Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met Aug. 11.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

1. Prayer or Self-reflection

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Presentation: River Edge Redevelopment Zone

4. Call to Order

5. Roll Call

6. Approval of August 4, 2025 City Council Minutes and Quincy Township minutes of July 14th.

7. TOWN BUSINESS

7a. Township Requests To Speak

7b. Report Of The Quincy Township Supervisor For General Assistance For The Month of July 2025

7c. Report Of The Town Auditing Committee For August 2025

7d. Town Trustee Comments

8. Quincy Public Comment

CONSENT AGENDA

(All items under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussions of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the Consent Agenda.)

9. Petitions:

9a. Special Event Application requesting permission to hold The Scoreboard Crosstown Showdown Fundraiser on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at The Scoreboard located at 234 South 8th Street. They requests the closure York Street, 7th to 8th Streets from 12:00 p.m. (noon) to 12:00 a.m. (midnight) with barricades. The Department of Utilities and Engineering presents this request for your consideration. Ward 7

9b. By Hope House of Quincy requesting a Special Permit for Planned Development to allow for the operation of a maternity house at 1603 Center Avenue be referred to the Quincy Plan Commission, Zoned R1C. Ward 1

9c. By Adams County requesting to subdivide (one lot to two lots) property located at 101- 201 North 54th Street to allow for the construction of an elevated water storage tower, zoned M3. Ward 3

10. Mayor’s Appointment: Kristin Niemann to the TIF Rental Rehab Committee

11. Reports of the Quincy Plan Commission:

11a. That the City Council rescind the concurrence from August 4, 2025 of the proposed expansion of the Driftwood Campground & RV Park by pouring 13 new RV Pads without any construction of new infrastructure or structures near 2300 Bonansinga Drive, which is located in a C3 zoning district, with a requirement that a site plan review be completed due to concerns over water drainage. Ward 1

11b. That the City Council concur with the proposed expansion of the Driftwood Campground and RV Park including the phased development of up to 13 gravel RV pads and a gravel entrance, with no construction of new infrastructure or structures near 2300 Bonansinga Drive, which is located in a C3 (Planned Commercial) zoning district. Ward 1

12. Resolutions:

12a. Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the invoice in the amount of $12,982.49 from AT&T Services of Carol Stream, Illinois for the repair of an underground AT & T cable.

12b. Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the proposal in the amount of $33,517.00 from Rees Construction Company for a defective section of a sewer and lateral connection at 7th & Sycamore St.

12c. Public Works Director and Utilities Committee recommending approval of the proposal in the amount of $101,675.00 from Insituform of Romeoville, IL for the installation of structural lining in the sewers at Vermont St. between 22nd & 24th and 4th & Chestnut.

REGULAR MEETING

13. Ordinances:

13a. Adoption of an Ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Amending Title VII (Traffic Code) Of Chapter 82 (Parking Schedule) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015) (Remove 2-hour parking on the north side of Maine Street from N. 28th Street to N. 30th Street.) Ward 3

13b. Adoption of an Ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Granting A Variation From Zoning Regulations. (501 Hampshire, Allow the installation of a projecting sign that is higher than 15 feet above the street grade.) Ward 7

13c. First presentation of an Ordinance entitled: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 39 (Other Officials and Departments) Of Title III (Administration), Chapter 92 (Nuisances) Of Title IX (General Regulations) And Chapter 150 (Construction Regulations) Of Title XV (Land Usage). (Amending ordinance to separate and clarify the duties of each of the Department of Planning and Development into two separate divisions, each having its own director.)

14. Finance

15. New Business

16. Adjournment

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