Quincy City Council Regular Meeting - September 17, 2025

The Quincy City Council met for a regular meeting on September 17, 2025, at 7:00 PM in Council Chambers (based on meeting data; the agenda document is dated September 15, 2025). The agenda included presentations, proclamations, a consent agenda, and several ordinances. No transcript was available, so this summary reflects scheduled items only.

Presentations & Proclamations

• Introduction of visitor Lucia Ransenburg, Professor of Law, from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Flock Camera Update presented by Chief Adam Yates.
• Proclamations recognized National Diaper Need Awareness Week (September 15-21, 2025), Star Spangled Banner Day (September 14, 2025), and Constitution Week (September 17-23, 2025).

Consent Calendar

The following routine and non-contested items were scheduled for approval under the consent agenda:

• Petitions: AirMedCare Network requested permission for an Air Evac helicopter landing at Blessing Reiman east parking lot, Marx Road, for the Teddy Bear Clinic on October 5, 2025, from noon to 3:00 p.m. (Ward 3).
• VFW Post 5129 requested permission to conduct a raffle and waiver of the bond requirement from now through August 30, 2026. The City Clerk recommends approval.
• Traffic Commission: Recommendation to extend the 2-hour parking zone on the north side of Spring Street from North 12th Street east to North 13th Street (Ward 2).
• Sales Tax Reports: June 2025 sales tax $1,199,700.41; home rule sales tax $1,146,263.30.
• Annual Report: Quincy Public Library, May 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025.
• Mayor's Appointments: Reappointment of Elaine Davis to the Quincy Housing Authority Board for a 5-year term effective October 1, 2025; appointment of the Ad Hoc Yard Waste Recycling Committee (Greg Fletcher, Tony Sassen, Laura McReynolds, Jeffery Conte, John Schafer, May Ann Ervin, and Dan Brink).
• Resolutions:
  • Approval of invoice from Hawkins, Inc. for $20,700.00 for 9,200 lbs. of polymer.
  • Approval of invoice from Richards Electric Motor Co. for $23,204.09 for emergency repair of a pump at the Water Treatment Plant.
  • Approval of invoice from Richards Electric Motor Co. for $11,570.91 for replacement of failed equipment controls at the Waste Water Treatment Plant.
  • Approval of invoice from Richards Electric Motor Co. for $14,928.89 for emergency repair of electrical equipment at the Waste Water Treatment Plant.
  • Resolution accepting donation of American flags and flagpoles for installation at entrance to Quincy Regional Airport.

Ordinances

• 16a: Ordinance authorizing the jurisdictional transfer of Seminary Road (east edge of North 12th Street and a portion of North 18th Street, 50' north of Seminary Road southerly to the south edge of Locust Street) into the city municipal street system (Ward 1).
• 16b: Ordinance granting a variation from zoning regulations at 1503 Maas Road to allow construction of a garage and porch encroaching on required yard setback (City limits, near Ward 5).
• 16c: Second presentation of an ordinance establishing business district taxes in the City of Quincy 54th Street Business District (Ward 3).
• 16d: First presentation of an ordinance granting a special use permit for a planned development at 1603 Center Avenue to operate a maternity house for up to four pregnant mothers (Ward 1).

Key Outcomes

No votes or decisions were recorded in the available documents. All consent calendar items and ordinances were scheduled for action pending council deliberation.