Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met Nov. 14.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

TOWN BUSINESS

Registered Requests to Speak

Report Of The Quincy Township Supervisor

For General Assistance For The Month Of October, 2022

Report Of Town Auditing Committee for November, 2022

Trustee Comments

PUBLIC FORUM

SALES TAX REPORT

August, 2022 - $1,022,478.71

HOME RULE SALES TAX REPORT

August, 2022 - $960,505.60

RESOLUTIONS

Resolution to enter into a professional services contract to continue the use of LocalGov.org for the Food and Beverage and Hotel-Motel Tax collection system in the amount of $42,725.

Council resolution incentives for waiver of city water connection and building permit fees for permitted single and multi-family residential occupancies to offset the cost of installation of the fire sprinkler systems.

Human Resources Director recommending approval of the invoice from Mullen Coughlin, LLC, in the amount of $18,171.00 for legal fees incurred from the cyber incident.

Engineering Manager and Traffic Commission recommending approval to submit the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program application to fully fund Phase 1 of the QuEST-2030 Program which includes the implementation of Intelligent Transportation System software and upgrading traffic signals along the 8th and 12th Street corridors.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the proposal from Crawford, Murphy and Tilly of Springfield, IL, in the amount of $137,070.00, to redesign the Phase 3 Water Supply Improvement Project which consists of modifications and improvements to the existing pump station that will allow for the elevation of pumps above the five-hundred-year flood level.

Chief of Police and the Police Aldermanic Committee recommending approval to trade in three vehicles and purchase one 2023 Ford Edge and one 2023 Ford Police Interceptor from Bob Riding Fleet Sales in Taylorville, IL, for a total cost of $76,758.

Airport Director and Purchasing Director recommending approval of the quote from Beazley Syndicates at Lloyd’s for the renewal of required fuel storage tank liability insurance in the amount of $9,250.

Resolution to approve electric aggregation rates from the City’s Electric aggregation consultant, Southern Illinois Municipal Electric Company (SIMEC).

ORDINANCES

Second presentation of an Ordinance entitled:

Ward 3 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance 22-04 (Amending Special Permit For Planned Development). (2435 Maine Street - Add Cafeteria – storage by Quincy Community Theater.)

Ward 5 An Ordinance Granting A Special Use Permit For A Planned Development. (2130 Harrison Street, construct a parking lot to serve the existing senior living facility.)

Ward 7 An Ordinance Amending Title VII (Traffic Code) Of Chapter 82 (No Parking Zones) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015. (Add No Parking Zone west side of North 4th Street, 140’ north of centerline of Hampshire St., north 90’.

First presentation of an Ordinance entitled:

An Ordinance Amending The 2022 – 2023 Fiscal Year Budget: (Additional revenues for operating expenditures for Water Fund and Sewer Fund and increase in the Economic Growth Fund.)

An Ordinance Amending Chapter 51 (Plumbing And Sewers, General Provisions), Chapter 54 (Electricity) Of Title V (Public Works) And Chapter 150 (Construction Regulations), Chapter 154 (Housing Standards). Chapter 157 (One- and Two-Family Dwellings), Chapter 158 (Existing Buildings), And Chapter 159 (Fire Prevention) of Title XV (Land Usage). (Adopting 2018 International Building Code, 2018 International Fire Code, 2017 National Electrical Code, 2018 International Existing Building Code, 2018 International Residential Code, 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, 2018 International Mechanical Code and 2018 International Fuel Gas Code.)

REPORT OF FINANCE

https://www.quincyil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/7358