This week’s Toledo City Council meeting only had two agenda items; the meeting was so short that the mayor played hooky as Mayor Pro-tem Boll ran the show. Up first was the authorization of a $1 an-hour pay increase for newly certified Toledo Police Officer Igor Dias. The council approved the raise for Officer Dias, who recently just graduated from the academy.

The second and final agenda item was the date change for a May meeting. The May 26 meeting, which landed on Memorial Day, was approved to be moved to Tuesday, May 27.

Toledo Police Chief Dan Quigley reported that between April 13 and 27, they received 97 calls to service, and affected seven arrests, as well as two search warrants. Quigley talked about Officer Dias’ graduation from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy and his subsequent field training. Quigley also gave updates on nuisance properties.

The public works department gave updates on the 300 Street Bridge project. It was also reported that they are going forward with fixing the cracks in the concrete floor of the park’s shelter house. The park’s fence is also soon to be fixed. Everything is the same as usual for the clerk, and the budget has been filed.