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City of Rock Island City Council met Sept. 9.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Moment of Silence

5. Public Comment

6. Awards and Honor Presentations, Officer Swearing in Ceremony, and Proclamations

a. Proclamation declaring September 15 through October 15, 2024, Hispanic Heritage Month.

b. Proclamation declaring September 22-28, 2024 Banned Books Week.

7. Update Rock Island

8. Consent Agenda

All items under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted by a single motion and subsequent roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless an Alderperson so requests, in which case, the item will be moved from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the Consent Agenda.

a. Minutes from the August 26, 2024 Study Session and City Council Meeting.

b. Minutes from the August 26, 2024 Closed Session.

c. Claims for the week of July 19 through July 25, 2024, in the amount of $720,080.76; for the week of July 26 through August 1, 2024, in the amount of $825,258.64; and payroll for the weeks of August 5 through August 18, 2024, in the amount of $1,902,687.30.

d. International City/County Management Association (ICMA) claims for the weeks of July 13 through July 26, 2024, in the amount of $33,585.93.

e. ACH Payments for the month of July 2024, in the amount of $1,801,045.82.

f. Purchase Card Claims for the period of June 27, 2024 through July 26, 2024 in the amount of $78,163.36.

g. Report from the City Clerk's office regarding a request from First Baptist Church for sound amplification on Friday, October 4, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for an outdoor movie event.

Motion: Motion to approve Consent Agenda items a through g.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

9. Claims/Purchases

a. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment in the amount of $60,700.80 to McClintock Trucking and Excavating, Silvis, Illinois, for the Water Service and Sewer Lateral Repair Contract.

Motion: Motion to allow the claim.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

b. Report from the Police Department regarding the purchase of a small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) program from Unmanned Vehicle Technologies, LLC in the amount of $53,071.18 (ARPA restricted funds).

Motion: Motion to allow the claim.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

c. Report from the Public Works Department regarding a repair to the pump at the Franciscan Storage/Treatment Basin by Electric Pump, Des Moines, Iowa, in the amount of $32,178.

Motion: Motion to allow the claim.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

10. Contracts/Agreements

a. Report from Administration regarding a Contribution Agreement with the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau d/b/a Visit Quad Cities.

Motion: Motion to approve the agreement and authorize the City Manager to execute the document.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

b. Report from the Public Works Department regarding an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Rock Island Arsenal for fire extinguisher maintenance.

Motion: Motion to approve the contract and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract documents.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

c. Report from the Public Works Department regarding a Joint Funding Agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation for the 30th Street Resurfacing Project between 9th & 18th Avenue.

Motion: Motion to approve the agreement and authorize the Mayor to execute the documents.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

d. Report from the Community Development Department regarding a Service Agreement with Moran Economic Development in the amount of $34,000 for the Downtown Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Plan.

Motion: Motion to approve the agreement, subject to minor attorney modifications, and authorize the City Manager to execute the documents.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

11. Events/Misc Requests

a. Report from the City Clerk's office regarding a request from Augustana College to use sound amplification on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for a campus block party.

b. Report from the Fire Department regarding a request from the Rock Island Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 26, to utilize the intersection of 30th Street and 18th Avenue for their annual Muscular Dystrophy Association "Fill the Boot" fundraising campaign from Friday, October 4 through Sunday, October 6, 2024.

Motion: Motion to approve requests a and b as recommended.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

12. Rock Island Port Authority

a. Motion: Motion to close the regular City Council meeting and convene the Rock Island Regional Port District meeting.

VV Voice vote is needed.

b. Other Business/New Business

c. Motion: Motion to exit the Rock Island Regional Port Authority and reconvene the regular City Council meeting.

VV Voice vote is needed.

13. Other Business/New Business

14. Closed Session.

a. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives.

Motion: Motion to enter Closed Session for the exceptions cited.

VV Voice vote is needed.

15. Adjourn

a. Motion to Adjourn to September 23, 2024.

Motion: Motion to adjourn.

VV Voice Vote is needed.

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