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Charles City Council reviews interim administrator contract

By Travis Fischer, tkfischer@charlescitypress.com

The Charles City Council discussed the completion of the Lynn Grove Pool Renovations, the dissolution of the Southwest Bypass TIF Committee and the hiring of an interim city administrator during its workshop meeting on Wednesday, June 25.

The city is looking to hire Dan Grifford, who retired as the city manager of Spencer last September, to fill the position of interim city administrator for Charles City, and the council reviewed a proposed agreement for the position.

Grifford will be working part-time for three days a week, plus meetings, to maintain city operations until a permanent candidate can be selected and hired, which is not anticipated to happen for at least several months.

The council discussed the finer details of Grifford’s contract, including cell phone policy, vacation time and the flexibility of their arrangement in the event it needs to be quickly amended. A final agreement will be settled on before the next regular meeting.

In other business, the council reviewed the final payment request from Woodruff Construction for the Pool Renovation Project. Completed at a cost of $367,426.52, or 3.4% above the original bid amount, work on the pool has finished and the project consultant is recommending the final payment to close out the job.

“The final payment is just the 5% retainer,” said City Engineer John Fallis.

The council also discussed cleanup of the South Grand Avenue right-of-way, agreeing with the consensus of the Charles City Area Community Development Corp. to have the ditch cleaned out while maintaining the crab apple trees that have been planted alongside the road.

Also related to the CCADC, the council will be taking its next step to dissolve the Southwest Bypass TIF Committee at its next meeting.

A rare joint venture between the city and county, the last known one in the state, the county is in the process of decoupling itself from administration of the TIF district, leaving it to operate in the same fashion as the other existing Urban Renewal Areas in the city.

While this will mean some slight recalculating for the how revenue is collected and distributed, the new agreements will have little practical effect on the district.

“Basically the TIF Area will remain pretty much the same as it is,” said Fallis.

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