The Moline City Council held a combined Committee-of-the-Whole (COW) and regular Council meeting on January 26, 2024 (note: the agenda listed the date as January 23, 2024; the user instruction specified January 26). The meeting included an oath of office, a board appointment, public comment, approval of a PACE program ordinance, purchase of six excess I-74 bridge parcels, discussion of a road diet on 16th Street, consent agenda approvals, appointment of a new 6th Ward alderperson, and updates on the record snowstorm response.
I think two. Good evening, everyone. Welcome. We will start. I will call this meeting to order here at 6 p.m. in council chambers. I'm still trying to load our agenda on my screen, so apologies for that delay. We do not have any remote electronic attendance, so we move to our oath of office for promotional appointment of Edward Holt Camp to the rank of firefighter paramedic effective December 20th, 2023. Chief. Thank you, Your Honor. Uh, good evening, members, council. It's once again a pleasure to stand before you and introduce to you one of our new firefighters after he's successfully completed his uh probationary period. And up here tonight I have uh Eddie Holt camp. Firefighter Holt Camp was hired on August 31st, 2022. He grew up in Geneseo and graduated from Geneseo High School in 2016. After graduation, he spent time working various jobs before eventually getting hired by the excuse me, the Princeton Fire Department, where he uh received his basic firefighter operations uh training. Firefighter Holt Camp recently graduated from Blackhawk College Paramedic Program receiving his license this past December. We're very proud of him for that. And uh at this time, mayor, if you would like to join us and issue Eddie his uh oath of office if you would raise your right hand and repeat after me. I Edward Holtkamp. I Edward Holtkamp. Having been duly appointed, have been duly appointed to the position of firefighter paramedic. To the position of firefighter paramedic. For the fire department, which for the fire department for the city of Moline, Illinois. For the city of Moline, Illinois. Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear. That I will support the Constitution of the United States. That I will support the Constitution of the United States. And the Constitution of the State of Illinois. And the Constitution of the State of Illinois. And then I will faithfully discharge the duties. And I will faithfully discharge the duties. Of the position of firefighter paramedic. Discharge the duties of the position of firefighter paramedic. For the city of Moline, Illinois. For the city of Molene, Illinois. According to the best of my ability. According to the best of my ability. Thank you for training. I don't know. If I could get uh firefighter nicely green, call nice and green to join us up here. And he's asked uh that firefighter nice and green pin his badge on. Uh firefighter nicely green served as his mentor during this journey group. Oh yeah, we're watching. Well, thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. Welcome on board.