City employees explained and showed off the new equipment to all interested attendees. The street sweeper was a much needed replacement in the eyes of Kendall Jordan. With the previous street sweeper parts were becoming harder and harder to come by. PHOTO BY JONATHAN MEYER

On Monday, July 10, the Toledo City Council met with items ranging from a new flagpole to the ongoing school resource officer position.

A new flagpole was approved by the council in unanimous fashion. The pole will be erected at Toledo Heights Park in the very near future.

An ongoing item with Kids Corner Daycare and their lease was discussed. City Administration Kendall Jordan wanted to draw a clear line between helping and being free maintenance work.

Superintendent of Schools John Cain was in attendance to help answer questions with Chief Quigley on the SRO position.

Interviews were held in the last week with various community members sitting in on those meetings, Mayor Sokol being one. Cain highlighted that one candidate stood out over the rest and Chief Quigley agreed.

PHOTO BY JONATHAN MEYER

Several questions were asked about the funding of the position and the council needed to clear some things up. Through multiple grants and school funding the lead city would only need to contribute around $10,000 to fund the position. It was explained the funding is being split two third school funds to one third city funded.

The officer would be available to work with the city when not actively needed after the school year concludes.

Tama Police Chief Bina made a suggestion, since Tama’s city counsel is discussing the matter next Monday, that the cities work together. They idea came up to split the $10,000 between both cities since the officer would be serving both places. The council agreed and passed a motion with the caveat of waiting for Tama’s approval.

Public Works Show and Tell

Before going into closed session, City Administrator Kendall Jordan invited the council outside to see some of the city’s new equipment. A new street sweeper and camera designed to travel into pipes were on display. Both new items were met with positive reactions from the council and members of the public

PHOTO BY JONATHAN MEYER

The meeting then went into closed session.