Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met Sept. 9.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

Registered Requests to Speak

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

Report Of Town Auditing Committee

Resolution Extending The Term Of The TIF District

PETITIONS

Ward 1 By Stubby’s Tavern, 1517 N. 3rd, requesting permission to waive Section 111.096 (a) (Consumption and Possession of Alcoholic Liquor on Public Streets, Alleys, and Sidewalks

and Lots), 111.096(d) (Permitting Open liquor to leave licensed premises), on September 14th from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for a benefit for Jerry Lee Hainline Jr. The private yard will be fenced off with only one entrance into the tavern.

Ward 2 By Blessing Hospital requesting consideration to vacate a 20-ft. by 167-ft. portion of an eastwest alley located in the block bounded by vacated N. 11th, N. 12th, Spring, and Broadway.

Ward 3 By Stephen C. Schutte and Sherry Hills-Garner, S & S Storage Solutions, LLC requesting consideration to amend a special permit for a planned development to locate additional self-storage facilities on property at 2500 N. 24th presently zoned C1B and R1A.

MAYOR’S APPOINTMENT

Darin Prost to the Preservation Commission

PROCLAMATIONS

Week of September 9th through 13th as “Chamber Of Commerce Week”

Third week of September as “Celebration Of Arts Week”

RESOLUTIONS

TIF Downtown Rental Rehab Project Funding Resolution. (Funding of $150,000 in TIF funding for the renovation of six rental units.

A Resolution Of The Quincy City Council To Petition The Illinois General Assembly To Extend The Term Of The Central Business District West Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Project. (An extension of 12 additional years.)

Resolution recommending the low quote of Quincy Fire Equipment in the amount of $9,512.50 for a three-year contract for annual inspection and maintenance of city’s fire extinguishers and suppression systems.

Utilities and Engineering Director, Utilities Committee and Central Service Committee recommending the low bid of Million Construction Co. in the amount of $768,075.80 for reconstruction of Hampshire, 12th to 14th, water main, storm sewer, curb and gutter.

Utilities and Engineering Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the quote of $177,300 from Klingner and Associates to assist with design for the rehabilitation of the filter system at the Water Treatment Plant.

Utilities and Engineering Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval for payment the invoice from Rees Construction Co. in the amount of $28,012 for emergency repair of sewer on Bonansinga Drive.

Utilities and Engineering Director and Utilities Committee recommending payment of invoice from University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, in the amount of $12,500 for energy assessment program at Water Treatment Plant. City will be reimbursed for the full cost of assessment by AmerenIllinois.

Utilities and Engineering Director and Utilities Committee recommending payment of invoice from University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, in the amount of $7,500 for energy assessment program at City Hall. City will be reimbursed for the full cost of assessment by AmerenIllinois.

Utilities and Engineering Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the low bid from Zanger Excavating in the amount of $22,188.80 for the South 12th St. Water Main Extension project.

Utilities and Engineering Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the proposal from Test America, Savannah, GA, in the amount of $70,381 for routine analytical testing for the drinking water system and industrial pretreatment program at Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Utilities and Engineering Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the low bid from L. Keeley Construction, St. Louis, MO, in the amount of $4,992,788 for the WWTP Phase I improvement project at the Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Utilities and Engineering Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the quote of Midwest Meter Inc., Edinburg, IL, in the amount of $21,497.50 for meters for the replacement of water services.

Aeronautics Committee, Comptroller, and Airport Director recommending approval to accept and execute the City’s entitled airport improvement grant.

ORDINANCES 

Second presentation of an ordinance entitled:

An Ordinance Amending Chapter 162 (Zoning Regulations) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy (2015) Pertaining To Adult – Use Cannabis. (Regulate adult-use cannabis business establishments)

Requests to Speak

Written requests to speak under suspended rules by Justin Crouch, 424 S. 8th, regarding the adult use cannabis ordinance; Bob Lansing and Chris Wildrick, PO Box 487, Quincy, IL, and Joseph Principe, 517 N. 27th, concerning medical cannabis.

An Ordinance Amending The Municipal Code Of The Chapter Of Quincy Chapter 45, By The Addition Of Section 145 Imposing A Municipal Cannabis Retailers’ Occupation Tax.

First reading of an ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Annexing Surrounded Territory To The City Of Quincy.

REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

https://www.quincyil.gov/home/showdocument?id=1364