OPENPUBLICA · PUBLIC MEETING RECORD
Record of Proceedings

Quincy City Council Meeting - September 15, 2025: Flock Cameras, Proclamations, and Public Library Concerns

City CouncilMonday, September 15, 2025
BodyQuincy, Illinois
SessionCity Council
DateMonday, September 15, 2025
StatusFILED
Video Record

STREAMING COPY IN PREPARATION — RECORDING AVAILABLE FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE

Transcript — Verbatim
0:08

I know that was any federal government to say from 1991 to 1999 by disclosing and special country diagnosis earlier this year.

0:26

We still had a effort that requires any bodies to have talent things.

0:36

And he believed the last time to support the state's libraries.

0:41

Before we begin to make money, please go on a moment of hours upon him and all those who've left all of the name.

1:16

We saw and had things that I can have to not want to take them.

1:21

And that kind of thoughts inside of us.

1:32

And they stay here.

1:34

But fear does not define us.

1:40

What defines country is because we made together as a calendar.

1:45

They left the meet, it was not about real red.

1:48

It was about believing we could do better together.

1:51

That is who we are, that is our friend.

1:55

We could not ignore what has happened, but we can decide what comes next.

2:00

The promise of America and the promise of Pinky is that no one measures their voice when someone else speaks.

2:37

That is the very case of the strength of the community and as a country.

2:41

Although we still not stay in acting, as schools are sitting in the police department work together to prevent a tragedy.

2:49

And in one moment, there have stood with me, a video has circulated in social media replacement.

3:07

That is the kind of humanity that was driving forward.

3:16

For others, it is for safety, for others, it is a time line or even skill bump.

3:22

All of it is real because it affects the lives of people in county.

3:26

And the what we can know this, we are being heard.

3:30

The city and the county will continue to work together on voters.

3:34

And we will do a better data, keeping them funded by sending updates to the media and the social platforms.

3:55

And together, right now we are moving forward.

4:29

And with that is time for care or self-infection, which I think is coming over to Buddha and Cal 2.

5:00

time for care of the fact that I mean so I wouldn't pass five and two lands um three body we are all the old we spend in some money believe it's playing well it can just win the world because we do that it but it told it to tell us that do you think for the body still you should be so if you should do it didn't we do this would be deep so that will not be true I would have to keep all very quick and it's coming to people and somebody like I need to tell you this and nothing I know that be there.

6:59

He's really cool and we can do to be messed up money you can tell you if you know what I think what it did before being mutual just to be I don't know if you know this in the case.

7:51

Okay and now we have a very cut of this I got to interback and paint is I can call and just know and call it some people at the North university after now and uh county called and apparently I work very close to the name in town but then get uh if uh time to have to go to uh start up a tank into community and uh time to get a pattern uh things and he told me about this and I wanted to see how it worked so I can tell uh we have a country with any part comes to us it has our county two hundred thousand people living in uh in our town is the big one it's in the comments of the fire 13 million people that look in our time it's nice to you and take more time from you have to thank you uh possibility to be here today and to me the way you work and we have a pattern well the condition of nothing able to afford is the question to file a clean battery to keep babies and have things unhappy attack the happen what is having anything and I think

10:00

uh possibility to be here and there and to meeting here the way you were and uh really um thank you um we have a cloud formation whereas both we need the condition of not being able to afford a statistic supply a clean doctors to keep babies and parents being happy to adjust that the health and mobile is having another families and as national five days and we should have we put near one two and we're starting with Python Me and 480 families and I can double get on the available supply and there's no pay starting with Barb into five days of work each month even insufficient supply of diapers and where without north papers babies in power was infected and have problems that may require market attention and parents maybe too bad from the special meeting for the work of four thereby stabilizing the family economic prospects and well being and for people now about recognize that both and me is a public health issue and addressing Bitcoin me can make the economic community the family and pay cost of children and as PCA is targeted home to the cost of community based organization covered by bank that recognizes the importance of data and best distributing data optimist and as data bankable wall is the point families in advance our local is the economic work.

11:45

Now therefore I have November maybe the city of PenC on behalf of the city council and the citizens of Pinto and hereby in the week of September 15th to September 24th as national paper awareness week and I'd like to learn from Patton Bank and I'm not going to check the Papon uh what's in the white then I think it's a very people want to uh make aware that this is battle national awareness appeared to we have um three we want to find this year and then we'll have to be collecting backwards well to be warm down but we're okay with that we have a time to come out and donate pretty bad a while a different how we would work as we should I want to allow us to have our double both out of the market they do not have to meet them that allows us to be for all of our money that we receive based to work in control.

13:44

And I like to think all the problems that we have in our board members and I do have a problem um even so that we think the data the distributed approaching so we got the file and three things maybe the first one together five and only working for them and I think so we have very good about things to come in the phone and most of our I want to mention two other performations we've had this week.

15:00

September 14th, 1814 in Baltimore now, and the tablet consists part T but needs to bombardment of Port McClendon while being had on a business set.

15:21

And also September Stand marks the 237th anniversary and the document of the US Psychic.

15:31

So week when September 17th and September and the phone.

15:37

So basically two populations are the new order 475.

15:49

And then next we have a presentation on the five-file system.

16:15

So this week I wonder do the presentation on the license that we can get in the city of PC.

16:26

If you have the questions on the fact that this pretty quick also have state community with a nice thing to be called after the property.

17:23

And the tax and soft photographs are to the back of the vehicle.

17:27

What is the office that we will come and not do?

17:48

What is a platform processing do?

17:52

Unless the pictures are taken by the camera, the best error is to let the program.

20:03

If there's no way after the pace identified, the information is simply available for search for the next 30 days, after which it is fundamentally bleeding.

20:24

Allows office the state make my own toll people to find a previously unknown license plate.

20:38

And it provides evidence to help officers take this piece together information to solve time.

20:56

The last 30 days, only action state unit payments released by the Punch of Police Department or CAPE.

21:02

Some of these how many taxes we've had in the last 30 days.

21:44

Keep in mind that that one location and it's only phase, there's no processing of any data, no one in the license plate, and nobody can look through the pictures statistically later on.

22:08

That's before any benefit time instruments, uh pension cost or anything like that.

22:24

So basically for the price this year of a new police officer, which is the point term is going to a year.

22:31

By most year, the cost of the one year after goes up to $670,000.

22:50

So the going on passing out the investigation resulted in the uh walking in ISO investigation resulted in multiple arrests.

22:58

We were able to crack a test that between preaching and take the start with participating and home third.

23:06

Then there's allowed us to make an identify a nationwide mission and staff suspect that we open it.

23:12

We were able to make an arrest on.

23:14

Identify a driver is present in the fact that the coding, that case recently noted a 50 new uh IDSP sentence to the state came back.

23:24

We located the suspect vehicle in West Captain and case we recovered five children who are documented in the studio tension.

23:32

We were able to identify a real vehicle that was used in a home in person kidnapping case, but maybe the rest of multiple suspects.

23:44

We notified the West Thomas authorities and the individual direction.

23:48

Out of past that vehicle was identified as the person who photos is drawn from a local high B store or multiple arresting.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Procedural███████████████████████████████31%
Public Safety███████████████████19%
Public Engagement████████████████16%
Libraries And Community Services████████████12%
Public Health Awareness████████8%
Technology and Innovation███████7%
Community Engagement████4%
Historic Preservation███3%
Summary of Proceedings

Quincy City Council Meeting - September 15, 2025

The Quincy City Council met on September 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM in Council Chambers. The meeting opened with a prayer/self-reflection, pledge of allegiance, and roll call. Presentations included an introduction of a visitor from Buenos Aires and an update on the Flock camera system by Chief Adam Yates. The council issued proclamations for National Diaper Need Awareness Week (September 15–21), Star Spangled Banner Day (September 14), and Constitution Week (September 17–23). The consent agenda and several ordinances were approved or advanced.

Presentations

  • Visitor from Buenos Aires, Argentina: Lucia Ransenburg, Professor of Law, was introduced. She spoke briefly about community cooperation and the importance of security.
  • Flock Camera Update – Chief Adam Yates presented an update on the city's Flock automated license plate reader cameras. He reported that since deployment in June 2023, the cameras have assisted in numerous investigations, including locating missing children (five recovered from Wisconsin), identifying a nationwide kidnapping suspect, and solving retail theft cases. The system retains data for 30 days unless preserved as evidence (compared to the Illinois state police's 90-day retention). Yates recommended a two-year contract to lock in pricing: $56,250 to maintain 24 existing cameras and relocate five to more beneficial positions, for a total of $120,750 over two years. Council members expressed strong support, citing the system's value in solving high-profile cases.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Library Book Concern – A member of the public spoke against the book This Book is Banned (referred to as "this book is buried by Galton"), stating it contains explicit language and content inappropriate for children. He argued it should not be in the children's section and questioned library management and budget use. He urged the council to review the Quincy Public Library's budget.
  • Support for Library – Another speaker countered that the book's criticism is a politically motivated attack on free speech and diversity. He stated that most "banned" books are merely moved to appropriate sections and that the library should support diverse materials.

Consent Calendar

The following items were approved by a single motion (all considered routine):

  • AirMedCare Network: Permission for Air Evac helicopter landing at Blessing Reiman for Teddy Bear Clinic on October 5, 2025, with Quincy Fire Department securing the landing zone. (Ward 3)
  • VFW Post 5129: Permission to conduct a raffle and waiver of bond requirement through August 30, 2026.
  • Traffic Commission Report: Extension of the 2-hour parking zone on north side of Spring Street from North 12th to North 13th Street. (Ward 2)
  • Sales Tax Report: June 2025 – $1,199,700.41 (general) and $1,146,263.30 (home rule).
  • Annual Report: Quincy Public Library for May 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025.
  • Mayor's Appointments:
    • Reappointment of Elaine Davis to the Quincy Housing Authority Board (5-year term effective October 1).
    • Appointment of Ad Hoc Yard Waste Recycling Committee: Greg Fletcher, Tony Sassen, Laura McReynolds, Jeffery Conte, John Schafer, May Ann Ervin, and Dan Brink (to consider renewal expiring April 2026).
  • Resolutions:
    • Approval of $20,700 invoice from Hawkins, Inc. for 9,200 lbs. of polymer.
    • Approval of $23,204.09 invoice from Richards Electric Motor Co. for emergency pump repair at Water Treatment Plant.
    • Approval of $11,570.91 invoice from Richards Electric for replacement of failed equipment controls at Waste Water Treatment Plant.
    • Approval of $14,928.89 invoice from Richards Electric for emergency electrical repair at Waste Water Treatment Plant.
    • Resolution accepting donation of American flags and flagpoles for Quincy Regional Airport entrance.

Discussion Items

  • Ordinances (presented and considered):

    • 16a. Jurisdictional Transfer of Roadway – Ordinance authorizing transfer of Seminary Road, east edge of North 12th Street, and a portion of North 18th Street (50' north of Seminary Road southerly to south edge of Locust Street) into the city street system. (Ward 1)
    • 16b. Zoning Variation – Ordinance granting a variation for construction of a garage and porch encroaching required yard setback at 1503 Maas Road. (Near Ward 5)
    • 16c. Business District Tax – Second presentation of ordinance establishing and imposing taxes for the 54th Street Business District. (Ward 3)
    • 16d. Special Use Permit for Planned Development – First presentation of ordinance granting a special use permit for a maternity house for up to four pregnant mothers at 1603 Center Avenue. (Ward 1)
  • New Business – An update was provided on the failure of a 23-year-old piece of broadcasting equipment used for live-streaming council meetings. The city is working on a solution and will keep the public informed. Also, a council member thanked public works for cleaning up a nuisance property.

Key Outcomes

  • Consent agenda was approved unanimously.
  • The Flock camera update was received with appreciation; no formal vote was taken on the contract proposal, but the council indicated strong support to continue and expand the system.
  • Ordinances 16a and 16b were adopted (based on agenda listing and council action). Ordinance 16c advanced to a final reading; Ordinance 16d was introduced for the first time.
  • The council will consider appointments for an ad hoc sewer/solid waste relations committee in upcoming meetings.
  • The city will provide updates on broadcasting repairs.

Meeting Transcript

I know that was any federal government to say from 1991 to 1999 by disclosing and special country diagnosis earlier this year. We still had a effort that requires any bodies to have talent things. And he believed the last time to support the state's libraries. Before we begin to make money, please go on a moment of hours upon him and all those who've left all of the name. We saw and had things that I can have to not want to take them. And that kind of thoughts inside of us. And they stay here. But fear does not define us. What defines country is because we made together as a calendar. They left the meet, it was not about real red. It was about believing we could do better together. That is who we are, that is our friend. We could not ignore what has happened, but we can decide what comes next. The promise of America and the promise of Pinky is that no one measures their voice when someone else speaks. That is the very case of the strength of the community and as a country. Although we still not stay in acting, as schools are sitting in the police department work together to prevent a tragedy. And in one moment, there have stood with me, a video has circulated in social media replacement. That is the kind of humanity that was driving forward. For others, it is for safety, for others, it is a time line or even skill bump. All of it is real because it affects the lives of people in county. And the what we can know this, we are being heard. The city and the county will continue to work together on voters. And we will do a better data, keeping them funded by sending updates to the media and the social platforms. And together, right now we are moving forward. And with that is time for care or self-infection, which I think is coming over to Buddha and Cal 2. time for care of the fact that I mean so I wouldn't pass five and two lands um three body we are all the old we spend in some money believe it's playing well it can just win the world because we do that it but it told it to tell us that do you think for the body still you should be so if you should do it didn't we do this would be deep so that will not be true I would have to keep all very quick and it's coming to people and somebody like I need to tell you this and nothing I know that be there. He's really cool and we can do to be messed up money you can tell you if you know what I think what it did before being mutual just to be I don't know if you know this in the case. Okay and now we have a very cut of this I got to interback and paint is I can call and just know and call it some people at the North university after now and uh county called and apparently I work very close to the name in town but then get uh if uh time to have to go to uh start up a tank into community and uh time to get a pattern uh things and he told me about this and I wanted to see how it worked so I can tell uh we have a country with any part comes to us it has our county two hundred thousand people living in uh in our town is the big one it's in the comments of the fire 13 million people that look in our time it's nice to you and take more time from you have to thank you uh possibility to be here today and to me the way you work and we have a pattern well the condition of nothing able to afford is the question to file a clean battery to keep babies and have things unhappy attack the happen what is having anything and I think uh possibility to be here and there and to meeting here the way you were and uh really um thank you um we have a cloud formation whereas both we need the condition of not being able to afford a statistic supply a clean doctors to keep babies and parents being happy to adjust that the health and mobile is having another families and as national five days and we should have we put near one two and we're starting with Python Me and 480 families and I can double get on the available supply and there's no pay starting with Barb into five days of work each month even insufficient supply of diapers and where without north papers babies in power was infected and have problems that may require market attention and parents maybe too bad from the special meeting for the work of four thereby stabilizing the family economic prospects and well being and for people now about recognize that both and me is a public health issue and addressing Bitcoin me can make the economic community the family and pay cost of children and as PCA is targeted home to the cost of community based organization covered by bank that recognizes the importance of data and best distributing data optimist and as data bankable wall is the point families in advance our local is the economic work. Now therefore I have November maybe the city of PenC on behalf of the city council and the citizens of Pinto and hereby in the week of September 15th to September 24th as national paper awareness week and I'd like to learn from Patton Bank and I'm not going to check the Papon uh what's in the white then I think it's a very people want to uh make aware that this is battle national awareness appeared to we have um three we want to find this year and then we'll have to be collecting backwards well to be warm down but we're okay with that we have a time to come out and donate pretty bad a while a different how we would work as we should I want to allow us to have our double both out of the market they do not have to meet them that allows us to be for all of our money that we receive based to work in control. And I like to think all the problems that we have in our board members and I do have a problem um even so that we think the data the distributed approaching so we got the file and three things maybe the first one together five and only working for them and I think so we have very good about things to come in the phone and most of our I want to mention two other performations we've had this week. September 14th, 1814 in Baltimore now, and the tablet consists part T but needs to bombardment of Port McClendon while being had on a business set. And also September Stand marks the 237th anniversary and the document of the US Psychic. So week when September 17th and September and the phone. So basically two populations are the new order 475. And then next we have a presentation on the five-file system. So this week I wonder do the presentation on the license that we can get in the city of PC. If you have the questions on the fact that this pretty quick also have state community with a nice thing to be called after the property. And the tax and soft photographs are to the back of the vehicle. What is the office that we will come and not do? What is a platform processing do? Unless the pictures are taken by the camera, the best error is to let the program. If there's no way after the pace identified, the information is simply available for search for the next 30 days, after which it is fundamentally bleeding. Allows office the state make my own toll people to find a previously unknown license plate. And it provides evidence to help officers take this piece together information to solve time. The last 30 days, only action state unit payments released by the Punch of Police Department or CAPE. Some of these how many taxes we've had in the last 30 days. Keep in mind that that one location and it's only phase, there's no processing of any data, no one in the license plate, and nobody can look through the pictures statistically later on. That's before any benefit time instruments, uh pension cost or anything like that. So basically for the price this year of a new police officer, which is the point term is going to a year.

SUMMARIZED BY OPENPUBLICA AI
TRANSCRIPT VIA PUBLIC VIDEO
openpublica.com