Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met Sept. 18.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

PUBLIC COMMENT

PETITIONS

Ward 2 Special Event Application from Sam Lathrop, Security Director at Quincy University, requesting permission to hold Quincy University’s Homecoming Parade and Balloon Glow on Thursday, September 28, 2023. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. at 18th and Lind St., go south on 18th St. to Oak St., turn east on Oak St. to 20th St. He requests the closure of 20th St., College Ave. to Elm Street from 12:00 p.m. (noon) until 10:00 p.m. on September 22nd for the hot air balloon glow and barricades for the closure. Approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

Ward 7 Special Event Application from Todd Klauser of Quincy Notre Dame, requesting permission to hold Quincy Notre Dame’s Homecoming Parade on Thursday, October 12, 2023. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. at 9th and Hampshire Street, go west to 5th Street, turn south to Maine Street, and then east to 12th Street. He also requests the closure of Hampshire Street, 9th to 12th Streets (close at 5:15 p.m.); Hampshire St., 9th to 5th Streets; 5th St., Maine to Hampshire Streets and Maine St., 5th to 12th Streets with barricades. Approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

Wards 4, 7 Special Event Application from the Quincy Public Schools Music Department requesting permission to hold the annual Octoberfest Marching Band Parade on Saturday, October 14, 2023. The parade will begin at 2:00 p.m. at 33rd and Maine Street and go west to Quincy Junior High School parking lot, 14th and Maine Street. They request the closure of Maine Street, 12th to 33rd Streets (barricades placed at all intersecting streets); 14th Street, Jersey to Maine Streets and Jersey Street, 12th to 16th Streets with barricades. They also request “No Parking” signs be placed on both sides of Maine Street, 12th to 33rd Streets; 20th Street, Maine to Hampshire Streets; Jersey Street, 14th to 16th Streets and 14th Street, Jersey to Maine Streets (east side of street) by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 13th: Approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

Ward 4 By Fireworks Authority Inc. requesting permission to hold a fireworks display on October 14th at Flinn Stadium, 4400 Maine St., at approximately 9:55 p.m. The Quincy Fire Department has given their approval.

REPORT OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION

Ward 1 Recommending the referral to install stop signs at the intersection of 14th and Sycamore be denied. There have not been any reported vehicle accidents in the past five years, and results of a speed study do not indicate that speeding is a problem near the intersection.

SALES TAX REPORT

June, 2023 - $1,093,923.74

HOME RULE SALES TAX REPORT

June, 2023 - $1,046,784.72

PROCLAMATIONS

September 22nd as “American Business Women’s Day”

September 17th-23rd as “Constitution Week”

September 18th– 24th as “Diaper Need Awareness Week”

September 20th and 21st as “Potawatomi Days”

MAYOR’S APPOINTMENT

Sgt. Erica Scott to serve on the Animal Control Commission for an initial two-year term expiring September 30 2025.

RESOLUTIONS

Chief of Police and the Police Aldermanic Committee recommending approval to purchase 80 Glock model 47 MOS 9mm pistols from Kiesler Police Supply of Jeffersonville, IN, in the amount of $34,320.00, minus trade-in or equivalent reimbursement of $21,320, bringing the net cost to $13,000.00.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the invoice from Richards Electric Motor Co. in the amount of $14,518.92 for repairs to a central processing unit for the Main Pump Station.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the quote from Midwest Meter, Inc., of Edinburg, IL in the amount of $20,640 for cellular readers and encoders.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the invoice from Richards Electric Motor Co. in the amount of $8,393.74 for installing pinch valve and making necessary modifications at Broadway and Dicks-Payson.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the low bid from D&L Excavation of Liberty, IL in the amount of $163,790.00 to relocate a sanitary sewer line at Homan Creek at Ellington Rd., subject to right-of-way acquisition by the IDOT.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the low bid from Rees Construction Co. in the amount of $170,513 for replacement of a collapsed storm sewer on S. 12th near Harrison Street.

ORDINANCES

Adoption 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.)

First presentation of an ordinance entitled:

An Ordinance Amending Title IX (General Regulations) Of Chapter 90 (Animals) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015. (Amending: Dangerous or Vicious Dogs)

An Ordinance Amending Title IX (General Regulations) Of Chapter 90 (Animals) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015. (Deleting: Definitions)

An Ordinance Amending Title IX (General Regulations) Of Chapter 90 (Animals) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015. (Add: Procedure for the Impoundment and Destruction of Dogs.)

REPORT OF FINANCE

https://www.quincyil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/7711