Davenport City Council tables three sidewalk, e-bike and chamber-agreement items to March

Davenport City Council voted Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, to table three agenda items — two proposed ordinances concerning motorcycles and electronic bicycles on public sidewalks and a resolution to approve a service-level agreement with a chamber-affiliated group — until the council—s next first-cycle meeting on March 5, 2025.

The action came after the presiding mayor asked for more time to allow corporate counsel and staff to gather additional information. "I think we're ready to, table. We just need more time, 1, for our corporate counsel and other folks to gather some more information and give us some more stuff," the mayor said before the votes.

The three items were: - A proposed amendment to Chapter 10.68 to add restrictions on the use of motorcycles and motorized bicycles on public sidewalks (first consideration). - A proposed amendment to Chapter 10.84 to add definitions and restrictions for electronic bicycles on public sidewalks. - A resolution to approve a new service-level agreement with the Grove Quad Cities, an affiliate of the Quad Cities Chamber.

Each item was the subject of a motion to table to the council—s "first cycle in March, that being March 5." A motion and second were recorded for each tabling motion and the council conducted roll-call votes. The city clerk announced the outcome for each item as "10 yeses," and each item was entered as tabled to the March cycle. The motions were recorded as formal council actions (tabled); no additional amendments or conditions were adopted at the Feb. 12 meeting.

City Administrator Maxheimer provided a brief administrative update earlier in the meeting noting routine items and thanking public works crews for snow response; his remarks were not part of the tabling motions. The council also approved the consent agenda by roll call later in the meeting; the clerk recorded the consent vote as unanimous with 10 yeses.

There was no extended debate recorded on the ordinance language or the service-level agreement during the meeting excerpt; the mayor framed the tabling as a request for staff and corporate counsel to return with more information. The transcript does not record further details of the proposed ordinance language, enforcement mechanisms, definitions for vehicle classes, or the financial terms of the service-level agreement.

The council adjourned after completing the listed business for the evening.

The meeting record shows the tabling votes and the consent-approval vote but does not specify the individual councilmember who moved each motion by name in the public roll-call sequence; roll-call confirmations for attendance and the recorded vote tallies were provided by the clerk.