CITY OF ROCK ISLAND	January 5, 2009
CITY COUNCIL MEETING	6:45 pm

NOTE: No Study Session. No Executive Session. The Regular Meeting will be held at 6:45 p.m. in Council Chambers.
	AGENDA

	1. Mayor Schwiebert will call the meeting to Order. 2. Roll Call. 3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. 4. Invocation by Alderman Pauley. 5. Minutes of the Meeting of December 22, 2008. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)
RC	6. Proclamation declaring the month of January, 2009 as National Mentoring Month. 7. Mayor Schwiebert will close the regular meeting and open a Public Hearing on a request from Christine Thompson of Ganson’s Neighborhood Bakery and Café for an amendment to an existing Special Use Permit (for the bakery and café) to increase the number of employees from five to seven and to replace the existing 14 square foot lighted freestanding sign with a new 27 square foot lighted freestanding sign in the west front yard at 3055 38^th Street. Mayor Schwiebert will close the Public Hearing, reconvene the regular meeting and entertain a motion. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.)
RC	8. CLAIMS a. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $7,526.16 to Konecky, Koenig, Kutsunis and Weng for legal services rendered for December 2008. b. Report from the Information Technology Services Department regarding payment #1 in the amount of $4,890.00 to the City of Davenport for the intergovernmental agreement for implementation of the Department of Justice, office of Community Oriented Policing Services Interoperable Communications Technology Program Grant. (029) c. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $3,450.33 to Electric Pump for the rebuilding of one (1) Flygt pump for the Mill Street Wastewater Plant. (403) d. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #3 in the amount of $8,555.47 to Kone Inc. for City Hall elevator replacement services. (405) e. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #2 in the amount of $71,718.75 to E & H Restoration for the Hydro Electric Power Plant renovation and expansion project. (406) f. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $10,912.50 to AMEC for the Sand Creek Watershed Study. (408) g. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $1,000.00 to Tasha Murphy for General Liability Claims. (Motion whether or not to accept the reports and authorize payments as recommended.)
RC RC	9. Claims for the weeks of December 19, 2008 through January1, 2009 in the amount of $2,100,083.96. (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.) 10. Payroll for the weeks of December 15 through December 28 in the amount of $1,192,946.20. (Motion whether or not to allow the payroll.)
RC RC RC RC RC RC	11. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the temporary flood protection barrier for Armory Park, recommending the bid be awarded to Centennial Contractors of the Quad Cities in the amount of $52,000.00. (Motion whether or not to award the bid as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (404) 12. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the Police Station Annex roof replacement, recommending the bid be awarded to Sterling Commercial Roofing in the amount of $109,800.00. (Motion whether or not to award the bid as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (407) 13. Report from the Information Technology Services Department regarding a one (1) year renewal agreement with AT&T Centrex for the telecommunications system. (Motion whether or not to approve the renewal agreement as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (028) 14. Report from the Personnel Department regarding a contract for the Employee Assistance Program, recommending a three (3) year EAP contract extension with Precedence, EAP in the amount of $7,800.00 annually. (Motion whether or not to approve the three (3) year contract extension as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) 15. Report from the Finance Department regarding adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. (Motion whether or not to approve the adjustments as recommended.) 16. Report from the Public Works Department regarding a Resolution appropriating $81,000.00 of Motor Fuel Tax Funds for maintenance on the Mill Street project. (Motion whether or not to adopt the Resolution as recommended, authorize the City Clerk to provide signed and sealed copies of the Resolution to the City Engineer and authorize the City Engineer to file the Resolutions with the Illinois Department of Transportation.) (402) 17. Report from the Traffic Engineering Committee regarding a request for the installation of a handicapped parking space at 509 18^th Avenue. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.) (400) 18. Report from the Traffic Engineering Committee regarding a request for the installation of a handicapped parking space at 1524 33^rd Street. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.) (401)
	19. Items from the City Manager’s Memorandum Packet. 20. Other Business. 21. No Executive Session. 22. Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, January 12, 2009.

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