CITY OF ROCK ISLAND

April 13, 2009

CITY COUNCIL MEETING        

6:45 pm

 

NOTE: Study Session will be at 5:00 p.m. in the Personnel Conference Room. Discussion will include a Marketing Program Presentation, Election Information by the County Clerk and the Hydro Power Plant Green Tags Update, followed by an Executive Session discussing Personnel. The Regular Meeting will be held at 6:45 p.m. in Council Chambers. 

 

 

AGENDA

 

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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 Austin.

 

5.  Minutes of the Meeting of April 6 2009. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)

 

6. Update Rock Island By Mayor Schwiebert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7. Proclamation declaring the week of Sunday, April 19 through Sunday, April 26, 2009 as Days of Remembrance.

 

8. Proclamation declaring April 24, 2009 as Arbor Day.

 

9. A Special Ordinance establishing a handicapped parking space at 2530 5½ Avenue. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

 

10. A Special Ordinance amending a Special Ordinance establishing removal of the residential parking restriction at 547 23rd Street. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

 

11. A Resolution regarding Renewable Energy Credits. (Motion whether or not to adopt the Resolution.)

 

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12. CLAIMS

 

a.     Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $26,832.27 to USALCO for Liquid Aluminum Sulfate. (108)

 

 (Motion whether or not to accept the report and authorize payment as recommended.)

 

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13. Claims for the week of April 3 through April 9 in the amount of $727,241.56. (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.)

 

14. Payroll for the weeks of March 23 through April 5 in the amount of $1,216,675.00 (Motion whether or not to allow the payroll.)

 

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15. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of a remanufactured transmission from Sexton Ford in the amount of $2,601.63. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (114)

 

16. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the rental of barricades for traffic control and protection, recommending the bid be awarded to Selco, Inc in the amount of $.54 per barricade per day for on-site barricades and $.69 per barricade per day for special event barricades. (Motion whether or not to award the bid as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (115)

 

17. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the 2009 Mudjacking Program, recommending the bid be awarded to Uretek USA in the amount of $15,242.00. (Motion whether or not to award the bid as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (116)

 

18. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the 2009 PCC Street Patching Program, recommending the bid be awarded to Walter D. Laud, Inc in the amount of $168,925.00. (Motion whether or not to award the bid as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (117)

 

19. Report from the Public Works Department regarding a proposal for engineering services with Missman, Stanley and Associates for the 2009 Parking Ramp Renovations.  (Motion whether or not to approve the proposal as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (110)

 

20. Report from the Public Works Department regarding a Memorandum of Agreement with John and Marie Vize. (Motion whether or not to approve the memorandum of agreement as recommended, approve payment in the amount of $1,000.00 to John and Marie Vize and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (112)

 

21. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding a proposal from Quad City Arts for participation in the 2009 Sculpture in the District program. (Motion whether or not to approve the proposal as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.)

 

22. Report from the Public Works Department regarding an extension of the 2008/2009 Tree Removal Contract with Turkle’s Tree Service in the amount of $29,200.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the extension as recommended.) (119)

 

23. Report from the Mayor regarding appointments and reappointments to the Neighborhood Partners Committee. (Motion whether or not to approve the appointments and reappointments as recommended.)

 

24. Report from the Mayor regarding reappointments to the Martin Luther King Jr. Center Board, Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation, Fire Pension Board, Fire and Police Commissioners Board, Building Code of Appeals, Board of Zoning Appeals, Library Board and Park Board and an appointment to the Park Board. (Motion whether or not to approve the reappointments and appointment as recommended.)

 

25. Report from the City Clerk regarding a request from Dennis Hitchcock for a street closing at the south side of 3rd Avenue between 18th and 19th Streets and the north side of 3rd Avenue  from 19th Street to the alley on Saturday, May 9, 2009 for  an area church bake sale. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended.)

 

26. Report from the City Clerk regarding a request from Keep Rock Island Beautiful for permission to hang a banner for their 2009 annual Downtown Cleanup. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended and authorize staff to hang and remove the banner.)

 

 

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

 

28. Other Business.

 

29. Executive Session on Personnel.

 

30. Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, April 20, 2009.

 

 

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