Salude Sanchez was present at the April 24 Toledo City Council meeting representing the soccer leagues that have played the last few summers in Toledo Heights Park. The contract to use the park this summer had not yet been signed, as the stipulation that a Toledo Police Officer had to be at every game from now on was under debate.

Sanchez was under the impression that an officer would only be present for the first four Sundays of gameplay, but the current contract states that an officer would be present for every game. The soccer leagues are required to pay for the Toledo Police Officer to be present at the park, meaning the local volunteer leagues would have had to pay a sum of $20,000 for the officer to be at every game.

With this dollar amount being thought of as exorbitant by a select few and the current Toledo Police Department being understaffed, a compromise was made. The soccer leagues will pay for an officer to make four visits without any prior knowledge of when the visits will be.

It is hoped that these surprise attacks will keep all attendees in line. The three big complaints about the soccer league games are the consumption of alcohol in the park, littering, and the use of the tree line as a bathroom.

Also, at Monday’s meeting, Kyle Howe officially became ex-Toledo Police Sgt. Howe as the council accepted his formal resignation. City Attorney Mike Marquess had a press release prepared stating that the City of Toledo is cutting all ties with Officer Howe. A friend of Shyla Wolf had the floor during public comment to let it be known how this incident has affected Ms. Wolf.

Chief Quigley reported that the Toledo Police Department responded to 110 calls between April 10 and April 23 with three arrests made. Chief Quigley blissfully told of the beautiful new slate gray Tahoe police vehicle that is being outfitted and will be ready for the road in another week or two.

Officer Nick Ryan graduated from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy 307th basic class making him a state certified peace officer. Ryan is now in his first phase of field training with Toledo Lt. Wunn.

Public works have been patching streets and getting ready for the city wide cleanup. It was also discussed whether or not Director Kendall Jordan was allowed to buy a white truck or if he had to buy another red one like the rest of the Toledo Public Works pickups.

The council discussed possible lodging locations for RAGBRAI riders in July and how they encourage everyone and their brother to volunteer. A pay request was approved for concrete work from the D. W. Zinser Company.

A new member was appointed to the Toledo Library Board. A motion was approved to charge the Tama County Supervisors for use of the Reinig Center for certain meetings and public hearings.

Before adjourning, the council went into a closed session to discuss the impending litigation against the City.