Quincy City Council
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council could vote Monday night on the approval of entering a two-year contract with Flock Safety for the leasing of 20 fixed location license place reader cameras to be installed around the city for $117,600. Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, made the proposal, which is on the…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved spending $28,700 in TIF dollars with Crawford, Murphy and Tilly of Springfield for additional design services of the streetscape and engineering design of North Sixth Street between Maine and Vermont. Aldermen had approved a contract on Sept. 8, 2020, with Crawford, Murphy and Tilly for $151,735.00 for streetscape…
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QUINCY — Two aldermen asked Quincy Mayor Mike Troup during Monday night’s meeting about questions they have received about the city’s health insurance plan. Troup responded by saying it will take a few days to fix the problems. The Police Benevolent and Protective Association Labor Unit 12, which represents the officers and supervisors with the…
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QUINCY — The first reading of an ordinance to lease office space in City Hall to Congresswoman Mary Miller enticed one speaker to address the Quincy City Council during Monday’s meeting, but Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said the arrangement would only be temporary. Miller handily won the 15th District Congressional seat over Democrat Paul Lange…
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Ashley Conrad and Bob Gough get you ready for a busy week in local government.
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QUINCY — Brianna Rivera will make her first foray into politics when the Quincy City Council votes Monday night to approve her appointment as an alderman in the city’s 3rd Ward. However, she’ll be getting a little help from her brother. Jared Holbrook was elected as an alderman in the 3rd Ward in 2013. He lasted…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council has approved an agreement with Hy-Vee to locate the city’s second recycling drop-off site at 1400 Harrison. Aldermen voted in September to eliminate curbside recycling as part of a cost-cutting measure. Beginning in March, residents who wish to recycle will have to take their materials to one of three…
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QUINCY — Weeks after agreeing to participate in a housing study with Adams County and the Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF), the Quincy City Council got around to paying the bill at Monday night’s meeting. A $3,500 invoice for the housing study was part of the regular weekly bill paying resolution that came out…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council’s unanimous vote on Monday night to approve a $7.112 million annual property tax levy ordinance, creating a tax rate around 96 cents per $100 of assessed value, was called “historic” by Mayor Mike Troup. The levy is approximately $588,000 less than was collected this year. Last year’s rate was…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council will vote next week on a $7.112 million annual property tax levy ordinance that would create a tax rate around 96 cents per $100 of assessed value. “Property taxes paid next year are going to basically be less than they were this year by about seven percent, maybe eight…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted Monday night to approve a recommendation from the Plan Commission to subdivide (dividing one lot into eight) a property at 5100 Chestnut under the “small tracts” provision of the Subdivision Ordinance. The eight-lot subdivision is on a 10-acre tract of land east of the Lake Ridge Subdivision on…
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QUINCY — After nearly four years as an alderman, John Mast decided he had missed enough time with his kids. Mast, a Republican in the city’s 5th Ward, chose not to file paperwork to run for re-election. Monday was the final day to file petitions. Mast said he started thinking in the past six months about…
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QUINCY — One planned subdivision by Hildebrand Construction in the northeast area of the city cleared one hurdle during Monday night’s meeting of the Quincy City Council. Another planned subdivision, however, must wait until next week to receive approval. The Plan Commission recently recommended approval of the subdivision of property at 5010-5019 College into nine…
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QUINCY — Aldermen voted last week to make three changes to an ordinance to adopt the 2018 series of the International Code Council model code for the city’s building code. They voted to remove mandated sprinkler systems, mandated installation of sheetrock underneath the basement mandated installation of a self-closing door from the garage to the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Five people filed petitions to run for alderman on the first day of filing at Quincy City Hall. One contested race is already shaping up as incumbent Patty Maples (D-6th Ward) is getting a challenge from Republican Jake Reed. Maples is running for her first full term after being appointed in May following…
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QUINCY — Chief Bernie Vahlkamp and Deputy Chief Steve Salrin with the Quincy Fire Department couldn’t convince the Quincy City Council not to make three changes to an ordinance to adopt the 2018 series of the International Code Council model code for the city’s building code. Aldermen voted at the end of the meeting to…
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QUINCY — A new role in the family business has forced Parker Freiburg to resign from his seat on the Quincy City Council. Freiburg, a Republican in the city’s 3rd Ward, announced at the end of Monday’s meeting that the Nov. 28 meeting would be his last. He said he will become an owner of Diamond…
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QUINCY — An ordinance to adopt the 2018 series of the International Code Council model code for the city’s building code was amended by aldermen during Monday night’s meeting of the Quincy City Council. Aldermen voted at the end of the meeting to remove mandated sprinkler systems from the ordinance, as well as mandated installation…
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QUINCY — The city will be applying to receive a grant to upgrade traffic signals along Eighth Street and 12thStreet. Aldermen voted during Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting to submit an application to the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grant program to fully fund Phase 1 of the Quincy Enhanced Signal Technology-2030 Program, which includes the implementation…
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QUINCY — After aldermen voted 7-7 on the issue of adding a monthly surcharge to utility rates during Monday’s meeting of the Quincy City Council, Mayor Mike Troup cast the deciding tie-breaking vote in favor of the surcharge. Troup also hinted he believes the increase in water and sewer bills could potentially be offset by…
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QUINCY — Aldermen approved to spend no more than $231,800 with Crawford, Murphy and Tilly in Springfield for engineering and planning services to build a new apron, taxi lane and road for a corporate hangar at Quincy Regional Airport during Monday’s meeting of the Quincy City Council. Ninety percent of the project will be funded…
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QUINCY — A public hearing to discuss a proposed monthly $9 surcharge on utility rates for Quincy homeowners provided a review of the finances and circumstances leading the creation of the ordinance. While Jeffrey Conte, director of public works, presented other options to offset a projected $3 million increase in operating expenses to a small…
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QUINCY — A public hearing to discuss the proposed utility rate increase will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in the City Council chambers. After a brief introduction, a presentation will be made by Jeff Conte, director of public works. The City of Quincy is looking at a flat increase in the residential water…
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QUINCY — Near the end of a relatively benign meeting of the Quincy City Council on Monday night, Jeff Bergman, R-2, expressed dissatisfaction for how a comprehensive housing study, rejected three weeks ago by alderman, is going to be paid for. Aldermen rejected by an 11-2 vote on Oct. 3 a resolution to spend no…
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QUINCY — Quincy’s fall tree planting program won’t be as big as it has been in previous years. The Quincy City Council voted 10-3 Monday night to authorize the purchase of 40 ornamental and shade trees from Leffers Landscaping and Nursery, Inc., for a total cost not to exceed $14,000. Leffers will plant the trees…
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QUINCY — The Utilities Committee agreed Thursday afternoon during its meeting at the Waste Water Treatment Plant, 700 West Lock & Dam Road, that a hike in city of Quincy’s water and sewer rates is necessary to cover recent overage expenses. However, the committee thought the Quincy City Council should determine how that rate hike…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup was asked after Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting if negotiating sessions are scheduled between the Police Benevolent and Protective Association Labor Unit 12, which represents the officers and supervisors with the Quincy Police Department, and the city of Quincy. Troup simply replied, “There are none.” The PB&PA filed a…
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QUINCY — Aldermen voted during Monday night’s meeting of the Quincy City Council to approve an ordinance regulating how many honeybees or hives a homeowner could have. Honeybees? “Well, you know, we’ve got language in the city code about ducks and waterfowl and chickens,” said Chuck Bevelheimer, director of planning and development. “Honeybees? Who’d have…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved a resolution during Monday night’s meeting to enter into a Mid-Town Business District redevelopment agreement with the Charles & Kathie Marx Trust to put $200,000 toward the construction of 6,000 square feet of retail space for three businesses on the northeast corner of 30th and Broadway. Chuck Bevelheimer, director of…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council rejected by an 11-2 vote Monday night a resolution to spend no more than $12,500 on a hotel market feasibility study. John Mast, R-5, voted against the resolution, but he isn’t against the idea. “It was not against hotels in any way,” he said. “But should the city be…
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QUINCY — Jeffrey Conte, director of public works for the city, says the earthy smell you might have recently noticed in your tap water should be gone by the end of the week. Conte addressed aldermen at the beginning of Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting to provide an update on what the city has…
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QUINCY — John Schafer, assistant director of Central Services, could only offer an apology to the people first to arrive at the citywide cleanup site in the Quincy Town Center parking lot Monday morning. “It’s a learning experience for us all,” Schafer said. “This is the first time we’ve done it this way, and there’s…
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Concerning the story on recycling on Muddy River News, the number of people interested in the topic who attended the meeting doesn’t count those of us who watched it on TV at home. I couldn’t make it to the council chambers, but fortunately I could watch it “live” on (Xfinity Cable) Channel 15, so I…
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QUINCY — After more than a year of study, review, concern and debate, an ordinance to eliminate the city’s curbside recycling program came down to one vote. After City Clerk Laura Oakman announced aldermen voted 7-7 on the issue during Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting, Quincy Mayor Mike Troup quickly cast the deciding vote,…
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QUINCY — After they tabled the issue for one week, aldermen voted to support a resolution supporting the jurisdictional transfer of 36th Street (from State Street to Broadway) to the state and the acceptance of State Street by the city. Chuck Bevelheimer, director of planning and development, explained during Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting that…
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The Friends of the Trails thanks Mayor Mike Troup and the City Council for North 12th Street improvements from Locust to Koch’s Lane. These sidewalks, on one side of 12th from Locust Street to the Cedar Creek Bridge and both sides of North 12th up to Koch’s Lane, already are being used even before the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — In what could be a preview of Wednesday’s public hearing on recycling, 11 of the 15 speakers who appeared before the Quincy City Council Tuesday night expressed their feelings on the future of curbside recycling pickup. Most of the speakers asked the city to reconsider and keep the service instead of making it…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy City Hall will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, in observance of Labor Day. City Hall will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 6, for regular business hours. Central Services also will be closed Monday, Sept. 5. Garbage and recycling will be picked up on Monday, Sept. 5. Yard waste recycling also will take place…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The popular citywide cleanup, typically scheduled for the last Saturday in September, now will become a five-day weekday event during the last week in September. Jeffrey Conte, director of public works, says Republic Services is having problems with drivers, and they typically would need 10 to 15 drivers for a single-day citywide cleanup.…
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QUINCY — Six people spoke to the Quincy City Council during the public forum portion of Monday night’s meeting to express their dissatisfaction about the possibility of the discontinuance of curbside recycling pickup in the city. Mary Ann Klein, president of the League of Women Voters, was one of the people who spoke. She hopes…
Read Full Article City also considering a week-long citywide cleanup QUINCY — The Quincy City Council will get its first look next week at a plan approved by the Central Services Committee on Monday to revamp the city’s recycling program. The committee also learned of possible changes to the citywide cleanup program this year and possible improvements to…
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QUINCY — A summary of recommendations from the Illinois Department of Transportation for improvement on the Ill. 57 corridor south of Quincy shows three options for each of the three sections of the highway. However, when IDOT has an open house to discuss the options from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1 at…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy City Council heard from members of the public Monday night about the status of the rental and housing in the city. Lisa Wigoda and Aaron Coffman appeared before aldermen to discuss a rental house located on the south side of 16th and Ohio. Wigoda, an advocate helping as an Advocate Representative of…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted Monday night to accept the low bid of $4.43 million from County Contractors of Quincy to elevate and repair the city’s barge dock wall and grade the land adjacent to the dock. The barge dock, located on the Mississippi River at Mile 326 in Lock & Dam Pool…
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'There's no guarantee for tomorrow': Yates paints picture for aldermen about what officers deal with
QUINCY — During a relatively short and uneventful meeting of the Quincy City Council, Jeff Bergman wanted to take a minute to acknowledge the lives of Quincy policemen. Bergman, a Republican alderman in Quincy’s 2nd Ward, asked Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, to come forward near the end of Monday’s 20-minute meeting. He…
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QUINCY — Aldermen agreed during Tuesday night’s Quincy City Council meeting that the “fix or flatten” program has been a success, but some aldermen hope measures can be taken to make property owners assume more responsibility for the cost. Aldermen approved a resolution for the demolition of a property at 649 State — damaged by…
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QUINCY — A resolution to authorize incentives for new residential constructions west of 12th Street between Harrison and Locust was approved during Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting. However, an amendment to that resolution that would also have offered those incentives to residential constructions east of 12th Street did not. The resolution called for waiving water…
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QUINCY — A special permit request from Shottenkirk Chevrolet, 1537 N. 24th, to increase the number of overhead doors from four to six on Tuesday was denied by the Quincy City Council at its Monday meeting. The Plan Commission recommended the denial of the permit request last week. Aldermen approved in 1993 an ordinance limiting…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved three proposals from the technology committee and IT Manager Corey Dean during Monday night’s meeting. Two of them would have prevented the city’s email system from being disrupted last month had they been in place. One proposal was to spend $72,157 with Superion, LLC, for an annual software…
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QUINCY — A change Mayor Mike Troup wants to make in Quincy’s engineering, utilities and Central Services departments means bringing back a title the city hasn’t used in nearly 25 years. Aldermen tabled at last Monday’s meeting of the City Council an appointment by Troup of Steve Bange as engineering manager. They want to vote…
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QUINCY — No action was taken by the Quincy City Council during its Monday meeting in regard to the ongoing negotiations with Jonathan Lewin as the city’s next chief of police. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said during a Monday press conference he planned to ask the City Council to request that the Board of Fire…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved spending $24,341 on a new redundant firewall from SecureData Technologies during its meeting Monday night. It won’t fix, however, the current problems with the city’s email system. The computer systems of the City of Quincy were hit with a cyber attack during the weekend. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup…
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QUINCY — After retiring in December 2019, Patty Maples has continued to follow what’s going on at Quincy’s City Hall. She was at home watching the April 5 meeting of the City Council when she heard Katie Awerkamp, a Democratic alderman in the 6th Ward, announce she was resigning her seat. “So I just texted…
Read Full Article QUINCY — When Mike Troup took office as Quincy’s mayor last May, he had to work with the budget the previous administration constructed and the City Council had approved. And his first year ended with an unanticipated $9 million in additional tax revenue and $5.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding. That led to…
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QUINCY — Mayor Mike Troup’s plan that could lead to the razing of the crumbling Welcome Inn received the seal of approval from the Quincy City council on Monday night. Alderman Dave Bauer (D-2), who had requested to table the $500,000 proposal last week, asked Planning and Development Director Chuck Bevelheimer if this money was intended…
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QUINCY — Aldermen approved funding for the first 10 projects in the Small Rental Rehabilitation Program during Monday’s City Council meeting. Building owners with property west of 18th Street, within the city limits, submitted proposals for funding assistance. Forgivable loans are available at zero percent interest for 50 percent of the total cost of renovation/construction up…
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QUINCY — Aldermen voted Monday night to authorize another $250,000 for the Quincy Workforce Relocation Assistance Program (Q-WRAP), but it was clear some aldermen aren’t convinced of the program’s effectiveness. The program aims to incentivize out-of-town employees to move to Quincy by offering $5,000 in property tax relief for those buying a house or $3,500…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup announced that Quincy Township Supervisor Cindy Brink is retiring at the end of the month. Brink, 58, won her third term in the office in April 2021, defeating Democrat Bill Burns. Since she will be leaving with three years remaining, there will be an appointment to fill the position,…
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QUINCY — Quincy Comptroller Sheri Ray presented a first look at the city’s budget for FY 2023 at Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting. The proposed $47.2 million budget is $2 million lower than the final FY 2022 budget, but is nearly $8 million higher than the budget approved last April. Ray said the budget…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved Monday night a memorandum of understanding with the Mississippi Valley Hunters and Fishermen’s Association for the preservation of green spaces and wildlife habitats at three local landfills. Landfill No. 4 is near Burton, and just to the west are Landfills No. 2 and No. 3, five miles east…
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QUINCY — Fire Chief Bernie Vahlkamp, Deputy Fire Chief Steve Salrin and Michael Seaver, director of inspection and enforcement, made a presentation Monday night before the Quincy City Council to explain the importance of updating the city’s building and fire codes. Seaver explained the city’s last updated its building and fire codes 2008, adopting codes…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council took its first formal steps to making way for Adams County’s first roundabout Monday night. Aldermen approved a joint agreement between Quincy and Adams County that will lead to the purchase of land, construction and utilities needed to build a roundabout at 48th and State. The total cost of…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved an agreement Tuesday night that will help kickstart activity at the site where Kmart was once one of the city’s top big box retailers. So which retailer will call the northeast corner of 36th and Broadway home? We’ll have to wait a couple of months to find out.…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup’s proposal for Jason Finney appointed to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners ran into a snag during Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting. Troup said in a Friday interview that Kerry Anders’ term expired at the end of January. Anders said in a Sunday interview he wants to fulfill…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup learned moments before Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting that a $350,000 cash balance accumulated by Quincy Township may be gifted to the city for its Small Rental Rehabilitation Program. “Awesome gift,” he said after Quincy Township Supervisor Cindy Brink made a presentation to aldermen. “Anybody else here have extra…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy City Council has received a special permit and rezoning request from Recovery Anonymous to locate a sober living facility on the city’s west end. At Monday’s Council meeting, City Planner Chuck Bevelheimer said a special permit is needed for the facility to be located at their desired spot at 1111 N.…
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QUINCY — Near the end of Monday’s meeting of the Quincy City Council, Mayor Mike Troup announced the police aldermanic committee will meet at 6 p.m. Feb. 7. That meeting will mark the official beginning of the city’s search for a police chief. Fifty-six days will have passed since Rob Copley announced his intent to…
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QUINCY — The City of Quincy is suspending its municipal electric aggregation program for 12 months when the current supply contract ends with electric meter readings in March. Residential and small business (defined as those using fewer than 15,000 kilowatthours annually) participants in the city’s program will begin receiving their electric supply from Ameren in…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council recommended on Monday night the sale of two properties that were part of the city’s fix-or flatten program. It also adopted a resolution to participate in a billion-dollar nationwide opioid settlement agreement. The city advertised in December 16 vacant lots that it owned were for sale, and it received…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted to amend a supplemental ordinance Monday night that will allow the allocation of additional funds to cover contributions tied to aircraft rescue and fire fighting, plus post employment benefits connected with retired city workers and money for the Quincy Public Library. Those funds, totaling a little more than…
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QUINCY — Improvements continue at Quincy Regional Airport as the City Council approve more than $400,000 in engineering contracts on Tuesday. Crawford, Murphy and Tilly (CMT) will oversee the engineering and planning to build a general aviation apron and roadway for a new corporate hangar that will have a total cost up to $310,600. The…
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QUINCY — Changes to the health and dental insurance policies for city employees must wait until next week. Aldermen waited until after an executive session meeting to public address three resolutions on the agenda for Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting. They approved a motion to combine the three resolutions into one. Aldermen then approved a…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy City Council will consider adopting an ordinance at Monday’s meeting that would pump $1 million into improving rental housing on the city’s west side. Aldermen heard the first reading for the Small Rental Rehabilitation Program (SRRP) at the Dec. 28 meeting. The plan would mirror the Downtown Rental Rehabilitation program that…
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QUINCY — Jason Priest has spoken before the Quincy City Council before, usually talking about nothing that pertains to the meeting at hand. But at Monday night’s meeting, Priest became more outspoken as he was complaining to Mayor Mike Troup that he wasn’t being allowed in the Adams County Courthouse. On December 22, Judge Robert…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners sent a request to the Quincy City Council to approve at its Monday meeting the expenditure of $9,000 to the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police to assist on conducting a police chief search. Alderman instead chose to send the request fo the police aldermanic committee.…
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QUINCY — Rob Copley made it through his resignation letter without shedding a tear. “That was very hard,” he said. “I actually surprised myself that I read the letter as well as I did without choking up at all.” After 42 years with the Quincy Police Department, with 18 as the chief of police, Copley…
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QUINCY — The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners has informed the Quincy City Council of its intention to reappoint Rob Copley as chief of the Quincy Police Department for a three-year term. Copley has been with the Police Department since 1980 and has been police chief since 2004. His last three-year reappointment was in…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Shari Ray, comptroller for the City of Quincy, wants to know what aldermen want to do with extra money collected during Fiscal Year 2022 before work on the Fiscal Year 2023 budget begins. Ray explained during a Finance Committee meeting held before Monday’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting how the city has an…
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QUINCY – The work that went into adjusting the City of Quincy’s ward boundaries was all for naught. A proposed map that would’ve slightly tweaked the boundaries, with Wards 2, 4 and 5 being the most impacted, was defeated at Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting. 2020 Census figures revealed Quincy’s population had dropped from…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council looked for the first time during Monday night’s meeting at an ordinance that Quincy Mayor Mike Troup says brings the city’s municipal code for video gaming licenses more in line with the Illinois Liquor Control Statute. “We’re not looking at creating additional revenues, but just maintaining and cleaning (the…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved Monday spending $973,171 for the city’s 2021 concrete repair project that consists of the patching of concrete pavement, fire hydrant replacement and new sewer manholes at six locations throughout the city. Jeffrey Conte, director of utilities and engineering, specifically mentioned the intersection of 27th and Cedar. Most of…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council awarded a no-bid contract of $60,000 to Klingner & Associates to “provide architectural studies, planning, conceptual design and cost estimating services for City Hall space allocation needs.” But as aldermen questioned Director of Utilities and Engineering Jeffrey Conte about the contract, a broader discussion developed regarding the possibility of…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup informed aldermen Tuesday night of his plans to hold a monthly meeting for people to learn more about issues the city is facing. The first meeting of “Lunch With Mayor Troup” is set for noon on Oct. 20 in City Council chambers at City Hall. “But bring your own…
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QUINCY — An amendment to the Code of Ordinances for the City of Quincy that would call for the mayor — instead of the three-person Board of Fire and Police Commissioners — to appoint and terminate the city’s police and fire chiefs raised a few eyebrows. The City Council chambers were filled for Tuesday night’s…
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QUINCY — Jeff Butler may finally have found a place for his business. The Quincy City Council voted Monday to accept the Plan Commission’s recommendation for a special permit for an office and shop for a water and fire damage restoration service at 3120 N. 12th, formerly the home of Outdoor Power Inc. Aldermen will…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The City of Quincy is ready to spend money to attract new workers after approving on Monday night a resolution authorizing the Quincy Workforce Relocation Assistance Program. The program, known as Q-WRAP, is designed to provide up to $5,000 in a one-time property tax rebate to people who live outside Quincy and buy…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council designated a home at 2200 York as a local landmark on March 29. A plaque presentation was made Tuesday by members of the Quincy Preservation Commission. The home, owned by Mike and Julie McLaghlin, is located within the Quincy East End National Historic District, which was added to the…
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New labor deal calls for raises, garbage/recycling pickup changes; Troup freezes new liquor licenses
QUINCY — Your garbage will be picked up every day but three during the next three years. The Quincy City Council approved adoption of a three-year agreement with the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, Lodge 822-District 9, concerning terms and wages from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. The employees at the…
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QUINCY — The City of Quincy is trying something different when it comes to filling potholes this summer. The Department of Central Services typically would send trucks throughout the city and patch holes with shovelfuls of a bituminous coal mix. “Yeah, the city has been doing that for 20 years, and it doesn’t work,” Quincy…
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QUINCY — As the Quincy City Council recognized the new, it also took an opportunity to say thanks to the old. Bernie Vahlkamp, who has been with the Quincy Fire Department since August 1997, was introduced as the next fire chief at Monday night’s City Council meeting. He was one of three finalists to meet…
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Kelly Mays was unanimously approved to be Quincy’s next alderman by the Quincy City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. The Council met on Tuesday this week due to the July 4 holiday. Mays was nominated by a 4-3 vote among Adams County Republican Central Committee members and that was forwarded to Mayor Mike Troup, who…
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QUINCY – At Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, one of Quincy’s three Police and Fire Commissioners gave an update on the search for the city’s next fire chief. Barry Cheyne, who is on the commission along with Kerry Anders and Steve Meckes, said the commission will spend part of next week conducting in-person interviews of…
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QUINCY — City Hall will be closed on Monday, July 5 in observance of Independence Day. City Hall will reopen Tuesday, July 6 for regular business hours. Central Services will be closed Monday, July 5. Garbage and recycling will not be picked up on Monday, July 5. The route normally picked up on Monday will…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council voted Monday night to table discussion about a proposed residential rental property registration ordinance, choosing to spend the next 2 ½ months to study the issue before aldermen review it in September. Seven people spoke to the City Council on Monday in support of the ordinance. Mayor Mike Troup…
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QUINCY — Michael Seaver, director of inspection and enforcement for the City of Quincy, brought Monday night to the Quincy City Council a proposed ordinance to establish a residential rental registration program. It wasn’t met with open arms. Mike Farha and Tony Sassen, 4th Ward alderman, both said they couldn’t support the proposal. Jeff Bergman,…
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QUINCY — Mike Farha looked at the nearly $2 million cost for sewer replacement for a three-block stretch on Oak Street, quietly shook his head and rubbed his eyes. “The reason I voted yes for it is that it has to be done,” the 4th Ward alderman said after Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting.…
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As expected, the Quincy City Council sent the proposed second location of Carter’s Coffee Bar at 7th and Broadway to the Traffic Committee. As reported by David Adam in Muddy River News on Tuesday, Alderman Jeff Bergman (R-2nd Ward) followed through on his proposal to table the issue for two weeks and send it to…
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QUINCY — Jeff Bergman believes the city only has one chance to get it right. That’s why he says he and fellow 2nd Ward alderman Dave Bauer plan to propose at Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting to table a request by Ciara Weese to build a second Carter’s Coffee Bar in Quincy, this time…
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QUINCY — The Two Rivers Land Bank, approved by the Quincy City Council on April 26, is designed to help find buyers for blighted properties for which owners are no longer paying taxes. “Our city’s goal is to have these properties get purchased before they get to the fix and flatten level,” city planner Chuck…
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