Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council Met Oct. 13.

Here is the minutes provided by the council:

Due to COVID–19, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on March 13, 2020, and Governor Pritzker issued an Executive Order on March 20, 2020.

Mayor Kyle A. Moore announced that City Council meetings will be closed to the public starting August 10, 2020. 

Monday, October 12, 2020, being a legal holiday, 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 physically present:

Ald. McKiernan, Entrup, Bergman, Bauer, Finney, Mast, Reis, Uzelac.8.

Virtual: Ald. Holbrook, Farha, Sassen, Rein, Awerkamp.5.

Absent: Ald. Holtschlag.1.

Ald. Uzelac moved that Alderman Holtschlag be excused from this meeting. Motion carried.

The minutes of the regular meetings of the City Council held October 5, 2020, and the Town Business minutes of September 14, 2020, were approved as printed on a motion of Ald. Entrup. Motion carried. 

Legal: 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 September, 2020

DISBURSEMENTS 

Relief Orders were issued 

to 8 cases containing 18 

individuals at an average 

grant per case of                     $403.19                $ 3,225.53 

CASH ACCOUNT 

Balance September 1, 2020  

GA Checking                       $ 4,855.70 

GA Money Market              132,430.79 

Interest 16.16 

Total                                $ 137,302.65 

Obligations paid during 

the month                          $ (3,225.53) 

Balance September 30, 2020                           $134,077.12 

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

Jeff Bergman

Ben Uzelac

Ald. Bauer, seconded by Ald. Uzelac, 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 absent. Motion carried.

Vendor                                                            Amount

Adams                                                             384.18

Alarm Systems                                                  47.50

Ameren Illinois                                                   66.68

City of Quincy Self Insurance                            36.54

Digital Copy Systems                                        24.87

IAAO                                                                220.00

Illinois School Supply                                      289.98

InfoUSA Marketing Inc                                    345.00

Marco Assessor                                                76.50

O’Donnell’s                                                       56.00

Township Officials of Illinois Conference          99.00

Total                               $1,646.25

Committee:

Dave Bauer

Jeff Bergman

Ben Uzelac

Ald. Bauer, seconded by Ald. Uzelac, 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 absent. Motion carried.

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

PETITIONS

By Beck Properties, Inc., requesting consideration for a subdivision of property at Lot 9 and 10 in Block 12 of Walton Heights Subdivision in the City of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois to be known as Reelay Subdivision at 2730 Cherry Street under the “small tracts” provision of the Subdivision Ordinance, presently zoned M2.

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

By Thomas M. Hellhake, as co-trustee of the Merle J. Hellhake Revocable Trust requesting consideration of a subdivision of property at a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8 in Township 2 South of the Base Line, Range 8 West of the 4th Principal Meridian, Adams County, Illinois to be known as Appy Acres of Prairie Ridge at 3701 Prairie Ridge Drive under the “small tracts” provision of the Subdivision Ordinance, presently zoned R1A.

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

By Charles T. Marx and Kathie J. Marx requesting consideration of a subdivision of property at a tract being part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5, Township 2 South, Range 8 West, City of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois to be known as O’Reilly Subdivision at 4110 Broadway Street under the “small tracts” provision of the Subdivision Ordinance, presently zoned C2.

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

SALES TAX REPORT

The report of the Illinois Department of Revenue showing sales tax collected for the month of July, 2020, in the amount of $899,080.33 was ordered received and filed on a motion of Ald. Farha. Motion carried.

HOME RULE SALES TAX REPORT

The report of the city’s 1-1/2% home rule sales tax collected for the month of July, 2020, in the amount of $795,140.83 was ordered received and filed on a motion of Ald. Farha. Motion carried.

MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS

By Mayor Kyle A. Moore making the appointments of Sara Deters and Ryan McElroy to the Quincy Public Arts Commission.

Ald. Reis moved the appointments be confirmed. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy has been allocated funding from the Division of Public Transportation, Department of Transportation, State of Illinois, for a financial assistance grant under Section 5311 of the Federal Transit Act of 1991, as amended (49 U.S.C. § 5311), in the amount of $600,253 for the purpose of off-setting a portion of the Public Transportation Program operating deficits of Quincy Transit Lines, and;

WHEREAS, in addition to the above-mentioned grant, the City of Quincy has submitted an application for grant funding from the Illinois Downstate Public Transportation Operating Assistance (DOAP) with the State of Illinois under the provisions of the Illinois Downstate Public Transportation Act (30 IL CS 740/2-1, et. seq.) up to an amount of $2,925,160 and;

WHEREAS, in addition to the above grants and additional grant through the FTA 5311 CARES Act, funding in the amount $2,261,960 to be used to cover operating expenses, and;

WHEREAS, the City has funded the Transit Lines for several months of operations while we wait for Grant funding to be received, and;

WHEREAS, the grant funds have always been paid to the City and the loan amount has always been repaid to the Cash Reserve Fund, and;

WHEREAS, in order to cover the costs of providing uninterrupted essential transit service for the citizens of the Quincy area, it will be necessary to secure a short-term loan from the Cash Reserve Fund in the estimated amount up to $500,000, said amount to be repaid with grant funds once received; now,

THEREFORE, the Director of Quincy Transit Lines and the Comptroller respectfully request that the Mayor and City Council approve a short-term loan of up to $250,000, as needed, from the Cash Reserve Fund to the Quincy Transit Lines to pay operating expenses.

Marty Stegeman

Director of Operations

Quincy Transit Lines

Sheri Ray

Comptroller

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

ORDINANCE

Second presentation of an ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Granting A Special Use Permit For A Planned Development. (2336 Oak, Operate a single-seat eyebrow salon.)

ORDINANCE

Second presentation of an ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Amending The 2020-2021 Fiscal Year Budget. (Increased Revenues Special Capital Grant Fund #309 $70,000.)

Ald. Uzelac moved the requirements of Section 32.31 of the City Code of the City of Quincy be waived and the ordinance adopted, seconded by Ald. Bauer, and on the roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea, with 1 absent. The Chair, Mayor Kyle A. Moore, declared the motion carried and the ordinance adopted.

ORDINANCE

First presentation of an ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 40 (Boards And Commissions) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy (2015). (Change the number of ex-officio Commissioners from 3 to 2.) Ald. Uzelac moved the ordinance be read by its title, seconded by Ald. Mast. Motion carried. The City Clerk read the ordinance by its title.

REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

Richie Reis

Finance Committee

Ald. Reis, seconded by Ald. Mast, 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 absent. Motion carried.

MOTION

Ald. Uzelac moved to allow Keck Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., to close 5th, Broadway to Vermont, on October 19th and October 23rd beginning at 7:00 a.m. for work at the Salvation Army/Kroc Center. Motion carried.

The City Council adjourned at 7:21 p.m. on a motion of Ald. Reis. Motion carried.

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