East Central Reporter

City of Tuscola City Council met Aug. 11.

Here are the minutes provided by the council:

The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order with Brace, Day, Hoey, Morris, Rund, Slaughter, Waldrop, and Mayor Kleiss in attendance. Mayor Kleiss led the Pledge of Allegiance. Kleiss noted Alderman Shoemaker asked to be excused from tonight's meeting.

Consent Agenda

Mayor Kleiss went over the items on the consent agenda:

• Minutes of the July 28, 2025, meeting

• Payment of bills totaling $211,699.82

• Community Building lease request with alcohol for Ray and Ann Carter for a wedding reception August 30, 2025

• Community Building lease request with alcohol for Edith Claussen for a wedding reception September 6, 2025

• Community Building lease request with alcohol for Becky's Buddies for a trivia night September 13, 2025

Hoey moved to approve the items on the consent agenda. Rund seconded. VOTE YEA* Brace, Day, Hoey, Morris, Rund, Slaughter, Waldrop. Day moved to approve the consent agenda for August 11, 2025. Brace seconded. VOTE YEA* Brace, Day, Hoey, Morris, Rund, Slaughter, Waldrop.

Mayor

Mayor Kleiss offered the city's congratulations to Reese Davis, newly crowned Miss Tuscola. Kleiss read a note from Miss Davis thanking the city for her gift of a pool pass and also for the renovations and new slide planned for the pool.

Mayor Kleiss reminded citizens school starts this week and asked them to please be cautious when driving.

City Clerk - No Report

City Treasurer - No Report

City Attorney - No Report

City Administrator - No Report

Other

• Administrator Hoel informed council that after investigation and the service of ground penetrating radar, he has learned that the joint pipeline is actually deeper than we originally thought. The engineers are in the process of plotting the locations versus the IDOT widening plans to see how many of the conflicts may be eliminated. Hoel went on to say the $4000 expenditure for the radar will likely eliminate a few hundred thousand dollars' worth of work and change the proportion of the cost split in our favor.

• Mayor Kleiss announced the pool house and slide renovations are set to begin September

• The master meter station is very close to completion. Startup is scheduled for next week. 

• Mayor Kleiss addressed some comments he has seen recently on a local bulletin board. Most of the comments are in reference to the recent demolition of the old church and other properties citizens think should be demolished. Kleiss highlighted what it takes to actually get an abandoned, dilapidated property demolished. Using the old church as an example, Kleiss noted this property was given to the city; however, back taxes were owed. The city paid those taxes as well as the demo costs, making the total investment $145,869.00. Kleiss added this lot will not sell for anywhere near that amount.

The motion to adjourn was made by Slaughter and seconded by Morris. VOTE YEA* Brace, Day, Hoey, Morris, Rund, Slaughter, Waldrop.

https://tuscola.org/file/1602