Quincy City Council
August 28, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Plan Commission unanimously approved a recommendation from the City of Quincy’s planning and development department for the proposed construction of a warehousing/distribution facility at 4301 Wismann Lane. The proposal now goes to the Quincy City Council, which will have an opportunity to vote on it during its Tuesday, Sept. 3 meeting. Assistant…
Read Full Article August 27, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Changes in leadership at Quincy Regional Airport will take place next week, and changes involving the airline fulfilling Quincy’s Essential Air Service (EAS) contract could also be coming soon. Interim airport director Tairu (Tai) Zong told the Quincy City Council during Monday’s meeting — the first at City Hall in 13 weeks because…
Read Full Article August 27, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Cleanup work at a former landfill at 36th and Koch’s Lane has been halted as city officials determine what to do after more trash was discovered than first thought. Director of Public Works Jeffrey Conte said after Monday’s meeting of the Quincy City Council that the property, the site of what once was called…
Read Full Article August 27, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Former Quincy Mayor Chuck Scholz explained some of the plans the Adams County Bicentennial Commission has for next year during Monday night’s Quincy City Council meeting at City Hall. Aldermen voted 13-1 to approve a disbursement of $30,000 from the city’s Economic Growth Fund to help support the commission’s efforts to mark the 200th anniversary of…
Read Full Article August 20, 2024 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher
QUINCY — It’s hasn’t been a Summer of Love for the Quincy City Council. After bouncing around various municipal locations around Quincy, the Quincy City Council meetings have primarily been held at the Quincy Public Library while renovation work continues at City Hall. After initially believing the renovations, which included asbestos removal and new carpet…
Read Full Article August 19, 2024 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher
Mike Farha has been a Republican alderman representing Quincy’s 4th Ward for 26 years. For most of that time, he has been a reliable advocate for his constituents, whether it was commercial encroachment on residential neighborhoods or taking care of stop signs, streets or sidewalks. As he enters the twilight of his political tenure, he’s…
Read Full Article August 13, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Corporation Counsel Bruce Alford told the Finance Committee during its Monday meeting at the Quincy Public Library that Adams County wants the City of Quincy to take jurisdiction of the intersection of 48thand State after aldermen voted on April 1 not to contribute $2.6 million to build a roundabout at the intersection. “That’s going…
Read Full Article August 13, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
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…
Read Full Article August 12, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy Preservation Commission voted unanimously last week to continue its review of a resubmitted application to make St. Boniface Church, 641 Maine, a local landmark despite a request from the Diocese of Springfield for the commission to determine that further consideration of the application is “not warranted.” An application for landmark status…
Read Full Article August 8, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
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)…
Read Full Article August 6, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
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…
Read Full Article August 6, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — If you thought your drinking water tasted funny on Monday, you weren’t alone in that opinion. Jeffrey Conte, director of public works for the city, says that bleach-like taste should be gone by Wednesday. “Yes, it’s safe to drink,” Conte said during Monday’s meeting of the Quincy City Council at the Quincy Public…
Read Full Article August 6, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Marty Stegeman, director of transportation for the city of Quincy, says the number of trip denials for paratransit, disabled and elderly service recently hit a rate that is “really unacceptable.” Stegeman reported to the Quincy City Council during its Monday meeting at the Quincy Public Library the number of trip denials by Quincy…
Read Full Article August 5, 2024 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher
If you want to spend at least $250,000, you can own a sturdy 13,000 square foot building smack dab in a residential neighborhood. At least a dozen people have kicked the tires on the Quincy Public School property at 20th and Hampshire (known as “The Bus Barn”) by touring and/or inquiring about the building, which…
Read Full Article August 1, 2024 | By Jami Miller
Approximately 4 weeks ago I attended my very first ever City Council meeting on July 15, 2024. I was there to voice my opinion and concerns of the conditions of our town frequently referred as “The Gem City” and our very poorly kept streets, roads, sidewalks, etc… This just makes me wonder…does our Mayor, the…
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 July 23, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, told the Quincy City Council during its Monday meeting at the Quincy Public Library that the shooting of a Springfield woman by a deputy with the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department was “difficult to watch and impossible to comprehend.” Sonya Massey, 36, called police to investigate…
Read Full Article July 16, 2024 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher
QUINCY — After the city tabled a proposed sales tax for an Omaha developer to build a new restaurant hub complex at 54th and Broadway, the Quincy City Council voted to create a new $1 million tax incentive to support the effort. The resolution will create the 54th Street Business Development District and impose an…
Read Full Article July 9, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council’s Finance Committee learned during Monday’s meeting at the Quincy Public Library that the city is close to settling all outstanding employee bills with Quincy Medical Group from 2022 and 2023. Former City Treasurer Linda Moore, now serving as a consultant for the city’s health insurance, said the city has…
Read Full Article July 2, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council isn’t expected to address again the proposed retail development at the intersection of 54th and Broadway until July 15, but one alderman appeared to show where he stands on the issue during Monday night’s meeting at the Quincy Public Library. A proposal from Omaha, Neb.-based developer Jim Otis to place…
Read Full Article July 2, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Adam Yates, chief of the Quincy Police Department, says his officers will enforce a simple rule about fireworks in Quincy during the July 4 holiday. “If it explodes or it goes up in the air, it is illegal in the state of Illinois,” Yates told aldermen at the end of Monday’s Quincy City…
Read Full Article June 25, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
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.…
Read Full Article June 25, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
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…
Read Full Article June 25, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved a low bid from Blick’s Construction for $143,413 for the demolition of the sludge dome building on Front Street during Monday’s meeting at the Quincy Regional Training Center. Director of Public Works Jeffrey Conte told aldermen the pump station inside the sludge dome building was built in 1980s,…
Read Full Article June 25, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
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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