CITY OF ROCK ISLAND MARCH 7, 2005

CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:45pm

NOTE: The Study Session will be held at 5:00 p.m. in the Personnel Conference Room. The topic for discussion will be RiverVision, to be followed by a brief demonstration in RICOMM of the Interoperability of the ACU1000 System.

AGENDA

1. Mayor Schwiebert will call the meeting to Order.

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2. Roll Call.

3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

4. Invocation by Alderman White.

5. Minutes of the Meetings of February 26 and 28. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)

6. Proclamation declaring the week of March 6 through 12 as National Lutheran Schools Week.

7. Proclamation declaring the month of March as American Red Cross Month.

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8. Special Ordinance revising the Property Tax Levy to $10,180,224. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

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CLAIMS:

a. Statement from the City Attorney in the amount of $13,209.32 for legal services during the month of February.

b. Report from the Personnel Department recommending payment to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency in the amount of $2,281.63 for property damage.

c. Report from the Police Department recommending payment to the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District in the amount of $9,443.00 for the buses for the 2004 ESO Christmas Lights Tour.

d. Report from the Public Works Department recommending payment to Rock Island Electric Motor Repair in the amount of $19,605.11 for the rebuilding of one submersible pump motor. (074)

e. Report from the Public Works Department recommending payment to Gardner, Carton and Douglas in the amount of $1,828.20 for professional legal services. (077)

f. Report from the Public Works Department recommending payment to General Constructors in the amount of $74,212.29 for the Centennial Bridge Fence Replacement. (078)

(Motion whether or not to accept the reports and authorize payments as recommended.)

10. Claims for the week of February 25 through March 3 in the amount of $395,995.46. (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.)

11. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding bids for the printing of the Neighborhood Newsletter, recommending the bid of Midwest Graphics Management in the amount not to exceed $6,248.00. (Motion whether or not to award the bid and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.)

12. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding a review of a site plan and rezoning from R-3 to B-3 at 1635 30^th Street and 1700 and 1704 31^st Street, recommending approval pending stipulations stated. (Motion whether or not to approve the site plan and rezoning with the stipulations stated, and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.)

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Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding consideration of the Quad City Industrial Center/Columbia Park Development Plan, recommending that the Council adopt the plan as an amendment to the City’s Comprehensive Plan and as a policy document guiding planning and development in the northeast corner of the City, and that Schreiber/Anderson review the impact of eliminating 44^th Street access across the railroad tracks on existing and planned development. (Motion whether or not to the adopt the plan and authorize staff to ask Schreiber Anderson to review the elimination of the 44^th Street access as recommended.)

14. Items from the City Manager’s Memorandum Packet.

15. Other Business.

16. Motion to recess to Monday, March 14, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.

This Agenda may be obtained in accessible formats by qualified persons with a disability by making appropriate arrangements with Jeanne Paggen, City Clerk, 1528 Third Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois, 61201, - Telephone (309) 732-2010 - during regular business hours Monday through Friday.

PRESERVING THE PAST . . . . . DEDICATED TO THE FUTURE.