Mike Troup
QUINCY — Two speakers at Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting in the Quincy Public Library questioned how much city officials wanted to spend on a vehicle and a bulldozer. Ernest Hicks asked about the proposed purchase of a 2025 Kia Sportage from Shottenkirk Kia for $31,593.03 as an Inspection vehicle. “My question is: How…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said late Thursday afternoon he has learned both roundtrips for Amtrak trains between Chicago and Quincy will be in service on Saturday. Troup said he learned from the Amtrak government communications group and the staff of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin about the restoration of service. Amtrak announced July 29 that…
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QUINCY — An Omaha, Neb.-based developer’s plans for four restaurants and a convenience store on the northeast corner of 54th and Broadway might change slightly. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said Jim Otis contacted the city’s planning and development department a week ago to say a hotel developer has shown interest in leasing on the property. “(Otis)…
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QUINCY — If Director of Public Works Jeffrey Conte could do it all over again, he would have waited to give the order to tear out the carpet in City Council chambers rather than have it removed in May. The decision to allow Maas Construction to begin asbestos removal as part of its renovation work…
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QUINCY — Nearly three years after city officials displaced more than 250 people by closing the Welcome Inn at 200 Maine, officials with the City of Quincy have agreed to a settlement and dismissal of a civil lawsuit, clearing the way for Quincy Property LLC, owners of the Welcome Inn, to explore a possible sale…
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A global technology outage has grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world. The Associated Press reported Friday morning that CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, said that the issue believed to be behind the outage was not a security…
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QUINCY — A $450 million energy storage facility to be built in Quincy will create an estimated 75 construction jobs for two years, but Kyle Moore, president and CEO of the Great River Economic Development Foundation, says he’s more excited about the types of businesses that Quincy will attract once it’s complete. “Often in economic…
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QUINCY — When Finance Committee Chairman Mike Rein asked for justification to increase the amount of TIF money from $500,000 to $1.5 million given to a local hotel development project, Director of Planning Chuck Bevelheimer explained the financial reasons. Then he gave everyone at Monday’s meeting in the Quincy Regional Training Center a history lesson.…
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QUINCY — A proposal from an Omaha, Neb.-based developer to place four restaurants and a gas station/convenience store on a nearly eight-acre lot on the northeast corner of 54th and Broadway must wait three weeks before the Quincy City Council will consider voting on it. However, it’s anybody’s guess how that proposal will change before it is…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved a five-year contract for the Western Illinois Veterinary Clinic for $1,040,250 during Monday night’s meeting at the Quincy Regional Training Center after the issue had been tabled for one week. The WIVC will provide essential care, medical attention and the opportunity for adoption to lost, stray and abandoned animals. It…
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QUINCY — With 250 days to go until the Feb. 25, 2025, Illinois consolidated primary, the two Republicans who have announced their intentions to run for Quincy mayor have some money in the bank to run their campaigns. But probably not enough yet. According to documentation filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections, Mayor…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council agreed to a retail redevelopment agreement with one local developer but chose to table for one week a retail development agreement with an out-of-town developer. After Monday’s meeting at the Quincy Regional Training Facility, Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said the tax plan used to work with the local developer…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council agreed to adopt a three-year agreement with the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1108 from May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2027. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said the agreement calls for giving the transit union five percent increases in salary in each of the next three years. “That’s approved and…
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QUINCY — The rumor that Quincy Mayor Mike Troup turned off the air conditioning unit at the city’s Central Services Department to help speed up Monday’s City Council meeting is not true. “I’m not that sharp to get those kind of things planned,” Troup said with a grin. Monday’s meeting was the second held at…
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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…
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QUINCY — Jim Otis doesn’t yet have a deal in place, and he won’t reveal the names of any restaurants or businesses he could potentially bring to Quincy. But when he heads to Las Vegas for the three-day International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) conference beginning Sunday, he’ll search for retailers ready to commit to this…
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QUINCY — An Omaha, Neb., developer hopes to bring a convenience store and five national retail stores to the northeast corner of 54th and Broadway, with construction possibly starting this summer. A sales tax rebate for the development was a topic of discussion during Monday night’s Finance Committee meeting, held one hour before the Quincy City…
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QUINCY — The annual report from the City of Quincy’s Recycling Division showed the city collected 2.833 million pounds of material from May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup happily announced a 56 percent increase in recyclable materials collected during Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting. “We wanted to see the…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council is scheduled next week to make a long-awaited vote on an ordinance approving a tax increment financing plan on Quincy’s south side. However, a discussion between a member of the Adams County Board and two aldermen indicated the vote might be delayed yet again. Bret Austin represents District 1…
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QUINCY — A long-awaited vote on an ordinance approving a tax increment financing plan on Quincy’s south side was delayed for two more weeks on Monday night. The heads of the Great River Economic Development Foundation, Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce and The District made their cases for the city’s third designated TIF zone during…
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The next consolidated election in Illinois — where citizens vote in races for city government, school boards and park boards — will be on April 1, 2025. Boy, if there’s not a joke to be had somewhere in there. Former Quincy alderman Dan Brink was the first candidate to officially declare his intention to run…
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QUINCY — Chuck Miller believes he’s leaving Quincy Regional Airport in a better place than it was when he started in October 2022. “No question about that,” he said. “People at the airport are working together quite well, and people are hopeful about getting things done. We’re even doing some things proactively here to try…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted 9-5 on Monday night not to enter into an agreement with Adams County to build a roundabout at the intersection of 48th and State. Moments after the conclusion of the meeting, Kent Snider knew what the Adams County Board’s next move would be when it meets April 9. “Hand…
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QUINCY — The Finance Committee sent two issues about what could be Quincy’s first roundabout to the full City Council to be debated next week. However, the debate got underway in earnest near the conclusion of Monday night’s City Council meeting. The city has been asked to commit $2.6 million to the roundabout project at…
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QUINCY — Director of Public Works Jeffrey Conte has two weeks to prepare different options to pay for $30 million worth of improvements to Quincy’s water system. The creation of an ordinance to increase water and sewer rates was on the agenda for Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting. The average monthly cost to the consumer…
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