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City of Rock Island City Council met July 28.

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. Update Rock Island

7. Passage of Ordinances and Resolutions

a. An ordinance amending Chapter 3 "Alcoholic Liquor" Sec. 3-12(c) Limitations on Certain Licenses, providing City Council with the discretion to grant the creation of an additional license in a Class with a restriction on size. (Second Reading)

Motion: Motion to pass the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

b. A special ordinance approving a development agreement between the City of Rock Island and New Field Ventures, LLC. (Second Reading)

Motion: Motion to pass the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

c. Report from Administration regarding a resolution for a moratorium on all new boarding houses, congregate living facilities, detoxification facilities, food pantries, emergency shelters, halfway houses, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and transitional housing expiring November 24, 2025.

Motion: Motion to adopt the resolution.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

d. Report from the City Clerk's Office regarding a resolution adopting the full release and partial release of Closed Session minutes and the destruction of audio recordings from the same Closed Session minutes.

Motion: Motion to approve the full release and partial release of Closed Session minutes as recommended and adopt the resolution.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

e. Report from the Wetland Task Force regarding a resolution on the City's commitment to register the Southwest Rock Island Wetlands as a Land and Water Reserve with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

Motion: Motion to adopt the resolution.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

8. Ordinances (First Readings)

a. Report from the Community Development Department regarding amendments to Chapter 4: Building Regulations of the Municipal Code. (First Reading)

Motion: Motion to consider the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

b. Report from the Community Development Department regarding an amendment to the International Residential Code removing a requirement for fire sprinkler systems in one- and two family houses. (First Reading)

Motion: Motion to consider the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

c. Report from the Community Development Department regarding the establishment of an urban agriculture ordinance. (First Reading)

Motion: Motion to consider the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

d. Report from the Economic Development Department regarding removal of parcels from the Parkway/I-280 Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District - As Amended. (First Reading)

Motion: Motion to approve the removal of parcels and consider the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

e. Report from the Traffic Engineering Committee regarding a request from Kim Romano to remove the handicapped parking space at 3752 12th Street. (First Reading)

Motion: Motion to approve the request and consider the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

f. Report from the Traffic Engineering Committee regarding a request from Daniel Bounds to remove the handicapped parking space at 1529 10th Avenue. (First Reading)

Motion: Motion to approve the request and consider the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

9. 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. Report from the City Clerk's Office regarding requests from Greater Antioch Baptist Church to use sound amplification and to close 10th Avenue between 14th & 14 1/2 Streets on Sunday, August 3, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for their annual outdoor worship service.

b. Report from the City Clerk's Office regarding a request from IMPAACT Real Youth Empowerment to close 9th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues on Saturday, August 9, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for their BackPaacts with Purpose Drive.

c. Report from the City Clerk's Office regarding a request from the MLK Center to use sound amplification on Saturday, August 30, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; a request to close 9th Street between 12th and 13th Avenues on Friday, August 29, 2025 through Saturday, August 30, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for their Soul of the City event; a request to hold a parade on Saturday, August 30, 2025; and a request to waive all fees.

d. Minutes from the July 14, 2025 Closed Session.

e. Minutes from the July 14, 2025 Study Session and City Council meeting.

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

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

10. Claims/Purchases

a. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment #1 to Summerset Marine Construction, Whitewater, Wisconsin, for the Sunset Marina Dock Replacement Project in the amount of $402,121.80 using ARPA funds (unrestricted).

b. Report from the Public Works Department requesting authorization to purchase a Marina Lift Station pump from Electric Pump, Des Moines, Iowa, in the amount of $10,870 using ARPA funds (unrestricted).

c. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment to IMEG, Rock Island, Illinois, for the Sunset Marina electrical upgrades project in the amount of $15,760 using ARPA funds (unrestricted).

Motion: Motion to allow claims a through c.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

d. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment to Crawford Company, Rock Island, Illinois, for the Sunset Marina electrical upgrades project in the amount of $10,854 using ARPA funds (unrestricted).

Motion: Motion to allow the claim.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

11. Contracts/Agreements

a. Report from the Fire Department regarding the Quad City Region Incident Management Assistance Team (QCRIMAT) Agreement.

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 Police Department regarding a one-year agreement and reciprocal reporting agreement with the Rock Island-Milan School District #41 to provide a Police Department School Resource Officer (SRO) at Rock Island High School.

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

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

c. Report from the Public Works Department regarding an open-ended lease agreement with Enterprise Fleet Management for approximately twenty 2025 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor vehicles.

Motion: Motion to approve the negotiation of an open-ended lease agreement.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

d. Report from the Public Works Department regarding the Franciscan Storage/Treatment Water Line Replacement Project, recommending the bid be awarded to McClintock Trucking and Excavating, Silvis, Illinois, in the amount of $47,660.

Motion: Motion to award the bid and authorize the City Manager to execute the documents.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

e. Report from the Public Works Department regarding an amendment to the Site License Agreement with AT&T for the 1405 36th Street water tower.

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

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

12. Budget/Finance Items

a. Report from the Finance Department regarding a budget adjustment to the General Fund (100) in the amount of $35,000.

Motion: Motion to approve the budget adjustment.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

13. Department Reports

a. Report from the Community Development Department regarding a fence variance request from Illinois Casualty Company (ICC) for property at 225 20th Street.

Motion: Motion to approve the variance for the fence height.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

b. Report from the Community Development Department regarding a sign variance request from Quad City Botanical Center for property at 2525 4th Avenue.

Motion: Motion to approve the sign variance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

14. Other Business/New Business

15. Closed Session

a. 5 ILCS120/2(c)(11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding must be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting.

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

VV Voice vote is needed.

16. Adjourn

a. Motion: Motion to Adjourn to August 11, 2025

VV Voice vote is needed.

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