Quincy Park Board
QUINCY — Chairman Tieraney Craig says the Quincy Riverfront Development Corporation’s plan to bury power lines along the riverfront is officially “on hold.” The corporation, which met Wednesday at the Quincy Boat Club, continues to wait to see if three taxing bodies — the Quincy City Council, the Adams County Board and the Quincy Park…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Riverfront Development Corporation already has $750,000 pledged for the burial of power lines along the Quincy riverfront. Corporation members now plan to go to three governing bodies in Quincy in early October to ask for $650,000 more. The $1.18 million project calls for the lines to be buried in Clat Adams…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park Board plans to move forward with the likely acquisition of the Paul Dennis Soccer Complex, 4201 State, after discussing it Wednesday night in closed session. Park Board President Jarid Jones said the seven commissioners directed attorney David Penn to look into acquiring the property. The Quinsippi Soccer League is no longer…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners’ lack of support for the proposed German Village Tax Increment Finance District doesn’t help the cause, but it doesn’t mean the project won’t happen. The city administration has proposed the establishment of the TIF district for the German Village area, which encompasses 14 square blocks and…
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QUINCY — Traveling youth sports is a big business that Quincy has been mostly left out of for many years, primarily due to a lack of facilities. But some would like to see Quincy play catch-up and are willing to put their own money behind it. Darin Dodd of QTown Tournaments spoke during the public…
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QUINCY — A discussion about installing Wi-Fi service at Art Keller Marina eventually led to an informal vote Wednesday night by the Quincy Park Board to reaffirm its promise to keep the marina operating through 2025. During a report on the finance committee, commissioner Mark Philpot said one topic of interest was an expense with…
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QUINCY — Mark Philpot has a history of getting involved in his community, regardless of where he’s lived. He’s only lived in Quincy for three years, but he’s already the chairman of the Quincy Human Rights Commission, the public affairs officer for American Legion Post 37 and vice director for Together with Tri-State Veterans, a…
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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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QUINCY — John Frankenhoff has been here before. The Quincy Park District’s Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday night to give Frankenhoff a third term as president. He replaces Roger Leenerts, who served as president for the past year. Frankenhoff is the longest serving commissioner, elected for the first time in 2001. He served a lengthy…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $7.17 million fiscal 2022 budget Wednesday night. The figure represents a decrease of just under $185,000 from the FY 2021 budget and reflects a deficit of about $1.32 million, the result of planned spending of revenues and fund reserves to pay for capital…
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