Moline City Council met Feb. 4.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation – Alderman Moyer
Roll Call
Consent Agenda
All items under the consent agenda will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussions of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which case, the item will be moved from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after the Omnibus Vote.
Approval of Minutes
Committee-of-the-Whole and Council meeting minutes of January 21, 2020, and the December financial report.
Resolutions
1. Council Bill/Resolution 1005-2020
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute and attest to a collection service agreement with Diversified Adjustment Service Inc.
Explanation: The Finance Department solicits bids of contracted services every 5 years. The last awarded contract for collection services was executed in 2014. Collection services are used once City staff has exhausted all efforts in attempting to collect outstanding balances. Requests for proposals were solicited, and eight proposals were received and reviewed by a Finance selection committee. Diversified Adjustment Service Inc. submitted the most responsive and responsible proposal. Additional documentation attached.
Fiscal Impact: Approval of a 3-tier commission fee of 15.9% for up to 5% average annual recovery rate, 17.9% for 5% to 25% average annual recovery rate, and 19.9% for greater than
25% average recovery rate.
Public Notice/Recording: N/A
2. Council Bill/Resolution 1006-2020
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute and attest to an agreement with Express Services Inc., doing business as Express Employment Professionals, for temporary and seasonal staffing services for a one-year period commencing March 1, 2020.
Explanation: Express Services Inc., doing business as Express Employment Professionals, currently provides administrative services to fulfill temporary and seasonal staffing needs of City departments and also provides the insurance and liability coverage requested. The agreement, which includes a 0% increase to the current mark-up rate of 32.5%, will be for a one-year period commencing March 1, 2020. This is the first renewal of a two-year agreement with Express Services Inc. The last Request for Proposals was issued in November 2017, and it garnered proposals from two other companies. Although pricing is not the only consideration, Express Services Inc. provided the most cost effective proposal at that time. With no increase to the mark-up rate proposed for 2020 and an excellent level of customer service, staff recommends a one-year renewal. Additional documentation attached.
Fiscal Impact: Budgeted in various line items
Public Notice/Recording: N/A
3. Council Bill/Resolution 1007-2020
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor, Chief of Police and City Clerk to execute and attest to a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Davenport Police Department and the City of Moline Police Department setting forth the terms for access to the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) under the control of the Davenport Police Department.
Explanation: The City of Davenport Police Department and the City of Moline Police Department wish to execute a Memorandum of Understanding to permit authorized Moline Police Department personnel access to the NIBIN system under the control of the Davenport Police Department through its partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Access to this system will allow for the collection, timely analysis, and dissemination of gun crime data to enhance the efforts of law enforcement to integrate resources to reduce firearms violence, and to identify shooters and refer them to prosecution. Additional documentation attached.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Public Notice/Recording: N/A
4. Council Bill/Resolution 1008-2020
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Chief of Police to execute an Equitable Sharing Agreement and Certification between the Federal Government and the Moline Police Department setting forth the requirements for participation in the Equitable Sharing Program and certifying all receipts and expenditures of federal forfeiture funds, property and interest during the last fiscal year.
Explanation: The Federal Government requires that the Police Department annually enter into a formal agreement and provide certification of receipts and expenditures of federal forfeiture funds and property. Additional documentation attached.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Public Notice/Recording: N/A
5. Council Bill/Resolution 1009-2020
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute and attest to a Law Enforcement Services Agreement between the City of Moline and Universal Protection Service, LLC, d/b/a Allied Universal Security Services, setting forth the terms for assignment of uniformed police officers to the SouthPark Mall complex for the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
Explanation: This item concerns an annual agreement for the assignment of uniformed police officers to the SouthPark Mall police substation. In part, the proposed agreement provides a total number of hours that a police officer will be present in the mall and provides for Universal Protection Service, LLC to reimburse the City the sum of $127,000. Staffing will be accomplished by allocating hours and days off among the three officers assigned to the program. Additional documentation attached.
Fiscal Impact: Reimbursement to City of $127,000
Public Notice/Recording: N/A
Omnibus Vote
Non - Consent Agenda
First Reading Ordinances
6. Council Bill/General Ordinance 3003-2020
An Ordinance amending Chapter 26, “POLICE,” of the Moline Code of Ordinances, Section 26-2318, “UNIFORMS,” subsection (b), to authorize the Chief of Police sole responsibility for decisions pertaining to Moline Police personnel uniforms, with the exception of the uniform allowance set annually by the City Council; and ratifying all prior actions of Chief of Police Darren Gault pertaining to Moline Police personnel uniforms.
Explanation: Section 26-2318(b) of the Moline Code of Ordinances allows the Chief of Police (“Chief”) to appoint and regulate the style and quality of uniforms for all police department members by and with the approval of the Committee-of-the-Whole of the City Council; subsection (d) provides for a uniform allowance to be set annually by the City Council. Due to various timing issues, including term restrictions of grants available for uniform purchase, manufacturing, and the City’s budgeting process, the Chief recently deemed it prudent to make certain uniform related decisions without prior consent of the Committee-of-the-Whole. The Code of Ordinances allows the Chief to have control and be responsible for all police equipment belonging to the City and to cause a record of all transactions and expenditures to be kept; allowing the Chief the authority for decisions pertaining to the police personnel uniforms will align with these duties. This ordinance will amend Section 26-2318, subsection (b), to authorize the Chief sole responsibility for decisions pertaining to Moline Police personnel uniforms; the exception of the uniform allowance set forth annually by the City Council under subsection (d) will remain unchanged. Further, Chief Darren Gault and Corporation Counsel seek ratification of all prior actions by Gault pertaining to Moline Police personnel uniforms.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Public Notice/Recording: N/A
7. Council Bill/General Ordinance 3004-2020
An Ordinance amending Chapter 35, “ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT,” of the Moline Code of Ordinances, by enacting one new Division 8, “ADULT USE CANNABIS BUSINESSES;” and amending Table 35-2200.1, pertaining to non-administrative development review, by adding “Special Use Permit Adult Use Cannabis” to the table’s list of procedures.
Explanation: In June 2019, the State of Illinois enacted Public Act 101-0027, the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the “Act”), effective January 1, 2020, to regulate the cultivation, sale, possession, and consumption of cannabis in Illinois. The Act authorizes the sale and consumption of cannabis for recreational purposes for adult use only in a manner similar to alcohol. The term “adult” refers to any person 21 years of age or older. Pursuant to the Act, the City is authorized to regulate adult use cannabis businesses, such as dispensaries, cultivation centers, infusers, transporters, processers, and craft growers (collectively, “Cannabis Business Establishments”); enact reasonable zoning ordinances or resolutions regulating Cannabis Business Establishments; enact ordinances governing the time, place, manner, and number of Cannabis Business Establishments to be located within the City, including certain minimum distance limitations; enact ordinances to prohibit or significantly limit Cannabis Business Establishments’ locations; regulate Cannabis Business Establishments through the use of special use permits; and regulate the on-premises consumption of cannabis at or in a Cannabis Business Establishment.
This ordinance will enact a new division to Chapter 35 of the Code of Ordinances for the City’s regulation of adult use cannabis businesses and the process for zoning approvals. It will also establish three cannabis dispensary overlay districts within Moline; the overlay districts will allow for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of a single cannabis dispensary within each overlay district. A public hearing was held during the January 8, 2020, Plan Commission meeting, and the Plan Commission unanimously approved the ordinance amendment to proceed; the amendment was presented at the January 21, 2020, Committee-of-the-Whole (“COW”) meeting. Attached to this item is a redline version of the ordinance showing changes made pursuant to discussion at the COW meeting, maps of the cannabis dispensary overlay districts that will be contained in the ordinance, and a second Uptown Corridor map showing the 100’ separation from dispensary to building, as requested by Council at the January 21, 2020, COW meeting. Additional documentation attached.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Public Notice/Recording: Public hearing was held during the January 8, 2020 Plan Commission meeting
8. Council Bill/Special Ordinance 4002-2020
A Special Ordinance providing for financing by the City of Moline, Illinois, for the water main in TIF #7 Airport Business Park, by authorizing issuance of $281,831 in a Revenue Anticipation Note and purchase of same by the Water Fund of the City of Moline, Illinois, appropriating monies for said purposes, and authorizing execution of any related documents.
Explanation: On January 7, 2020, City Council approved TIF #7 to borrow $631,908 from Water and WPC Funds in proportional amounts to the amounts spent on each project for each utility as part of the 2020 adopted budget.
Fiscal Impact: Reduce Water Fund Reserves by $281,831
Public Notice/Recording: N/A
9. Council Bill/Special Ordinance 4003-2020
A Special Ordinance providing for financing by the City of Moline, Illinois, for the sewer main in TIF #7 Airport Business Park, by authorizing issuance of $350,077 in a Revenue Anticipation Note and purchase of same by the Water Pollution Control Fund of the City of Moline, Illinois, appropriating monies for said purposes, and authorizing execution of any related documents.
Explanation: On January 7, 2020, City Council approved TIF #7 to borrow $631,908 from Water and WPC Funds in proportional amounts to the amounts spent on each project for each utility as part of the 2020 adopted budget.
Fiscal Impact: Decrease $350,077 from the WPC Fund Reserves
Public Notice/Recording: N/A
Miscellaneous Business (if necessary) Public Comment
Members of the Public are permitted to speak after coming to the podium and stating their names.
Executive Session (if necessary)
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