Quincy City Council
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…
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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…
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