CITY OF ROCK ISLAND	October 8, 2007
CITY COUNCIL MEETING	6:45 pm

NOTE: Study Session will be at 5:00 p.m. in the Personnel Conference Room. Discussion will include Armory Park and the Spirit Partners project, followed by an Executive Session discussing Personnel if time allows.
	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 Brooks. 5. Minutes of the Meeting of October 1, 2007. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)
RC	6. Proclamation declaring the week of October 7 through October 14, 2007 as Occupational Health Nurses Week. 7. A Special Ordinance Amending Special Ordinance No. 061-2007 by deleting Section One and inserting that there is hereby established a no parking zone on the east side of 24^th Street next to St. Pius parish, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)
RC	8. CLAIMS a. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $5,114.49 to Califf and Harper for legal services rendered for the month of August 2007. b. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $6,502.82 to Konecky, Koenig, Kutsunis and Weng for legal services rendered for September 2007. c. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $2,131.13 to Melvin Owens for General Liability Claim. d. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $4,496.00 to Jerry and Grace Shirk for the building of Rain Gardens through the Rain Gardens for Rock Island Program. (263) e. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #1 in the amount of $13,396.00 to C. H. Langman and Son Inc. for the 2007 Ditch Cleaning Program. (266) f. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #1 in the amount of $17,731.80 to General Constructors Inc. for the 2007 Gateway Improvements. (268) g. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #2 in the amount of $185,339.69 to Walter D. Laud Inc. for the 32^nd Avenue Reconstruction of 12^th to 14^th Street. (269) h. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $2,973.00 to United States Postal Service for Postage for the Curbside Recycling Program. (271) i. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #2 and final in the amount of $173,601.96 to Truesdell Corp. for the 2007 Parking Ramp Repairs. (274) j. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #4 in the amount of $345,124.77 to C.H. Langman for the 7^th Avenue Resurfacing of Mill to 11^th Street. (275) (Motion whether or not to accept the reports and authorize payments as recommended.)
RC	9. Claims for the week of September 28 through October 4 in the amount of $579,165.61. (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.)
RC RC RC RC RC RC RC	10. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of three (3) step type fuel tanks from Truck Country of Iowa in the amount of $3,052.53. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (270) 11. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of a traffic signal master controller unit from Brown Traffic Products in the amount of $2,750.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (272) 12. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the emergency purchase of an Aries TR3000 Wheeled Tractor from Coe Equipment, Inc. in the amount of $7,789.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (273) 13. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding the purchase of 12 tax auction properties in the amount of $10,078.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended, authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.) 14. Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the 2007 Fire Hydrant Installation, recommending the bid be awarded to C.H. Langman and Son Inc. in the amount of $28,920.00. (Motion whether or not to award the bid as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (267) 15. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding a Development Agreement, Land Purchase Option, Right of First Refusal Agreement and Easement Agreement with Spirit Partners, Inc. (Motion whether or not to approve the Development Agreement, Land Purchase Option, Right of First Refusal Agreement and Easement Agreement as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) 16. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding a request for a rezoning from an R-2 (one family residence) district to an O-1 (office) district at 2603 and 2607 17^th Street. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended, and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.) 17. City of Rock Island Environmental Impact Policy. (Motion whether or not to adopt the proposed Policy.) 18. Report from the City Clerk regarding a request to close off 35^th Street between 41^st Avenue and 43^rd Avenue on Sunday, October 14, 2007 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for a block party. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended.)
	19. Items from the City Manager’s Memorandum Packet. 20. Other Business. 21. Executive Session on Personnel. 22. Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, October 15, 2007.

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