CITY OF ROCK ISLAND November 13, 2006

CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:45pm

NOTE: Study Session: Federal Legislative Agenda with the Ferguson Group and a presentation by Disciples United Quad Cities in the Personnel Conference Room at 5:00pm.

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 Rockwell.

5. Minutes of the Meeting of November 6, 2006. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)

6. Mayor Schwiebert will close the regular meeting and open a Public Hearing on a request from the Rock Island County Children’s Advocacy Center for a Special Use Permit at 734 20^th Street.

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. Special Ordinance establishing a handicapped parking space at 4527 9^th Avenue. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

8.

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Special Ordinance amending a special ordinance granting a special use permit for 1800/1806 First Street. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

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CLAIMS:

a. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $1,047.40 to Dorothy Slentz for a general liability claim.

b. Report from the Information Technology Department regarding payment in the amount of $3,540.00 to ACS Government Systems for the ACS Firehouse Solutions Annual Maintenance.

c. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $2,850.00 to Turkle’s Tree Service for an emergency tree removal at 621 39^th Street. (338)

d. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the final payment in the amount of $169,564.39 to Walter D Laud Inc. for Spring Hills Estates Reconstruction Special Assessment Project. (340)

e.

Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the total amount of $178,574.67 payable as follows: $17,324.67 to State of Illinois; $86,250.00 to State of Iowa; and $75,000.00 to the City of Davenport for the Centennial Bridge. (341)

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

10. Claims for the weeks of November 3 through November 9 in the amount of $590,625.01. (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.)

11. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of four new exterior doors for the Martin Luther King Center from Doors Inc. in the amount of $11,197.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.)

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Report from the Public Works Department regarding bids for the annual tree removal and trimming contracts, recommending the bids be awarded to Ace Tree Service for tree removal in the amount of $51,364.76, general tree trimming in the amount of $13,745.00 to Turkle’s Tree Service, and for the downtown tree trimming in the amount of $3,850.00 to Turkle’s Tree Service. (Motion whether or not to award the contracts as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.)

13. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding rezoning from R-3 (one and two family residence) to R-4 (one to six family residence) at 2955 – 14^th Avenue. (Motion whether or not to approve the rezoning as recommended and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.)

14. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding commercial sidewalk replacement at 7^th Avenue and 30^th Street, 18^th Avenue and 38^th Street, and 7^th Avenue and 9^th Street. (Motion whether or not to approve the replacement of sidewalks as recommended.)

15. Report from the Mayor’s Office regarding an appointment to the Airport Authority. (Motion whether or not to approve the appointment as recommended.)

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

17. Other Business.

18. Executive Session regarding Personnel if necessary.

19. Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, November 20, 2006.

This Agenda may be obtained in accessible formats by qualified persons with a disability by making appropriate arrangements with Karen DeLathower, Acting City Clerk, 1528 Third Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois, 61201, - Telephone (309) 732-2012 - during regular business hours Monday through Friday.