Kelly Mays
March 18, 2025 | By Aspen Gengenbacher, MRN Journalist
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted Monday night against the rezoning of a nearly 18-acre piece of land northeast of Rooney Elementary School on Columbus Road for a proposed multi-phase, multi-family residential development. The vote was unanimous among the 12 aldermen who were present. There is a vacancy on the council following Mike Farha’s…
Read Full Article March 11, 2025 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted during its meeting Monday night to indefinitely shelve a proposed 1 percent municipal grocery tax that would replace a state tax that has been collected since 1981. Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, the state no longer will collect a 1 percent tax on groceries. However, each taxing authority statewide…
Read Full Article March 4, 2025 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — A request to rezone an 18-acre parcel near 4900 Columbus Road and Rooney Elementary School was tabled for two weeks at Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting as neighbors continue to ask questions and voice concerns about a plan for a multi-phase, multi-family residential development. The Plan Commission recommended to aldermen at its…
Read Full Article January 22, 2025 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — It took three meetings of the subcommittee formed by Quincy Mayor Mike Troup and nearly an hour of discussion by the Quincy City Council, but aldermen finally gave Troup the votes he needed to recommend Contour Airlines of Smyrna, Tenn., as the essential air service (EAS) provider for Quincy Regional Airport. It took…
Read Full Article December 24, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved an $8.44 million tax levy Monday night that is expected to raise the city’s portion of a person’s property tax bill by $22 if they own a $150,000 home. The city’s total property tax levy, which included debt service for three outstanding bonds, rose 13.85 percent. The city…
Read Full Article December 10, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Only one person spoke up when a public hearing concerning the city’s proposed property tax levy increase for the 2025 tax year was held during Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting. So Kelly Mays (R-3) took it upon herself to create discussion among the aldermen when they gave a first reading to an…
Read Full Article November 26, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council passed an amended resolution during its Monday night meeting that could increase the Quincy Public Library’s levy request to 15 cents per $100 of equalized assessed value (EAV) and increase the aggregate property tax levy by 24.49 percent. That decision also means the City Council must have a public…
Read Full Article 'It isn’t as simple as a pro-life vote’: Sanctuary city ordinance struck down by aldermen a year ago
November 4, 2024 | By Aspen Gengenbacher, MRN Journalist
QUINCY — Jake Reed, president of Right to Life Adams County and a Republican alderman representing Quincy’s 6th Ward, doesn’t believe the overturning of Roe v. Wade did enough. He does believe, however, that it set up the necessary framework for further restriction on abortion access to happen gradually across the country at various levels. With…
Read Full Article July 23, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Comments about a cleanup contract the city has with a Quincy business mushroomed into a discussion among aldermen about the lack of manpower to clean and maintain each of the city’s seven wards. The Quincy City Council approved a four-year, $128,000 plan with All-Phase Property Solutions LLC in March 2021 to maintain sidewalks,…
Read Full Article May 22, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council’s consulting agreement with SIMEC, LLC, was amended during Monday night’s meeting. SIMEC President Reg Ankrom sent a letter to the city last week explaining how the competitive market in electricity has been volatile during the last three years. “In our two recent requests for proposals (RFPs), we invited electricity…
Read Full Article May 21, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved an ordinance approving a tax increment financing plan on Quincy’s south side, but not without a couple of tweaks, during Monday night’s meeting. Four weeks after the vote was tabled, aldermen voted 8-6 to create the city’s third designated TIF zone. TIF districts dedicate a portion of tax…
Read Full Article April 23, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — After defeating an amendment that would have trimmed the city’s subsidy to the Quincy Public Library, the Quincy City Council voted Monday night to adopt a $61.3 million budget that goes into effect May 1. Before aldermen voted on the budget ordinance, they discussed a proposed amendment from Jeff Bergman (R-2) calling to…
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