CITY OF ROCK ISLAND	June 15, 2009
CITY COUNCIL MEETING	6:45 pm

NOTE: Study Session will begin at 5:00 p.m. in the Personnel Conference Room. Discussion will include Renaissance Rock Island Overview and Nightlife Strategy Update, followed by an Executive Session discussing matters of Property Acquisition. The Regular Meeting will be held at 6:45 p.m. in Council Chambers.

AGENDA

1. Mayor Pauley 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 June 8, 2009. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)

6. Update Rock Island by Mayor Pauley.

7. Proclamation declaring June 19, 2009 as Juneteenth Day.

8. Proclamation declaring Saturday, June 20, 2009 as Rock Island County NAACP Day.

9. A Special Ordinance amending Chapter 6, Article III Sec.6-43a of the Code of Ordinances. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

10. A Special Ordinance amending Chapter 10, Article I Sec.10-39 and Sec.10-40 of the Code of Ordinances. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

11. CLAIMS

a. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $4,566.00 to Ragan Mechanical (upon completion of work) for Emergency HVAC repairs for the Martin Luther King Center. (197)

b. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #2 and final in the amount of $92,606.90 to Walter D. Laud, Inc. for services provided for the 2009 PCC Street Patching program. (198)

c. Report from the Martin Luther King Center regarding payment #1in the amount of $21,000.00 to Estes Construction for construction management services for the expansion/renovation of the King Center.

d. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $3,000.00 to Keith Smith for the building of a rain garden through the Rain Gardens for Rock Island program. (202)

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

12. Claims for the week of June 5 through June 11 in the amount of $516,129.21. (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.)

13. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of a NPK hydraulic plate compactor attachment for a backhoe from Martin Equipment Company in the amount of $9,760.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (201)

14. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the joint purchase of utility supplies, recommending the bids be awarded to Utility Equipment and Zimmer & Francescon in the combined amount of $43,692.06. (Motion whether or not to award the bids as recommended and authorize purchases.) (193)

15. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the 2009 Sewer Cleaning and Televising project, recommending the bid be awarded to Atlas Excavating, Inc. in the amount of $26,027.28. (Motion whether or not to award the bid as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (186)

16. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the Arsenal viaduct beam repair, recommending the bid be awarded to Bevans Steel Company in the amount of $47,800.00. (Motion whether or not to award the bid as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (200)

17. Report from the Police Department regarding a Multijurisdictional Law Enforcement Agreement for Interagency Assistance. (Motion whether or not to approve the agreement as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.)

18. Report from the Public Works Department regarding an Adopt-A-Highway agreement with Broadway Presbyterian Church to adopt 7^th Avenue from 17^th Street to 30^th Street. (Motion whether or not to approve the agreement as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (195)

19. Report from the Police Department regarding the reorganization of the Police Department, recommending the establishment of the class specification of Deputy Chief of Police. (Motion whether or not to approve the reorganization and the establishment of the class specification as recommended and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.)

20. A Special Ordinance amending Chapter 12, Sec.12-2 of the Code of Ordinances. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

21. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding officially changing the name of 9^th Street to Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Drive. (Motion from Council if so desired.)

22. Report from the Mayor regarding an appointment to the Park Board. (Motion whether or not to approve the appointment as recommended.)

23. Report from the Mayor regarding reappointments to the Ethics Commission, Police Pension Board of Trustees and Sunset Marina Boater’s Advisory Committee. (Motion whether or not to approve the reappointments as recommended.)

24. Report from the Public Works Department regarding a request from the Coast Guard Auxiliary to use the parking lot area at Sunset Marina from 8:00 a.m. to noon on Sunday, June 21, July 19 and August 23, 2009 for their Boat-in Pancake Breakfast. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended.)

25. Report from the City Clerk regarding a request for a Street Closing at 22^ndStreet between 17^th Avenue and 18^th Avenue on Sunday, July 26, 2009 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for a block party. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended.)

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

27. Other Business.

28. Executive Session on Property Acquisition.

29. Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, June 22, 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.