CITY OF ROCK ISLAND	December 10, 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 the Capital Improvement Plan. 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 Pauley.

5. Minutes of the Meeting of December 3, 2007. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)

6. A Special Ordinance providing for the levy, assessment and collection of taxes for the City of Rock Island for fiscal year April 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

7. A Special Ordinance amending a Special Ordinance granting a Special Use Permit for 4543 18^th Avenue. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

8. A Special Ordinance establishing Type A residential permit parking only area on 37^th Street between 11^th and 12^th Avenues. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

9. CLAIMS

a. Report from the Personnel Department regarding payment in the amount of $646.77 to Christy Allison for General Liability Claim.

(Motion whether or not to accept the report and authorize payment as recommended.)

10. Claims for the week of November 30 through December 6 in the amount of $471,896.08. (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.)

11. Payroll for the weeks of November 19 through December 2 in the amount of $1,090,528.40. (Motion whether or not to allow the payroll.)

12. Report from the Public Works Department regarding a State bid for purchase of 13,750 gallons of liquid calcium chloride at $.64 per gallon from Sicalco Ltd. In the amount of $8,800.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (323)

13. Report from the Police Department regarding bids for Police uniforms and equipment, recommending the bids be awarded to Uniform Den in the amount of $856.50 (Uniform Pants and Shirts) and in the amount of $545.65 (Badges and Bars), also recommending the bids be awarded to Ray O’Herron Company in the amount of $1,877.50 (Outerwear), and in the amount of $501. 85 (Leather Goods). (Motion whether or not to award the bids as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.)

14. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding bids for plumbing and sheet metal work for the Centennial Bridge Visitor Center, recommending the bids be awarded to Mallard Plumbing in the amount of $6,490.00 and to Crawford Company in the amount of $3,950.00. (Motion whether or not to award the bids as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.)

15. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding an agreement with Artspace for a prefeasibility visit. (Motion whether or not to approve an agreement with Artspace as recommended, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract document.)

16. Report from the Finance Department regarding an adjustment to the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget. (Motion whether or not to approve the change to the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget as recommended.)

17. Report from the Public Works Department regarding a storm water credit for Edgewood Baptist Church. (Motion whether or not to approve a 16.4% unique and special cases storm water credit for Edgewood Baptist Church as recommended.) (324)

18. Report from the Community and Economic Development Department regarding an Ordinance, and the vacation and sale of City owned property behind 2106 4^th Avenue, recommending the approval of a Vacation Ordinance relating to alley segments vacated in February of 2007, and the transfer of alley segments and City owned property to Preston Land Company Inc.

a. A Special Ordinance vacating two (2) 10 foot wide segments of the East/West Alley Right-Of-Way between 4^th and 5^th Avenues and between 21^st and 22^nd Streets. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

b. (Motion whether or not to transfer the alley segments and City owned property to Preston Land Company Inc. as recommended, and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.)

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

20. Other Business.

21. No Executive Session.

22. Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, December 17, 2007.

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.

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