Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met Oct. 7.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

PUBLIC COMMENT

PETITIONS

Ward 3 By AMB Real Estate Holdings, LLC requesting a zoning change from M3 (planned industrial) to M2 (heavy industrial) for property located at 2007 North 30th Street to allow for the construction of a warehouse facility/facilities at 2007 N. 30th Street.

Ward 4 By Derek Zahm requesting a zoning change from C1B (retail commercial) to C2 (general commercial) for property located at 2536 Broadway Street and 2600 Broadway Street to expand the permitted commercial uses at each location.

Ward 4 By Leveling Up Investments LLC requesting a Special Permit for Planned Development to obtain a liquor license as a means to operate a gaming parlor with video gaming terminals and alcohol sales at 1738 Broadway Street/305 North 18th Street.

Wards 4, 7 Special Event Application requesting permission to hold the annual Pink Pass It On fundraiser walk Saturday, October 26, 2024 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Washington Park. The walk will begin at 9:00 a.m. at 5th and Maine Street proceeding east with the walkers moving to the sidewalk at 12th Street to 24th Street then turning around and going back west to 5th Street on the sidewalk. A request for closure of Maine Street, 5th to 12th Streets (barricades placed at all intersecting streets) from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. (noon) on the day of the event with barricades for the closure is requested. The applicant has submitted all required documentation, and approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

MONTHLY REPORTS

PROCLAMATION

October 6th- 12th as “Fire Prevention Week”

RESOLUTIONS

Finance Committee recommending approval to amend the City of Quincy and County of Adams 1973 agreement regarding the transfer of maintenance responsibilities for 48th Street from south of Broadway to south of State Street by modifying transfer and partial payment.

Resolution to suspend the opt out electric aggregation program effective January 1, 2026, until the results of the April 2025 General Election are presented to the City Council.

Resolution to purchase thirty-six (36) trees (ornamental and shade) from Leffer’s Landscaping and Nursery, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $17,200 for the Fall 2024 Tree Planting Program and that Leffer’s Landscaping and Nursery, Inc. plant the trees and guarantee the trees bud out in the spring.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the invoice from Richards Electric Motor Company of Quincy in the amount of $9,920.87 for the repair of the soft starter controls on the dry weather pumps #1 and #2 at the Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of a change order requiring $68,492.00 in additional spending for the Water Treatment Plant Backwash Line Relocation Project.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the quote in the amount of $8,676.50 from Midwest Meter, Inc. of Edinburg, IL for fifty (50) Ford 1” copperhorns.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the invoice in the amount of $17,686.62 from Shannon Chemical Corporation of Malvern, PA for 1,500 gallons of sodium permanganate.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the low bid from Thatcher Company, Inc. of Salt Lake City, UT for twenty (20) tons of anhydrous ammonium sulfate at the cost of $1,099.00 per ton.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the low bid in the amount of $272,143.00 from Rees Construction Co. for the 24th and Vermont Street Utility Replacement Project.

Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the invoice from Richards Electric of Quincy in the amount $15,716.01 for the installation of fiber optic cable from the Waste Water Treatment Plant to the sludge press building.

ORDINANCES

Adoption of Ordinances entitled:

An Ordinance providing for the Submission of a Public Question Regarding Electric Aggregation of the Voters of the City of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois at the General Election to be Held on April 1, 2025.

An Ordinance Amending The 2024-2025 Fiscal Year Budget, as Amended. (Increase Airport revenues $20,000 Sale of property, increase fleet expenses $20,000 and increase sewer capital outlay, as amended.)

Second presentation of an Ordinance entitled:

An Ordinance Establishing Salaries For Certain Elected Officials. (City Clerk and City Treasurer.) 

First presentation of Ordinances entitled:

Ward 3 An Ordinance Amending The District Map Which Is Made A Part Of Section 162.002 Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015 (1900 Seminary Road from M1 to C2 and 1840 N. 18th Street from R1C to C2).

An Ordinance Amending Chapter 51 (Plumbing And Sewers) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy 2015. (Amending discharge wastewater containing pollutant levels.)

Ward 3 An Ordinance Granting A Special Use Permit For A Planned Development. (420 N. 34th St. to allow a pole sign.)

REPORT OF FINANCE

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