CITY OF ROCK ISLAND December 4, 2006

CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:45pm

NOTE: Study Session will be at 5:00pm in the Personnel Conference Room. Discussion will include an update on the Lead Based Paint Program and on the Workforce Planning Report.

No Executive Session.

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 Mejia-Caraballo.

5. Minutes of the Meeting of November 20, 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 Sheri Vidmar for a Special Use Permit to operate a massage therapist business out of her residence at 1521 24^th Street.

Mayor Schwiebert will close the Public Hearing and reconvene the regular meeting and entertain a motion. (Motion whether or not to approve the request and refer to the City Attorney for an ordinance.)

7. Special Ordinance establishing a handicapped parking space at 3325 7½ Avenue. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

8. Special Ordinance establishing a thirty-minute parking zone for 2013 31^st Street. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

9. Ordinance amending the wages for the new City Clerk to be effective November 20, 2006. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

10. Special Ordinance providing for the sale of property at 413 21^st Street. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

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Special Ordinance authorizing acquisition of back half portion of property located at 413 21^st Street. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

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CLAIMS

a. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $21,118.88 to Visu-Sewer Clean & Seal Inc. for 28^th Street Court Trenchless Sanitary Sewer Repair. (358)

b. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $48,232.35 to Centennial Contractor for 2006 Utility Patching Program. (359)

c. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $15,394.13 to Kodiak Site Contractors for 2006 Sod and Tree Program. (360)

d. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $6,984.50 to Konecky, Koenig, Kutsunis and Weng for legal services rendered for November 2006.

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

13.Claims for the weeks of November 17 through November 30 in the amount of $2,191,273.46 (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.)

14. Payroll for the weeks of November 6 through November 19 in the amount of $1,029,484.87. (Motion whether or not to allow the payroll.)

15. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of Emergency Blower Assembly from Coe Equipment Inc. in the amount of $4,385.59 (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (361)

16. Report from Community and Economic Development regarding the purchase of residential property located at 2100 1^st Street (Sunset Business Park) in the amount of $17,000.00 (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)

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Report from the Public Works Department regarding an agreement with The Illinois Department of Natural Resources for phase two of the American Discovery Trail. (Motion whether or not to approve the agreement as recommended and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.) (356)

18. Report from Community and Economic Development Department requesting approval for a grant at 810 11^th Avenue for Habitat Park home improvements in the amount of $6,600.00. Motion whether or not to approve the grant as recommended.)

19. Report from Community and Economic Development regarding approving a one-year membership to the American Waterfront Revitalization Coalition in the amount of $2,500.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the membership as recommended.)

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

21. Other Business.

22. Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, December 11, 2006.

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.