CITY OF ROCK ISLAND April 23, 2007

CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:45pm

NOTE: Study Session-Executive Session will be held at 5:00 p.m. in the Personnel Conference Room. Discussion will include matters of Personnel, Litigation and Property Acquisition.

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 Conroy.

5. Minutes of the Meeting of April 16, 2007. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)

6. Proclamation declaring the week of April 15 through April 21, 2007 as National Library Week.

7. Proclamation declaring the week of April 23 through April 29, 2007 as Cover The Uninsured Week.

8. Proclamation declaring April 27, 2007 as Arbor Day.

9. Proclamation declaring the day of May 3, 2007 as Day Of Prayer.

10. Proclamation declaring the week of May 6 through May 12, 2007 as Youth Week.

11. An Ordinance amending Article II of Chapter 9 of the Code of Ordinances regarding posted parking requirements in the City’s parks. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

12. A Special Ordinance establishing Parking at the northeast corner of the intersection of 18^th Street with 2^nd Avenue, Parking Lot F. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

13. A Special Ordinance Annexing part of Outlot A in Renco Subdivision located at 8527 35^th Street West. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

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Resolution approving an agreement with the City Manager and authorizing the Mayor to execute the contract documents. (Motion whether or not to adopt the resolution as recommended.)

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CLAIMS

a. Report from the Finance Department regarding payment in the amount of $3,379.00 to McGladrey and Pullen for financial services related to the Martin Luther King Center grant audit. (055)

b. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $1,011.76 to Glory Barnes for General Liability Claim.

c. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the combined amount of $3,750.00 to Holmes-Murphy for Health RFP and April’s Health Facilitator’s fees.

d. Report from the Public Works Department regarding final payment in the amount of $7,333.39 to Valley Construction for the 2006 Sewer Lateral Repair Program. (103)

e. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $31,437.27 to LVP Enterprises for KJWW Utility Relocation Reimbursement. (104)

f. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $4,498.00 to DOI-USGS for the installation, operation and maintaining of two acoustic flowmeters. (107)

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

16. Claims for the week of April 13 through April 19 in the amount of $222,021.73. (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.)

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17. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the purchase of street maintenance materials, recommending the bids be awarded to Tri-State Asphalt, Phoenix Corporation of the Quad Cites, and Builders Sand and Cement in the combined amount of $126,092.50. (Motion whether or not to award the bids as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (106)

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Report from the Public Works Department regarding an Agreement for professional services between the City of Rock Island and Stanley Consultants for the Illinois 92 Traffic Engineering Study at a cost not to exceed $287,000.00. (Motion whether or not approve the agreement as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (102)

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Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding a modification to the Demolition Contract awarded to H. Coopman Trucking and Excavation Inc., recommending the modification to add demolition of 901 4^th Avenue to H. Coopman Trucking and Excavation Inc’s contract for the cost of $5,670.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the modification as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract modification documents.)

20. Report from the Fire Department regarding the reclassification of the EMS Coordinator position. (Motion whether or not to authorize the Fire Chief and Personnel Director to change the job description and rank from EMS Coordinator/Lieutenant rank to Special Operations Coordinator/Captain rank, and authorize the necessary changes to the 2007/2008 budget as recommended.)

21. Report from the Personnel Department regarding the Liability Insurance Program for 2007/2008. (Motion whether or not to approve the self-insurance package and brokerage fees as outlined by Cleaveland Insurance, and payment be made to Cleaveland Insurance in the amount of $327,208.00 and to Crawford & Company in the amount of $18,566.00 for TPA services as recommended.)

22. Report from the Personnel Department regarding a General Wage Increase for non-affiliated employees. (Motion whether or not to approve a 3.00% General Wage Increase to non-affiliated employees effective March 26, 2007 as recommended.)

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Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding a commitment in the amount of $5,445.00 for a Roof Standard Payment Loan at 1535 14 ½ Street. (Motion whether or not to commit $5,445.00 as recommended.)

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Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding a commitment in the amount of $5,500.00 for a Targeted Rehabilitation Loan at 736 22nd Street. (Motion whether or not to commit $5,500.00 as recommended.)

25. Report from the Police Department regarding the costs associated with the Bi-State Motorcycle Awareness Parade.

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26. Report form the Mayor regarding Appointments to the Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals and Preservation Commission. (Motion whether or not to approve the appointments as recommended

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27. Report from the City Clerk’ Office regarding an Activity Permit application and Sound Amplification Permit for Positive Brother’s United to hold a Community and Unity March and Rally on Sunday April 29, 2007 from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Motion whether or not approve the Activity Permit application and Sound Amplification Permit for Positive Brother’s United as recommended.)

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Report from the City Clerk’s Office regarding a request from Matthew Kosarek and Amanda Schriver to hold a Fireworks Display at the Quad City Botanical Center on May 1, 2007 between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., and a request for a Sound Amplification Permit for this event. (Motion whether or not to approve the Fireworks Display, the Sound Amplification Permit, and temporarily waive the Ordinance for the Kosarek and Schriver wedding celebration as recommended.)

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

30. Other Business

31. Executive Session on Personnel, Litigation and Property Acquisition

32. Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, May 7, 2007.

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.