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City of Rock Island City Council met Aug. 25.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Moment of Silence

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

a. Proclamation proclaiming September 1-7, 2025, National Payroll Week.

b. Presentation of the 2025 Citizen of the Year Awards.

6. Public Comment

7. Update Rock Island

8. Passage of Ordinances

a. Report from Administration regarding amendments to Chapter 2 Administration, Article II, Sec. 2- 32. Meetings - Regular to the Rock Island Code of Ordinances. (First Reading)

Motion: Motion to consider, suspend the rules and pass the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

b. 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.

c. Report from the City Clerk's Office regarding a highway resolution for the closure of 5th Avenue (US Highway 67) on Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for the annual City Open House.

Motion: Motion to adopt the resolution.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

d. A special ordinance approving a redevelopment agreement between the City of Rock Island and SAL Community Services. (Second Reading)

Motion: Motion to pass the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

e. A special ordinance establishing a handicapped parking space at 2027 34th Street. (Second Reading)

Motion: Motion to pass the ordinance.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

f. A special ordinance establishing a handicapped parking space at 619 44th Street. (Second Reading)

Motion: Motion to pass 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. Claims for the week of July 25 through July 31 in the amount of $2,192,937.89; claims for the week of August 1 through August 7 in the amount of $1,629,951.04; claims for the week of August 8 through August 14 in the amount of $983,285.03; and payroll for the weeks of July 21, 2025 through August 3, 2025 in the amount of $1,959,462.57.

b. ACH Report for the month of July 2025 in the amount of $2,075,512.45.

c. Report from the City Clerk's Office regarding a request from St. George Greek Orthodox Church to use sound amplification on Friday, September 5, 2025 from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturday, September 6, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. for their annual Our Big Fat Greek Festival.

d. Report from the City Clerk's Office regarding a request from Rock Island High School to hold their annual Homecoming Parade on Friday, September 19, 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

e. Report from the City Clerk's Office regarding a request from Sue Swords to close the alley between 16th & 17th Avenues and 21st & 22nd Streets on Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. for an annual neighborhood gathering.

f. Report from the City Clerk's Office regarding a request from the Rock Island Public Library Foundation to use sound amplification and to close Arts Alley on Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. for a fundraising event; a request to waive the sound amplification permit fee; and a request for the outdoor consumption of alcohol in Arts Alley.

g. Minutes from the August 11, 2025 Closed Session.

h. Minutes from the August 11, 2025 Study Session and City Council meeting.

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

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

10. Claims/Purchases

a. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment to J.C. Dillon, Inc. Peoria, Illinois, for a Sewer Lateral Repair Program repair at 2419 45th Street in the amount of $11,201.39.

b. Report from the Public Works Department regarding payment to Langman Construction, Rock Island, Illinois, for the Sunset Marina dredge pit sediment removal in the amount of $180,842.20.

Motion: Motion to allow claims a and b.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

11. Contracts/Agreements

a. Report from Administration regarding a proposal with Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies to provide strategic planning services.

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 Finance Department regarding an annual agreement with Fifth Assets, Inc. d/b/a DebtBook for the lease and subscription module in the amount of $14,000.

Motion: Motion to authorize the City Manager to execute the lease and subscription management service renewal agreement, subject to minor attorney modificiations.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

c. Report from the Fire Department regarding a five-year service agreement with Honeywell International, Inc. and RACOM for the Fire Station Alerting System in the amount of $62,970.20.

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

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

d. Report from the Public Works Department and F3 Marina regarding the Sunset Marina apartment lease agreement.

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

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

12. Department Reports

a. Report from the City Clerk’s Office regarding a request from Kaur Kulwinder for a Class A Tobacco (Incidental) License, which would require increasing the license cap from 36 to 37 (current ordinance cap is 30).

Motion: Motion whether or not to approve the request and grant the additional Class A Tobacco License.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

13. Budget/Finance Items

a. Report from the Finance Department regarding a budget adjustment to the MLK Activity Fund (900) in the amount of $66,738.44.

b. Report from the Finance Department regarding a budget adjustment to the MLK Center Fund (435) in the amount of $225,000.

c. Report from the Finance Department regarding a budget adjustment to the Sunset Marina Fund (520) in the amount of $1,410,000.

Motion: Motion to approve budget adjustments a through c.

RC Roll Call vote is needed.

14. Other Business/New Business

15. Closed Session

a. 5 ILCS 120/2 (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 to Adjourn to September 8, 2025.

Motion: Motion to adjourn.

VV Voice vote is needed.

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