Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met July 8.

Here is the minutes provided by the council:

The regular meeting of the City Council was held this day at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Kyle A. Moore presiding.

The following members were present:

Ald. Entrup, Bergman, Bauer, Finney, Ernst, Farha, Sassen, Rein, Mast, Reis, Awerkamp, Uzelac, Holtschlag. 13. 

Vacancy: 1st Ward. 1.

The minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council held July 1, 2019, and the Town Business minutes of June 10, 2019, were approved as printed on a motion of Ald. Ernst. Motion carried.

Legal Counsel: Corporation Counsel Lonnie Dunn.

Ald. Bauer moved the City Council sit as a Town Board. Motion carried.

TOWN BUSINESS

The City Clerk and Ex-Officio Town Clerk presented and read the following:

Registered Requests to Speak

No one registered to speak.

Report Of The Quincy Township Supervisor For General Assistance For The Month Of June, 2019.

DISBURSEMENTS

Relief Orders were issued to 12 cases containing 19 individuals at an average grant per case of $349.52 

$ 4,194.23

CASH ACCOUNT

Balance June 1, 2019

GA Checking                                        $ 5,883.00

GA Money Market                               146,586.70

Interest                                                       112.45

Total                                                 $ 152,582.15

Obligations paid during the month     $ (4,341.08)

Balance June 30, 2019                    $ 148,241.07 

Cindy Brink

Supervisor of Quincy Township

We the undersigned auditing committee to which were referred the above bills respectfully report it has examined same and recommend their payment.

Dave Bauer, Chairman

Jeff Bergman

Ben Uzelac

Ald. Bauer, seconded by Ald. Bergman, moved the report be received and vouchers be issued for the payment of disbursements and administrative bills for the various amounts, and on the roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea with

1 vacancy. Motion carried.

Vendor                                          Amount

Adams                                          383.63

Alarm Systems                               47.50

Ameren Illinois                                64.54

Chris Stegner                                 25.00

City of Quincy Self Insurance        40.95

Devnet                                      1,613.05

Digital Copy Systems                    31.06

Marco                                            25.00

O’Donnells                                    53.00

Wiewell and Ash Accounting   1,229.60 

Total                                       $3,513.33

Committee: 

Dave Bauer, Chairman 

Jeff Bergman 

Ben Uzelac

Cindy Brink

Committee:

Dave Bauer, Chairman

Jeff Bergman

Ben Uzelac

Ald. Bauer, seconded by Ald. Bergman, moved the reports be received and vouchers be issued for the various amounts and on the call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea with 1 vacancy. Motion carried.

The meeting resumed its sitting as a City Council on motion of Ald. Bauer.

PETITIONS

By the Adams County Farm Bureau Foundation requesting to conduct a raffle and have the bond requirement waived from July 11th to August 8th. The City Clerk recommends approval of the permit.

Ald. Sassen moved the prayer of the petition be granted. Motion carried.

By Quincy University requesting to temporarily close 20th Street between Sycamore and Spruce Streets on the following dates from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 21st, September 28th, October 26th, November 16th, and November 2nd from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for QU football games.

Ald. Bauer moved the prayer of the petition be granted and the proper authorities notified. Motion carried.

By On The Rail, 129 S. 4th, requesting to have live music in the beer garden on July 20th from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and July 21st from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Live Entertainment/Public Gathering license applications for both dates received a “No Recommendation” response from the Quincy Police Department.

Ald. Uzelac moved the prayer of the petition be granted and the proper authorities notified, seconded by Ald. Holtschlag, and on the roll call the following vote resulted: Yeas: Ald. Sassen, Reis, Awerkamp, Uzelac, Holtschlag. 5. Nays: Ald. Ernst, Farha; Rein, Mast, Entrup, Bergman, Bauer, Finney. 8. Vacancy. 1. Motion failed.

By On The Rail, 129 S. 4th, requesting to have live music in the beer garden on July 27th from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and July 28th from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Live Entertainment/Public Gathering license applications for both dates received a “No Recommendation” response from the Quincy Police Department.

Ald. Entrup moved the petition be denied, seconded by Ald. Farha, and on the roll call the following vote resulted: Yeas: Ald. Farha, Rein, Mast, Uzelac, Holtschlag, Entrup, Bergman, Bauer, Finney, Ernst. 10. Nay: Ald. Sassen, Reis, Awerkamp. 3. Vacancy. 1. Motion carried.

By Adam Booth, AMB Real Estate Holdings, LLC requesting consideration for a zoning change from R1C (Single- Family Residential) to C2 (Commercial) to develop off-street parking on property at 2330 Spring to serve the commercial use located at 2338 Spring.

Ald. Mast moved the petition be received and referred to the Plan Commission for study and to report back. Motion carried.

By Anna Lee Waterkotte requesting consideration for a one-lot subdivision of property located at 6708 Hickory Grove N. under the “small tracts” provision of the subdivision ordinance presently zoned RU1.

Ald. Ernst moved the petition be received and referred to the Plan Commission for study and to report back. Motion carried.

By Glenwood Equities, LLC, requesting consideration for a subdivision of properties located at 1337 S. 12th, 1339 S. 12th, 1341 S. 12th, and 1420 S 14th under the “small tracts’ provision of the subdivision ordinance presently zoned R1C and C1A.

Ald. Reis moved the petition be received and referred to the Plan Commission for study and to report back. Motion carried.

By Glenwood Equities, LLC, requesting consideration for zoning changes from R1C (Single-Family Residential) and

C1A (Limited Local Commercial) to C1B (Limited Local Commercial) for properties located at 1337 S. 12th, 1339 S. 12th, 1341 S. 12th, and 1420 S. 14th.

Ald. Awerkamp moved the petition be received and referred to the Plan Commission for study and to report back. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, one of the most important pieces of equipment to a firefighter is their firefighting “bunker gear”; and,

WHEREAS, bunker gear wears over time and must be replaced on a regular basis per NFPA standards and manufac- turer recommendations; and,

WHEREAS, the Quincy Fire Department has nine sets of bunker gear due for replacement this fiscal year; and, 

WHEREAS, quotes (per set) were sought for the needed gear from three different vendors and were submitted as follows:

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Fire Aldermanic Committee and the Fire Chief recommend to the Mayor and City Council that the Fire Chief be authorized to purchase the required nine sets of gear for the total amount of $20,376 from Municipal Emergency Services (MES).

Joe Henning

Fire Chief

Ald. Ernst moved for the adoption of the resolution, seconded by Ald. Bergman, and on the roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea, with 1 vacancy. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, firefighting hose is an essential piece of firefighting equipment; and,

WHEREAS, all firefighting hose is subjected to an annual pressure test to ensure serviceability; and,

WHEREAS, the Quincy Fire Department has conducted this year’s testing and has the need to replace a total of 20 sections of hose in various sizes; and,

WHEREAS, quotes were sought for the needed hose from three different vendors and were submitted as follows: MES (Matex Hose) $7,225

MES (Hydro Flow Hose) $7,550

Dinges Fire (Armtex Hose) $7,113.75 (did not have couplings)

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Fire Aldermanic Committee and the Fire Chief recommend to the Mayor and City Council that the Fire Chief be authorized to purchase Matex fire hose in the amount of $7,225 from Municipal Emergency Services.

Joe Henning

Fire Chief

Ald. Ernst moved for the adoption of the resolution, seconded by Ald. Bergman, and on the roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea with 1 vacancy. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy Department of Central Services is in charge of striping streets and painting intersections with crosswalks each year; and

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy Department of Central Services also paints curbs and handicapped stalls on an as needed basis or by request; and

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy Department of Central Services intends to purchase 385 gallons of white paint @ $8.42 per gallon, 1,980 gallons of yellow paint @ $8.00 per gallon, and 55 gallons of black paint @ $11.00 per gallon off of the State of Illinois joint purchasing contract for the continued maintenance of city streets and curbs; and

WHEREAS, the State of Illinois joint purchasing contract vendor for 2019 is Ennis-Flint Inc., of Greensboro, North Carolina, for traffic marking paint; and

WHEREAS, funding for the paint has been appropriated in the current fiscal year budget; now

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Director of Central Services and the Central Services Committee recommend to the Mayor and City Council that the normal bidding requirements be waived and the purchase of street marking paint from Ennis-Flint Inc., of Greensboro, North Carolina, in the amount of $19,686.70 be accepted.

Kevin McClean

Director of Central Services

Ald. Entrup moved for the adoption of the resolution, seconded by Ald. Holtschlag, and on the roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea with 1 vacancy. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Quincy Police Department would like to interface Utility BodyWorn cameras with their CAD system LogiSYS and

WHEREAS, currently when an officer is dispatched to call for service they have to manually turn on their body camera; and

WHEREAS, there are times when officers forget to activate their body cameras; and

WHEREAS, the interface would allow “action zones” to be created when an officer is dispatched to a call for service; and

WHEREAS, once the officer enters the action zone the body camera would automatically turn on; and

WHEREAS, the integration also uploads the case file information and tags the video so the video can easily be searched for viewing at a later time; and

WHEREAS, LogiSYS is the vendor that developed this software for our system and is a sole source provider; and 

WHEREAS, the cost for LogiSYS to create the interface is $22,500.00; now

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Chief of Police recommends to the Mayor and City Council that the normal bidding requirements be waived and the Police Department be allowed to purchase services form LogiSYS in the amount of $22,500.00.

Robert A. Copley

Chief of Police

Ald. Bauer moved for the adoption of the resolution, seconded by Ald. Reis, and on the roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea with 1 vacancy. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Quincy Police Department provides firearms training to sworn members of the police department; and 

WHEREAS, John Wood Community College also has sworn officers who must complete firearms training; and 

WHEREAS, Quincy can train JWCC officers at the same time it trains its own officers, at no additional cost to the City; and

WHEREAS, an indemnification agreement is imperative to protect the City against any possible liability during firearms training with John Wood Community College; and

WHEREAS, JWCC would be furnishing their own materials such as firearms, ammunition, etc.; and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Chief of Police recommends to the Mayor and City Council that the Agreement for Firearms Training and Indemnification Agreement be approved. Robert Copley

Chief of Police

Ald. Bauer moved for the adoption of the resolution, seconded by Ald. Reis, and on the roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea with 1 vacancy. Motion carried.

ORDINANCE

Adoption of an ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 50 (Garbage And Recycling) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy (2015), as amended. (Industrial & Commercial Properties, Collection/Ownership Of Recycle Materials, Recycle Rates).

Ald. Rein moved to amend Section 50.26 (A) Large disposal bag (over 20 gallon) and Small disposal bag (up to 20 gallon), seconded by Ald. Sassen. Motion carried.

Ald. Sassen moved the adoption of the ordinance, as amended, seconded by Ald. Rein, and on a roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea with 1 vacancy.

The Chair, Mayor Kyle A. Moore, declared the motion carried and the ordinance adopted, as amended.

ORDINANCE

First presentation of an ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Granting a Special Use Permit For A Planned Development. (Allow installation of two side-by-side billboards at 2011 N. 24th subject to specific condition (j).

Ald. Ernst moved the ordinance be read by its title, seconded by Ald. Finney. Motion carried.

The City Clerk read the ordinance by its title.

REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

Michael Farha

Jack Holtschlag

Richie Reis

Finance Committee

Ald. Farha, seconded by Ald. Sassen, moved the reports be received and vouchers be issued for the various amounts and on the roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea with 1 vacancy. Motion carried.

MOTIONS

Ald. Uzelac referred to Chief Copley to draft an amendment to the current Live Entertainment Ordinance to: (1) Limit the number of permits to one per month per venue; (2) Exempt acoustic performers from the ordinance; and (3) If needed, review circumstances requiring police neighborhood survey following an event. Motion carried.

Ald. Holtschlag moved to close 6th Street, Maine to the Alley, from 5:00 p.m. to midnight on July 19th. Barricades needed. Motion carried.

The City Council adjourned at 7:26 p.m. on a motion of Ald. Ernst. Motion carried.

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