The Moline City Council met in a joint Committee-of-the-Whole and regular Council session on April 26, 2024, to consider a wide range of items including awards, public comments, and several ordinances and resolutions. Notable actions included the approval of a $2.13 million ladder truck purchase, a $2.8 million redevelopment agreement for the former JCPenney building, and the advancement of an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance to second reading. A proposed amendment to alcohol sales regulations was tabled to May 7.
We do not have electronic attendance tonight, so we will move to roll call, please. Honor President Murphy. Present. Masias. Present. Rosak. President. Timion. Present. Finch. President McNeil. President. Castro. President Schmidt. Present. All right. We have one board appointment tonight. Mayor's appointment of Nina Little to the Mulline Commission on Youth to fill the unexpired term of Sarah Cross to expire March 31, 2025. Any questions? Okay, so we'll start with our presentations. Presentation of life saving award to Sergeant Tyler McLaughlin and Officer Tyler Lewis Bresnahan. Chief Call. Thank you, Mayor. The officers come forward. Appreciate you giving me an opportunity to recognize two very fine officers for some heroic deeds. On March 9th, 2024, at 612 p.m., the Mulane Police Department received a 911 call of a traffic crash. Officers discovered that a 1999 Chevy S10 had gone off the road in the 2700 block of 6th Avenue, flipped over and crashed, but was able to continue driving to the 200 block of 43rd Street. Officer Lewis Bresnahan and Sergeant McLaughlin arrived and observed a damaged truck parked in the roadway with blood all over the truck and the ground. The driver was laying on the ground just outside the driver's side door and covered in bright red blood. He was barely conscious and unable to communicate. The passenger was kneeling down over the driver screaming for help. Officer Lewis Bresnahan began to administer first aid. Police found the driver's left arm badly injured. The flesh from the driver's arm from the middle of the bicep to just below the elbow was gone, exposing bone and tendons. Sergeant McLaughlin quickly took out his tourniquet and handed it to Officer Lewis Bresnahan, who was now kneeling down on the driver's left side. He instructed Officer Lewis Bresnahan to put the tourniquet on and assisted in manipulating it around the driver's arm. Officer Lewis Bresnahan finished securing the tourniquet high and tight on the driver's arm, which ultimately stopped the bleeding before Moline fire arrived on scene. Officer Lewis Bresnahan then assisted Moline fire with loading the driver up on the gurney. The driver was still in critical condition and was transported to the hospital. It was later learned that during the crash the vehicle rolled onto the driver's side. The driver's left arm was out of the window and became pinned in the between the vehicle and the pavement, and his arm was dragged along the pavement with the vehicle on top of it for approximately 30 feet. While at the hospital, the driver had lost so much blood that the veins in his upper extremities collapsed. The phlebotomist had to take medical blood drop from his foot. The hospital staff loved the tourniquet that Officer Lewis Bresnahan had fixed on while the driver went through all of the testing. During this hospital staff was replenishing the driver's blood, and he was now conscious and alert. The driver ultimately had to be airlifted to another hospital. Officer Lewis Bresnahan and Sergeant McLaughlin showed tremendous courage and training throughout the incident. Their actions and ability to stay calm and work together through an extremely chaotic and stressful situation are admirable. The driver was already unconscious when the police arrived, indicating that it has sustained significant blood loss. A human can perish from arterial blood loss in as little as three to five minutes.