CITY OF ROCK ISLAND	November 5, 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, followed by an Executive Session on Personnel and Property Acquisition 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 Conroy. 5. Minutes of the Meeting of October 22, 2007. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)
RC RC RC	6. Mayor Schwiebert will close the regular meeting and open a Public Hearing on a request from Gregory Kerchner for a Special Use Permit to maintain an existing window washing business at 4314 28^th Avenue. Mayor Schwiebert will close the Public Hearing, reconvene the regular meeting and entertain a motion. (Motion whether or not to deny the request as recommended.) 7. A Special Ordinance granting a Special Use Permit to Kristi Ullrick to operate a massage therapy business located at 3721 11^th Street. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.) 8. A Special Ordinance granting a Special Use Permit to Cassey Attebery to operate an indoor and outdoor practice area with batting cages located at 730 West 13^th Street. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)
RC	9. CLAIMS a. Report from the Information Technology Services Department regarding payment in the amount of $13,700.00 to ESRI Inc. for GIS Annual Software Maintenance. (013) b. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $7,500.00 to Betty Twitty and Trent Marquis of VanDerGinst Law for General Liability Claim. c. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $8,563.16 to Konecky, Koenig, Kutsunis and Weng for legal services rendered for October 2007. d. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $3,008.00 to Lisa Seidlilz and Nick Dobson for the building of two rain gardens through the Rain Gardens for Rock Island Program. (284) e. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $3,500.00 to Mississippi River Boat Works Inc. for emergency service to raise the work barge. (291) f. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $4,551.73 to Symbiont for the high flow tracer test of the domed reservoirs at the Water Treatment Facility. (294) g. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $6,954.52 to General Constructors Inc. for Sunset Marina Liftwell Reinforcement. (295) h. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #5 in the amount of $379,275.40 to C.H. Langman for 7^th Avenue Resurfacing of Mill to 11^th Street. (298) i. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #3 and final in the amount of $245,488.05 to C.H. Langman for 25^th Street Resurfacing of 5^th to 7^th Avenues and 6^th Avenue Resurfacing of 24^th to 26^th Streets. (299) j. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #2 in the amount of $32,724.48 to General Constructors for the 2007 Gateway Improvements. (300) k. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $7,283.00 to Kelly Construction for the 2007 Mudjacking Program. (301) l. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $3,361.50 to Croell Redi-Mix for materials purchase for Street repair on 24^th Avenue between 38^th Street to 40^th Street. (302) (Motion whether or not to accept the reports and authorize payments as recommended.)
RC RC	10. Claims for the weeks of October 19 through November 1 in the amount of $1,843,565.94. (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.) 11. Payroll for the weeks of October 8 through October 21 in the amount of $1,105,994.50. (Motion whether or not to allow the payroll.)
RC RC RC RC RC RC RC	12. Report from the Information Technology Services Department regarding the purchase of rePortal Solutions from Shahrabani and Associates LLC in the amount of $3,600.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase and authorize payment as recommended.) (014) 13. Report from the Information Technology Services Department regarding the purchase of Automated Time System devices, software and services from Midwest Automated Time Systems in the amount of $10,400.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase and authorize payment as recommended.) (015) 14. Report from the Information Technology Services Department regarding the purchase of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 license from CDW Government in the amount of $3,570.88. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase and authorize payment as recommended.) (016) 15. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of wood cabinets from Green Valley Cabinet Company in the amount of $12,376.15. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (303) 16. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of two (2) hydraulic lift cylinders from Elliott Equipment Company in the amount of $3,895.97. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (304) 17. Report from the Public Works Department regarding joint bids for the 2007 Tree Trimming and Removal Contracts, recommending the bids be awarded to Ace Tree Service in the amount of $66,455.00 and Turkle’s Tree Service in the amount of $12,450.00. (Motion whether or not to award the bids as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (282) 18. Report from the General Administration regarding a cooperative agreement establishing a joint administrative hearing officer system. (Motion whether or not to approve the agreement as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) 19. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding consultant services for conceptual stage designs for Armory Park. (Motion whether or not to reject the Schreiber/Anderson Conceptual Stage Proposal and approve the request for a scope of services proposal for the entire Armory Park site and project as recommended.) 20. Report from the Traffic Engineering Committee regarding a request for the installation of a stop sign at 34^th Street and 9^th Avenue. (Motion whether or not to deny the request as recommended.) (296) 21. Report from the Traffic Engineering Committee regarding a request for removal of a handicapped parking space located at 1848 33^rd Street. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended, and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.) (297)
	22. Items from the City Manager’s Memorandum Packet. 23. Other Business. 24. Executive Session on Personnel and Property Acquisition. 25. Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, November 12, 2007.

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