The Ames City Council plans to vote on approval of the Government of the Student Body student ex-officio City Council liaison candidate Tuesday.

Tony Borich, senior in community and regional planning, was nominated for the position by GSB President Angela Groh. Borich said he plans to attend the meeting for the vote.

Ames Mayor Ted Tedesco said he is looking forward to working with Borich.

“I would be very surprised if any objections are raised,” Tedesco said. “Because of this process, the ex-officio is actually an appointee of the GSB president with consent of the senate. And for us to second-guess that nomination wouldn’t be appropriate without great reason.”

Borich said his previous experience with other organizations would help with the ex-officio position, but he will not continue involvement in all those organizations next year in order to have more time for council proceedings.

Another topic at the council meeting will cover traffic control at the intersection of Cessna Street and Country Club Boulevard.

Paul Moore, an Ames resident who lives on Country Club Boulevard, started a petition last September in an effort to install stop signs for the northbound traffic on Country Club Boulevard at Cessna Street. Drivers have two options when driving northbound on Country Club Boulevard — continue north or go east on Cessna toward the Hilton commuter lot.

“Most people go east, or right, on Cessna with very little turn signals and speeds in excess of 30 mph,” Moore said.

The speed limit on both streets is 25 mph.

Moore said things have been getting worse in the past year, since new apartment developments were built on the southwest side of town.

“Cessna Street was designed as a residential street, but it is turning into a thoroughfare because of the new developments,” Moore said. “The city needs to change traffic control to meet demand.”

City Manager Steve Schainker said according to statistics, there have not been a lot of accidents at the intersection, but residents do not want to wait until something happens to react. He said speeding is a concern to him.

“We would probably have recommended against it on the basis of the accident statistics,” Schainker said. “But we did speed studies and too many people are taking that corner at high speeds.”

The stop signs would be installed on a trial basis to see if they help control traffic speed and determine right of way. Schainker said accident reports would be closely monitored to watch for the effect of the stop signs.