Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met Sept. 11.

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 August, 2023 

Report Of Town Auditing Committee for September, 2023 

Township Trustee Comments 

CITY PUBLIC COMMENT 

PETITIONS 

By VFW Post 5129 requesting permission to conduct a raffle and have the bond requirement waived from September 12th, 2023 through September 11th, 2024. The City Clerk recommends approval of the permit.

Ward 4 Special Event Application from the Quincy Art Center requesting permission to hold “ArtFest” with live music on Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Quincy Art Center and Lorenzo Bull Park, 1515 Jersey Street. Approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

Wards 4 & 7 Special Event Application from Gregory Wellman of the Quincy Public Schools requesting permission to hold the annual “Quincy Senior High School Homecoming Parade” on Thursday, September 28, 2023. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. at 14th and Maine Street and will proceed east to Quincy Senior High School, 33rd and Maine Street. Street closures are requested with barricades from Maine St., 12th to 33rd Streets (barricades placed at all intersecting streets) and South 14th St., Maine to Jersey Streets at 5:30 p.m. that day. He requests that “No Parking” signs be placed on both sides of Maine St., 12th to 33rd Streets by 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 28h: Approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

Ward 7 Special Event Application from Tieraney Craig, owner of Quincy Brewing Company,110 North 6th Street, requesting permission to hold an artisan-style “Maker’s Market” on Saturday, September 23, 2023, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. She requests the closure of the following from 7:00 a.m. through 9:00 p.m. on that day: 6th Street, Maine to Hampshire Street; alley, west side of 6th Street to Parking Lot G (parking lot will remain open); alley, east side of 6th Street to parking lot I. Also, the closure of the west side of parking lot I from 6:00 p.m. on Friday, September 22nd through 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 23rd. Approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

Ward 7 Special Event Application from the Tri-State Diversity Coalition requesting permission to hold “Pride in the Park” on Sunday, September 17th from 12:00 p.m. (noon) until 6:00 p.m. in Clat Adams Park. Approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

Ward 7 A revocable permit application for encroachment of City right-of-way by Father Tom Meyer on behalf of Blessed Sacrament Church and School, 1115 South 7th Street., requesting permission to close the east-west alley from 7th to 8th Streets, Adams to Monroe Streets, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on days when school is in session. The petitioner further requests permission to install swinging, metal gates at each end of the alley for the closures. The City Engineer recommends approval subject to four conditions.

Ward 6 Stephen Schutte requests a Special Permit for Planned Development to allow for the construction of a two-family residential unit (duplex) at 1800 Jackson Street, which is zoned for single-family residential use, zoned R1C.

Ward 4 Rickey Rettke, Junior and Trisha Rettke, prospective owners of 1869 Vermont Street, request a Special Permit (Non-Conforming Use) to allow for the continued use of the property at 1869 Vermont Street as a two-family residential unit, zoned R1C.

PROCLAMATION

September 14th as “Star Spangled Banner Day”

RESOLUTIONS

The resolution of the Mayor requesting that the council direct a financial review be conducted on the funds transferred by the City of Quincy to Coalition and that the Mayor enter into a professional services agreement with an Illinois CPA firm to conduct the financial review, was tabled for one week by Ald. Farha.

The resolution of the City Council directing the IT department and any other city departments, officials or personnel to provide emails from January 1, 2022, to August 31, 2023, between Mayor Michael A. Troup and Jim Baxter and be reviewed by Alderman Mike Farha in the IT Conference room in the presence of City Attorney(s), Director of Administrative Services, IT Director as soon as possible. This review will be made confidentially to avoid any potential HIPAA violation or inadvertent release of any Confidential information, and at completion of the review, a summary of these findings will be shared with the entire city council, was tabled for one week by Ald. Farha.

Aeronautics Committee, Director of Administrative Services, and the Fire Chief recommending approval of the quote from the University of Missouri – Columbia Fire and Rescue Training Institute in the amount of $19,000 for “hot burn” training.

Aeronautics Committee, Airport Director, and the Purchasing Agent recommending approval to execute and attest the agreement with Mast ATM Company for ATM services at the Quincy Regional Airport.

Chief of Police recommending the Quincy Police Department be granted authority to pay $22,302 for tuition for Officers Hansell, Epley and Stratman who attended the basic law enforcement training academy at the Police Training Institute, Champaign, IL.

Chief of Police recommending the Quincy Police Department be granted authority to pay $13,342.08 for tuition for Officers Fox and McNeece, who attended the basic law enforcement training academy at the Sauk Valley Community College Law Enforcement Training Center, Dixon, IL.

Chief of Police recommends approval to purchase three 2023 Ford Police Interceptor Utility Vehicles from Sutton Ford, Mattison, IL, in the amount of $127,386.99.

Chief of Police recommending approval to pay Federal Signal, University Park, IL, to upfit three 2023 Ford Explorer Police Interceptors with emergency equipment and prison transport safety equipment for a total cost of $42,324.99.

Resolution to execute a contract with American Public Life Insurance Company for a Secondary Reinsured HRA plan for the time period of July 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

ORDINANCES

Adoption of an ordinance entitled:

Ward 6 An Ordinance Amending Title VII (Traffic Code) of Chapter 81 (Traffic Schedules) of the Municipal Code of the City of Quincy of 2015 (4-Way Stop to be installed 5th Street and Jackson Street.)

Second presentation of ordinances entitled:

An Ordinance Amending the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Budget. (Economic Growth Fund 213 - transfer $300,000 to the Quincy Park District. Special Capital Projects Fund 309 - donation from the Friends of Washington Theatre in the amount of $75,500.)

An Ordinance Amending Chapter 162 (Zoning) and 161 (Subdivision Regulations) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy (2015). (Add: Information required on a site plan.)

REPORT OF FINANCE

https://www.quincyil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/7709