acceptablemanner and does not loaf. " Dennis and I have had conferences with her to discuss any adjustment or work related problems. b. Roofing job on Center completed with exception of some of the metal flashing which is apparently delayed because -of material availability. Several leaks still exist over northwest section. Tar splattered on building and hunks in parking lot still to be cleaned up. Lounge carpet needs cleaning or replacing due to tar dripping through. c. Halloween costume parade held on October 30 in cooperation with Public Library. Very successful with excellent staffinvolvementand participation. Eighty merchandise prizes awarded to winners. d. -Held a joint meeting with University_ of Iowa Recreation Education Program staff and our, staff to assist in personal relations and understanding. f. Superintendent met with 2 U of classes to discuss Center operation and - budgeting procedures. g. Staff met with Johnson County youth staff re: cooperation in programs and services for youth. • h. Public trip to Maquoketa Caves state park on October 11 for 30 satisfied people. We must plan such a trip in the future just for youth: i. Senior Citizens trip to northeast Iowa on October 8 with 2 buses and 90 people. Beautiful day and good time had by all. J. One session of kindergym completed and second one started with 4 classes of 8 to, 12 pre schoolers in each. k. - One session of swimming lessons was completed and a second one started with classes in the morning, afternoon and evening. 1. On Saturday mornings the program -for grade school children known as Play Day began. The first session was October 4 and -it -will continue through mid April. The total attendance for the first month was double what it was in 1973 and half again as large as 1974. M. The annual Halloween party with the Golden Age club was held and costumes judged. A pot luck on October 16 was also well attended. n. The gym floor was stripped and re sealed for the coming season. o. Building decorated for Halloween holiday by Marilyn Levin and staff. p. Provision made for smoking by minors, etc. in patio area by east entrance • — after struggling with :problem for years.. Some problems still exist such as added litter but discipline probably better. • 2°' Street bridge -Judy. 2. Planning* She ro Nov-as'a kick-off to the SPI Program. organizations and most of them are cooperating• • a, Halloween cVeiyvhard onSthis npj. 1 under the College has worked a enciea and org has contacted many g contacted several business houses for food and drink She has also successfully donations. schedule to start on b The SPI program plan is being solidified into a weekly ossible use of some es here in the Center and the p November 15 with activiti elementary schools. anized to begin n early all leagues. are being org Wolf and at West High C. Men's basketthe Center r under leagues. of Larry- the November at the Of Rally Adamse rvi under the sup leagues be formed to play at d, Women's basketball and b ) at beginning a later date* t ag will also South East Juclior High anticipant evaluation form. a e. Interns working with me to develop P Hope for f, East entrance plan discussed again with Engineering dock, hting, site barrierfencingof trash container and loading better lig enlarging of steps• ramp with rail for band icapped+ poor situation with the to correct a p hts. We are considering several alternatives and hope to g, In the ,exercise room we are trying bar_bella and weights - bar - have it solved soon. pool area. In the • into a change machine for the swimi°froID°Bhe pool office except to remove the change at the office or game room h. We are checking et .hang Pool staff mean time we are intendingto people to g Public and will free the p on week ends requiring on the P desk which really is no hardship from this added reaponsibility• Dennis E. Showalter, Director of Parks ,S Recreation 10: FROM: Billie Rauber, Superintendent of Cemetery-Forestry RE: October Monthly Report' $615.00 9 0 Interments 0 $175.00 Lots Sold7 @ $ Graves .Dug for St. Joseph's -_ 25.00 I, Items Anticipated and Accomplished A. All "entrance to the City" signs weeded and trimmed. B. Turf mowing completedfor1975• inspected, and payment C. Noel's tree contract completed, d Governor D. Parking area at recommended. -.the southeast corner of Brown an lowered and resodded. atones completed. _ 1976 E. Trimming around Cemetery for Spring F. Prepared two :flower beds in Cemetery This planting. for lot sales. ( G. Block 010 measured, pinned$ -ha ready is an -old sidewalk area that and seeded s been renovated.) R. Area north of shop top at entrance. I. Leaf. mulching devices established on new mowers. J. Gravel hauled in for shoulder eliminated,kroof repaired, K, ,.Drainage problem on ahopand painting to match. including new flashing 12 L, Weed problems solved 9 Forestry problems solved 21 October Total II. Planned Items Not Completed A. Forestry projects continuing, including:,_ I.Cemetery tree and shrub pruning; 2. Small street tree pfuning; 3, ,Request for prices out;, for: a, Lila Park; extending to Donated Bodies area; b, Lllec hedge forlighland'and Keokuk Park; for Iowa Aveue; c, Replacement plants Scotch Pinesnfrom City Park (west d. Moving costs for 9 end) to.new road area; Park (west end) e. Moving costs for 7 Pfitzers from City to College Green.as weather B. Grave filling and'leif mulching to continue as long holds. leted due to lack of necessary c7aY• C. Corn crib road not comp Will continue as available. October Monthly Report . Page 2 1975 November 3, Church Street with bank problem not solved as D, South exit to to someone yet.ned Hollow ball diamond renovation reseaig E. Happy other than the Cemetery. IIL Unexpected Items A. - Additional emergency tree work for Noel.Washington Street concerning B. Meetings ,with various people Plantings. City -planted tree at home,ownerts request. C. _ Moved a of area in Chauncey Swan ---.Plants. Final sodding use-pf native D. re: teenager's E. Spoke to Regina faculty pro notified contractors F. Went to Court with weed G. Checked spring planted re: replacements. - H. Negotiated with Finance re: - 1. Cemetery Ordinance; trimming; 2. Budget for tree of funds for needfdoite s, Park to College 3. Reallocation eensMoved approximately 53 everg , replacements at Clinton, Green and mulched with chips. ssary •, J. Checked Pleasant Valley and Civic Center and reported Dubuque. Fire Station Park+ - in gbeen numbers to Toff madegc�ents. terlacementsehaveCnot _--- _of October 31, P .GREEN on, BY -Pas s.hes (cremated mulching for Project as K, Tree L, Legal problem. concerning distribution of remains) at Cemetery. Code Enforcement..-. _. M. Checked house moving-routewith with journalist re:" Black Angel. H. Spent two hours IV. November Schedule boulevard. to go into Iowa Avenue Ar Additional to 90 ut (1) Keokuk and Highland Park, innsbe ,plantings B. Lilac hedges to and (2) Cemetery.Park to City Park and from City C. Evergreen moving project college Green. to continue. leaf mulching - D. Grave filling and Corn crib road building continue. Street to be solved. E. F. Bank problem at South end of Church and back hoe. C, Purchase chains for tractors blowerfor snow ; H,''Attach blades.and�snnow equipment I, Repair summer