Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met April 29.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:.

PUBLIC COMMENT

PETITIONS

Ward 3 By AirMedCare Network requesting permission to have the Air Evac helicopter at the Quincy Town Center south parking lot behind First Bankers on May 19, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. for “EMS Days”. The Quincy Fire Department will be handling securing the landing zone during landing and takeoff.

Ward 7 By the 2024 QHS Senior Class Parents requesting permission to have the alley behind 625 Maine Street from 6th to 7th Street closed with barricades on May 13, 2024 for a 2024 QHS Senior Class Party at the Quincy Axe Company and First Mid Bank courtyard from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. A Live Entertainment/Public Gathering application has been approved by the Quincy Police Department.

By Gem City Gymnastics & Tumbling LLC requesting permission to conduct a raffle and have the bond requirement waived from June 3rd through August 1, 2024. The City Clerk recommends approval of the permit.

Ward 7 Special Event Application from Scott Edlin requesting permission to hold a Gem City Music Concert on Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th between the hours of 4:00 p.m. 12:00 a.m. (midnight) in Lincoln Park located at 1231 Bonansinga Drive. The Quincy Police Department recommends approval of a Live Entertainment/Public Gathering License for live bands. The applicant requests permission to assemble a stage and approval is recommended pending an inspection by the Quincy Fire Department once the stage is in place and prior to the start of the event. The applicant has submitted all required documentation and approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

Ward 1 Special Event Application from Scott Edlin requesting permission to hold a Gem City Music Concert on Friday, June 21st and Saturday, June 22nd between the hours of 4:00 p.m. 12:00 a.m. (midnight) in Lincoln Park located at 1231 Bonansinga Drive. The Quincy Police Department recommends approval of a Live Entertainment/Public Gathering License for live bands. The applicant requests permission to assemble a stage and approval is recommended pending an inspection by the Quincy Fire Department once the stage is in place and prior to the start of the event. The applicant has submitted all required documentation and approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

REPORTS OF THE QUINCY PLAN COMMISSION

Ward 4 Recommending APPROVAL of a Special Permit to allow for the installation of a ground-mounted automatic changeable copy (digital) sign at 1479 Hampshire Street.

Ward 5 Recommending APPROVAL of a Special Permit for Planned Development to allow for the operation of a golf pro shop at 830 South 36th Street that would include retail sales and a commercial 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 830 South 36th Street as requested with the condition that the Golf Pro Shop close at 11:00 pm daily.

Wards 4, 5 Recommending APPROVAL of the subdivision (one lot into two lots) of 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 as requested.

PROCLAMATION

Month of May as “Preservation Month”

RESOLUTIONS

The resolution for Statement of Work #3 – Health Insurance Claims Runout Period, was tabled for 2 weeks by Ald. Sassen at the April 15, 2024 council meeting.

Chief of Police recommending approval to enter into a two-year agreement, May 4, 2024 – May 3, 2026, with A Clean Slate, owned by Tammy Riley of Hannibal MO, to provide custodial services for the Quincy Police Department at a cost of $28,488.00 per year.

ORDINANCES

Adoption of an ordinance entitled:

An Ordinance Amending Chapter 152 (Demolition Of Building Or Structures And Requirement Of Fire Protection Guard) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015. (Amending City Code to reduce the length of the review period from up to 90 days to the amount of time required to hold two regularly scheduled Preservation Commission meetings.)

First reading of an ordinance entitled:

An Ordinance Amending the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Budget. (Supplemental budget Ordinance for General Fund to increase Police and decrease Fire by $42,000, and close out Fire Education Fund $5,111 and close out Recycle Fund $4,942, and appropriate for OPEB trust revenues $24,332 and OPEB expenses of $917.)

REPORT OF FINANCE

https://www.quincyil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/638/638491449697030000