Council approves permits, contracts and property sale in routine session

Quincy City Council approved a series of routine permits, contract amendments and a property sale during its Jan. 24 meeting and referred a petition on a proposed road vacation to the plan commission.

The actions, taken mostly by roll call with unanimous or near-unanimous votes, included approval of temporary special-event and raffle permits, a revocable encroachment permit for an underground force main, an amendment to an airport engineering contract, a change order for an ongoing technology implementation, a resolution authorizing a housing-officer agreement with the Quincy Housing Authority, and the sale of a city lot at 1516 Van Buren Street.

Council members said the items were largely routine approvals that clear the way for vendors and applicants to proceed with projects and events. The council referred one petition seeking vacation of an undeveloped road to the plan commission for review and took action to remove an outdated intergovernmental memorandum of understanding with the Quincy Public Library.

Among the items approved: - A raffle permit for St. Anthony Church’s Junefest, April 10–June 7, 2025; the city clerk recommended approval and the council carried the motion by voice vote. - A revocable permit allowing Clean Restoration (Jeff Butler) to bore a 2‑inch PVC sewer force main under city right-of-way between 3120 N. 12th Street and Highland Lane, subject to eight conditions including applicant responsibility for installation, maintenance, and restoration of disturbed areas; council approved the permit by roll call. - A special-events permit for the YMCA’s Kelly’s Fun Run on Sunday, March 16, with lane and intersection closures and barricading as described by the Department of Utilities and Engineering; council approved the permit by voice vote. - A resolution authorizing a housing-officer agreement between the Quincy Police Department and the Quincy Housing Authority for 2025; the council approved the resolution by roll call (13 ayes, 1 absent). The council record shows the housing authority reimburses a portion of the assigned officer’s salary and benefits (the police chief said the housing authority pays 55% of the officer’s salary and benefits). - A resolution approving sale of nonessential property at 1516 Van Buren Street to Ryan Sparks of Sparks Home Automation and Real Estate LLC for $10,000. Council amended the advertised terms to remove a 24‑month build requirement before approving the sale; the amended resolution passed by roll call (13 ayes, 1 absent). - A resolution terminating an old intergovernmental memorandum of understanding with the Quincy Public Library; council approved rescinding the outdated MOU by roll call (13 ayes, 1 absent). - An amendment to the previously approved airport engineering contract with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly (Springfield) to not exceed $35,000 for project costs; approved by roll call (12 ayes, 1 abstain, 1 absent). - A project change request from Tyler Technologies totaling $18,200 for additional project management and training tied to the city’s finance/payroll rollout; the council approved the additional funding by roll call (13 ayes, 1 absent).

The council also received and approved vouchers and departmental reports during the meeting and referred a petition by Michael Weisenberger seeking vacation of an undeveloped road (approx. 550 feet) bounded by Northbrook Road and Southbrook Road to the plan commission for review; the referral motion carried by voice vote.

The council recorded roll-call tallies on multiple items; where a roll call occurred the clerk’s record appended the counts (most frequently “13 ayes, 1 absent”).