Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met April 8.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

TOWN BUSINESS

Township Registered Requests To Speak

Report Of The Quincy Township Supervisor

For General Assistance For The Month of March 2024.

Report Of The Town Auditing Committee For April 2024

TOWN PUBLIC HEARING

Notice of a public hearing to consider the proposed Town Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Town of Quincy for the fiscal year 2024-2025.

Annual Town Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2024-2025

ANNUAL TOWN TAX LEVY

Town Trustee Comments

CITY PUBLIC COMMENT

PETITIONS

Ward 4 The Unitarian Church requests a Special Permit to allow for the installation of a ground-mounted automatic changeable copy (digital) sign at 1479 Hampshire St. zoned R2.

Wards 4, 5 Four Points Land Surveying & Engineering, on behalf of Jeanne Soebbing & State Street Bank, requests to subdivide (one lot into two) a nearly 67-acre property with no address that is located outside of the corporate city limits near 724 South 48th Street, under the Small Tracts Subdivision ordinance zoned R1A & RU1.

Ward 5 Trevor Beck requests a Special Permit for Planned Development to allow for the operation of a golf pro shop that would include retail sales and a kitchen and to allow for the issuance of a liquor license as a means to sell alcohol and to operate video gaming terminals in the golf pro shop at 700-808 South 36th Street zoned RU1.

PROCLAMATION

Week of April 7th to 13th as “National Library Week”

RESOLUTIONS

Chief of Police recommending approval to apply for the 2024 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Grant.

Airport Director and Aeronautics Committee recommending approval of the proposal from Air Specialists in the amount of $82,577 for nine 5-ton HVAC roof top units.

Public Works Director and City Hall Committee presents, without recommendation, the low bid from Maas Construction in the amount of $7,778,000 for the City Hall Renovation Project.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval to pay the invoices from Klingner and Associates in the amount of $49,264.96 for architectural and structural design services of the Water Treatment Plant.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval to pay the invoices from Klingner and Associates in the amount of $43,218 for surveying services of manholes and inlets on Broadway between 3rd and 54th Streets.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the proposal from Crawford, Murphy, and Tilly of Springfield, IL in the amount of $89,000 for services required for the Long Term Control Plan project plan renewal.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the low bid from Richards Electric Motor Co. in the amount of $888,000 for the Water Treatment Plant Pump Station Contract “A” project which includes the replacement of the electrical service and switchgear.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the quote from Midwest Meter, Inc., of Edinburg, IL in the amount of $10,910 for the purchase of forty-eight cellular automatic meter readers and meter accessories.

ORDINANCES

Adoption of ordinances entitled:

The Ordinance Amending chapter 51 (Plumbing And Sewers) And Chapter 52 (Water) Of The Municipal Code Of The City of Quincy, 2015. (Increasing water rates.), was tabled for two weeks by Ald. Sassen.

Ward 3 An Ordinance Granting A Variation From Zoning Regulations. (Allow a five-foot wide side/rear yard (reduced from required 15-foot) with sight-proof landscaping and/or fencing at 2929 Broadway Street.)

First presentation of ordinances entitled:

An Ordinance Adopting the Annual operating budget for the City of Quincy for the Fiscal Year Ending April 30, 2025.

Ordinance Approving The Tax Increment Redevelopment Plan And Project For The South TIF Redevelopment Project Area.

Ordinance Designing The South TIF Redevelopment Project Area.

Ordinance Adopting Tax Increment Financing For The South TIF Redevelopment Project Area.

REPORT OF FINANCE

https://www.quincyil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/638/638479366525369771