CITY OF ROCK ISLAND December 18, 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 Quad City Botanical Center, followed by an Executive Session discussing Litigation and Property Acquisition.

AGENDA

1. Mayor Schwiebert will call the meeting to Order.

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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 December 11, 2006. (Motion whether or not to approve the Minutes as printed.)

6. Special Ordinance providing for the Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes for the fiscal year April 1^st, 2006 through March 31^st, 2007. (Motion whether or not to consider, suspend the rules and pass the Ordinance.)

7.Ordinance Amending Article II Of Chapter 16 Section 2-1 of the Code Of Ordinances. (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 $3,779.74 to Rock Island Electric Motor Repair for Number Three Lift Pump Motor Replacement. (366)

b. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $25,410.28 to Brandt Construction Co. for Emergency Storm Sewer Repair at 30^th Street and 31^st Avenue. (367)

c. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $42,803.53 to Alliance Concrete Construction Co. for Ninth Avenue Sanitary Sewer Repair: 12^th to 14^th Street. (374)

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

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Claims for the weeks of December 8 through December 14 in the amount of $452,725.54 (Motion whether or not to allow the claims.)

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Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of a Low Entry Rear Load Refuse Packer from R-Now Refuse Equipment Of Wisconsin in the amount of $155,779.48 (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (373)

11.Report from the Public Works Department regarding the purchase of a Pump Impeller from Zimmer and Francescon, Inc. in the amount of $8,637.00. (Motion whether or not to approve the purchase as recommended.) (372)

12.Report from Community and Economic Development Department regarding a Settlement Agreement to vacate portions of 24^th Street South of Ninth Avenue. (Motion whether or not to approve the Settlement Agreement and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Agreement as recommended.)

13.Report from Community and Economic Development requesting authorization for a service agreement with Joseph Architectural Group related to the reuse of property at 2324 Third Avenue. (Motion whether or not to authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Joseph Architectural Group as recommended.)

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Report from Community and Economic Development Department regarding the Downtown TIF Housing Project Development Agreement at 1606 Second Avenue. (Motion whether or not to approve the Development Agreement of Downtown TIF funds as recommended.)

15.Report from the Personnel Department regarding Amendments to the Vantagecare Retirement

Health Savings Plan. (Motion whether or not to adopt the proposed amendments and authorize the

Personnel Department to make changes in the plan with ICMA as recommended.)

16.Report from Community and Economic Development Department requesting approval for an Ordinance to vacate a 10 foot wide/25 foot long segment of an East/West alley right-of-way between Fourth and Fifth Avenues and between 21^st and 22^nd Streets. (Motion whether or not to approve the request and direct the City Attorney to draft an Ordinance vacating the segment of the East/West alley between Fourth and Fifth Avenue and 21^st and 22^nd Streets as recommended.)

17.Report from Community and Economic Development Department regarding a request from Express Housing 1, for Rezoning from R-3 district and I-1 district to PUD (Planned Unit Development) district for review of the preliminary plan for the Affordable Housing Community at 2821 and 2827 Fifth Street and 2738 and 2760 Ninth Street. (Motion whether or not to approve the request for rezoning as recommended.)

18.Report from the Traffic Engineering Committee regarding a request to install two handicapped parking spaces in the alley at 22^nd Street. (Motion whether or not to approve the request as recommended and refer to the City Attorney for an Ordinance.) (376)

19.Report from the Traffic Engineering Committee regarding a request for the installation of Stop Signs at the intersections located at 45^th Street and 22^nd Avenue. (Motion whether or not to deny the request as recommended.) (375)

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

21.Other Business.

22.Motion to recess to 5:00 p.m., Monday, January 8, 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.