Moline council approves package of routine contracts, grants and project awards

The Moline City Council on April 8 approved a series of routine resolutions, contracts and ordinances covering event grants, street and utility contracts, farm leases, surplus property disposals and financing allocations.

Council gave unanimous or near-unanimous approval to funding and procurement items that city staff said will support ongoing capital work and special events. Key approvals included grants to local festivals and sports organizers, purchase orders and construction contracts for the Seventh Avenue and other street projects, three one-year farm leases, and the reassignment of the city’s 2025 private activity bond volume cap to the Quad City Regional Economic Development Authority (CREDA).

The package included smaller community-support grants from the city’s special events fund: $1,500 for the Belgian Festival and $7,500 for the Quad Cities Classic pickleball tournament. Council also authorized a licensing agreement allowing outdoor alcohol and food service at Bass Street Landing for Stony Creek Caterers for the 2025 season.

On capital work, the council approved a $2,998,156.21 construction contract with Centennial Contractors on the Seventh Avenue Reconstruction (Fifteenth Street to west of Nineteenth Street) and related purchases including streetlight fixtures ($199,040.85) and a…