Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met Dec. 28.

Here are the minutes provided by the council:

The following members were physically present:

Ald. Fletcher, Entrup, Bergman, Bauer, Mays, Freiburg, Farha, Sassen, Rein, Reis, Awerkamp, Uzelac, Holtschlag. 13. Absent: Ald. Mast. 1.

Ald. Rein moved Ald. Mast be excused from this meeting. Motion carried.

The minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council held December 20, 2021, were approved as printed on a motion of Ald. Entrup. Motion carried.

Legal Counsel: Corporation Counsel Lonnie Dunn.

The City Clerk presented and read the following:

PUBLIC FORUM

No one was present to speak.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Quincy Police Department hired two new recruit police officers in July, 2021; and

WHEREAS, basic law enforcement training is vital to ensure recruit police officers get the fundamental training needed to prepare them for a career in law enforcement; and

WHEREAS, the two new officers, Richard Peat and Eric Nielsen, recently completed their basic law enforcement training at the Macon County Law Enforcement Training Center and passed the State of Illinois Law Enforcement Officer Certification Exam; and

WHEREAS, until early 2020 the cost of tuition for recruit police officers to attend the basic training academy was paid for via direct bill by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board; and

WHEREAS, in early 2020 the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board experienced a significant decrease in funding from the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board now requires all departments pay tuition up front for recruit police officers attending the basic law enforcement training class; and

WHEREAS, the department can then apply for reimbursement from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board to recoup the money used to pay for tuition for the recruit officer to attend the basic law enforcement training academy; and

WHEREAS, departments understand that reimbursements will be subject to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board availability of funds; now

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Chief of Police and the Police Aldermanic Committee recommend to the City Council that the Quincy Police Department be granted authority to pay $12,828.00 for tuition for Officer Richard Peat and Officer Eric Nielsen who recently completed the basic law enforcement training class at the Macon County Law Enforcement Training Center.

Robert Copley

Chief of Police

Ald. Rein moved for the adoption of the resolution, seconded by Ald. Sassen, and on a roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea, with 1 absent. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy has been allocated funding from the Division of Public Transportation, De partment of Transportation, State of Illinois, for a financial assistance grant under Section 5311 of the Fed eral 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 fund ing 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 ILCS 740/2-1, et. seq.) up to an amount of $2,908,558 and;

WHEREAS, in addition to the above grants and additional grant through the FTA 5311 CARES Act, funding in the amount $1,365,939 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 $750,000, 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 $750,000, 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. Rein moved for the adoption of the resolution, seconded by Ald. Reis, and on a roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea, with 1 absent. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy Department of Information Technology has the responsibility of maintaining the secu rity and integrity of all City of Quincy data; and,

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy and the Quincy Public Library have been utilizing the BitDefender Endpoint Security tools since 2016 with great success; and,

WHEREAS, SHI was awarded special pricing for the City of Quincy directly from the vendor; and,

WHEREAS, the special pricing is based upon a combined total of the devices from both the City of Quincy and the Quincy Public Library; and,

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

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the IT Manager and the Technology Committee recommend to the Mayor and City Council that the normal bidding requirements be waived and the quote from SHI in the amount of $7,900.10 be accepted for the BitDefender Annual Maintenance Renewal and that the IT Manager be authorized to generate a bill for the Quincy Public Library to reimburse the IT Department for their $2,235.29 share of the renewal costs.

Corey Dean

IT Manager

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

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy Department of Information Technology has the responsibility of providing the tech nology and training to protect the integrity of all data for all employees; and,

WHEREAS, there have been recent malware incidents which bring attention to the need for some additional security awareness training for the end users; and,

WHEREAS, KnowBe4 is a vendor that the City of Quincy has utilized in the past with great success; and,

WHEREAS, KnowBe4 has additional training and Compliance Training options which should greatly improve the overall security awareness of the end users; and,

WHEREAS, KnowBe4 has provided a contract pricing structure which allows the first year contract purchase to be appropriated in the current fiscal year budget; now

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the IT Manager and the Technology Committee recommend to the Mayor and City Council that the 3-year contract in the amount of $14,434.20 with 3 annual payments of $4,811.40 be accepted for the purposes of security awareness training and additional compliance training options.

Corey Dean

IT Manager

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

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy Department of Information Technology has recently inherited the responsibility of operating and maintaining the audio/video system in the City Council Chambers; and,

WHEREAS, there have been several problems with proper operation of the existing City Council Chambers Audio/ Video system; and,

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy heavily relies on the proper operation of the Audio/Video system to get the live meet ings broadcast to both cable and social media; and,

WHEREAS, the Department of Information Technology has reached out to several vendors without response or inter est; and,

WHEREAS, Accurate Home Audio is the only vendor that we have received a solid quote from after reaching out and walking through the current system; and,

WHEREAS, Accurate Home Audio, Inc. is a very qualified local vendor; now

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the IT Manager and the Technology Committee recommend to the Mayor and City Council that the normal bidding requirements be waived and the quote from Accurate Home Audio, Inc. in the amount of $18,550.15 be accepted for the upgrade of the City Council Chambers Audio/Video system.

Corey Dean

IT Manager

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

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, on November 15, 2021, the City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the purchase of a 2022 F-450 4x4 dump truck from Knapheide Truck Equipment in the amount of $82,435; and,

WHEREAS, the 2022 F-450 has been delivered and there is now an amount due for the truck chassis to Morrow Brother Ford, Inc. of Greenville, Illinois; and,

WHEREAS, when the truck bed installation is completed, there will become a separate amount due to Knapheide Truck Equipment, Inc.; and,

WHEREAS, funding for the purchase of this truck is available in the Central Services Vehicle Replacement Fund; and, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Central Services Director and the Purchasing Agent recommend to the Mayor and City Council that the total purchase amount be split to pay Morrow Brother Ford, Inc. of Greenville, IL, in the amount of $48,485 as invoiced for the chassis delivery and the remaining amount of $34,175 as quoted due when the truck bed has been installed payable to Knapheide Truck Equipment, for a total amount due of $82,660.

Kevin McClean

Central Services Director

Mary Ann Ervin

Purchasing Agent

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

COUNCIL RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION AND SUPPORT FOR ILLINOIS DCEO REBUILD DOWNTOWNS AND MAIN STREETS CAPITAL GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION

WHEREAS, the Rebuild Downtowns & Main Streets Capital Grant Program will provide grants of up to $3-million to support improvements and encourage investment in commercial corridors and downtowns that have experienced disinvestment, particularly in communities hardest-hit by the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis; and

WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity says this grant is a component of both the Rebuild Illinois Capital Plan and the 2019 Illinois Economic Plan and will be supported in part by federal funding through the American Rescue Act; and

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy is applying for approximately $2.4-million through the Rebuild Downtowns & Main Streets Capital Grant Program; and

WHEREAS, the intent of the grant is to help fund the cost of the 6th Street Streetscape, which spans North 6th Street from Maine Street to Vermont Street; and

WHEREAS, the 6th Street Streetscape includes resurfacing 6th Street, replacing sidewalks with ADA-compliant side walks, installing new street lighting, improving water and sewer lines, and adding other amenities; and

WHEREAS, the 6th Street Streetscape is identified in the Quincy Next Strategic Plan and in the Quincy Regional Transportation Plan as an opportunity to improve pedestrian and bicycle transportation and increase business traffic in the downtown; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary that an application be made, and agreements entered with the State of Illinois.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:

1) That the City of Quincy applies for approximately $2,400,000 in grant funding from the Rebuild Downtowns and Main Streets Capital Grant Program under the terms and conditions of the State of Illinois and shall enter into and agree to the understandings and assurances contained in said application.

2) That the City of Quincy does hereby commit up to $1,250,000 from the TIF account for use as a local match for the Rebuild Downtowns and Main Streets Capital Grant Program.

3) That the City of Quincy does hereby commit up to $800,000 from its utility accounts to pay for water main and sewer improvements as a local match for the Rebuild Downtowns and Main Streets Capital Grant Program.

4) That the Mayor and City Clerk on behalf of the City Council execute such documents and all other documents necessary for the carrying out of said application.

5) That the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to provide such additional information as may be required to ac complish the obtaining of such grant.

This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, as provided by law. PASSED and APPROVED this 29th day of December 2021.

SIGNED: Michael A. Troup, Mayor

ATTEST: Laura Oakman, City Clerk

Ald. Uzelac moved for the adoption of the resolution, seconded by Ald. Awerkamp, and on a roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea, with 1 absent. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the City of Quincy is the owner and operator of the Quincy Regional Airport; and,

WHEREAS, several fuel storage tanks are located at the airport; and,

WHEREAS, the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshall requires the City of Quincy to obtain liability insurance on the above mentioned tanks as part of the annual financial responsibility reporting; and

WHEREAS, the current policy with Ace American Insurance Company is set to expire December 29, 2021; and,

WHEREAS, three separate insurance agents reached out to more than five (5) carriers for quotes; and,

WHEREAS, Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation was the only carrier to submit a quote for a one-year renewal of the policy in the amount of $13,465 to be in effect December 29, 2021, to December 29, 2022; and,

WHEREAS, the cost will be fully reimbursable through COVID Relief Funds.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Airport Director and the Purchasing Director recommend to the Mayor and City Council that the quote from Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation of Boston, MA, for the renewal of required tank liability insurance be accepted in the amount of $13,465.00.

Sandra Shore

Airport Director

Ald. Bauer moved to amend the resolution to show an amount of $15,536.00 and for the adoption of the resolution as amended, seconded by Ald. Entrup, and on a roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea, with 1 absent. Motion carried.

ORDINANCE

Adoption of an Ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 40 (Boards And Commissions) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy (2015). (Add Washington Theater Redevelopment Commission.) Ald. Uzelac moved the adoption of the ordinance, seconded by Ald. Holtschlag and on a roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea, with 1 absent.

The Chair, Mayor Michael A. Troup, declared the motion carried and the ordinance adopted.

ORDINANCE

First Presentation of an Ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Amending Title VII (Traffic Code) Of Chapter 81 (Traffic Schedules) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015. (“Right Turn Only” for all southbound traffic at the intersection of 7th and Broadway.)

ORDINANCE

First Presentation of an Ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Amending Title VII (Traffic Code) Of Chapter 82 (No Parking Zones) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015. (“No Parking” on the west and east sides of North 7th Street from Broadway extending north to the alley entrances.)

ORDINANCE

First Presentation of an Ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Establishing The Small Rental Rehabilitation Program (SRRP).

REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

Michael Farha

Jack Holtschlag

Anthony E. Sassen

Mike Rein

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 a roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea, with 1 absent. Motion carried.

MOTIONS

Ald. Freiburg moved to allow a dumpster on city right-of-way at 2718 Elm St. from December 30th to January 2nd. Motion carried.

Ald. Holtschlag moved the City Council adjourn and sit in Executive Session on Open Meetings Act 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (2) Collective Bargaining Negotiations, seconded by Ald. Bergman, and on a roll call each of the 13 Aldermen voted yea, with 1 absent. Motion carried.

CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED

After sitting in Executive Session on the matter of on Open Meetings Act 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (2) Collective Bargaining Negotiations, Ald. Holtschlag moved the City Council reconvene and sit in regular session at 8:44 p.m. Motion carried.

The City Council adjourned at 8:45 p.m. on a motion of Ald. Holtschlag. Motion carried.

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