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Quincy City Council Meeting – September 21, 2026

City Council — Monday, September 21, 2026
BodyQuincy, Illinois
SessionCity Council
DateMonday, September 21, 2026
StatusFILED
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I'll be able to level the work development to a large control.

0:09

And I'll speak to work with this thing.

0:17

I believe it up to the other views.

0:28

Now that I'll do it for the two and console.

0:39

I've worked for what you're doing.

1:46

Well, you can just find out.

6:45

I want to do that something that's something that I think away from the work of the cloud.

7:21

At what point do we recognize the top of anything?

7:27

Meanwhile, people are working on that.

11:14

And you would like to find the ball.

14:22

You'll tell you five percent.

14:40

Is there anyone else who would like to speak with that in the bank?

15:00

And so I would specifically focus on two options of financial risk.

15:04

The public the previous control isn't about the 10 million dollars.

15:16

And then if we are just 10 million and all I would use.

16:53

Where will this reimbursement come from?

16:55

Finally all about what happens with dependents, tournaments, and checking other projects of revenue and the way I think that we just can't be new to the more.

21:51

And we have to have to be like this.

22:10

So we just have to talk about the one.

24:11

We would say that we will not speak.

29:37

So what can you think about?

29:45

What do you think?

29:47

Well, I think that's the way it's a meaningful.

30:23

And the public is not using that.

30:31

What's the responsibility of my depends on what project?

30:45

Thank you.

33:44

All of our things are just the way I think.

37:56

I want to take care of this.

40:19

And so we will now continue on with the consumption bundle and after the album.

40:26

I think any items on the consent data that you would like to see removed.

50:43

I think it's a five more and multiple.

58:01

And so we're still going to be moving.

1:00:07

And something five people.

1:03:18

And it's really important.

1:03:47

You can go to thinking that we can do it.

1:04:10

I don't think that's a money.

1:04:28

Also I'm going to be in mind.

1:04:37

And then we're going to come to the line.

1:04:50

And I'm going to have to have a big battle and take it.

1:05:00

Um also might be um something like this in the back of the back.

1:06:32

Okay, I mean that's a meaning.

1:06:52

I'm not going.

1:08:04

I think that's how it's like and take a map.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Procedural█████████████████████████████████████████████49%
Miscellaneous████████████████████████████████████████44%
Budget Equity Analysis█████5%
Fiscal Sustainability██2%
Summary of Proceedings

Quincy City Council Meeting – September 21, 2026

The Quincy City Council met on Monday, September 21, 2026, at 7:00 PM in Council Chambers at City Hall. The agenda included proclamations, a public hearing on a proposed $10,000,000 general obligation bond issue, public comment, a consent agenda covering licenses, special events, appointments, and resolutions, and regular agenda ordinances including the bond ordinance. No adopted minutes were available in the source material, and the raw transcript is partially unintelligible; therefore, final vote tallies are not fully confirmed.

Proclamations & Opening

  • September 2026 was proclaimed Workforce Development Month.
  • September 22nd was proclaimed American Business Women’s Day.
  • The agenda included prayer/self-reflection, Pledge of Allegiance, call to order, roll call, and approval of the minutes of September 14, 2026.

Public Hearing & Public Comments & Testimony

  • A public hearing was held on the proposed plan of finance for the issuance of city general obligation bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000.
  • One public commenter raised concerns about the $10 million bond proposal, stating they would focus on two aspects of financial risk, asking where reimbursement would come from, and questioning what would happen with tournaments and other revenue projects.
  • Public comment was limited to three minutes per person.

Consent Calendar

  • Quincy Brewing Company, 110 N. 6th, petitioned for a fourth quarter Live Entertainment/Public Gathering license for patio band events every Saturday from October to November 2026; the Quincy Police Department approved the application. Ward 7.
  • Quincy Art Center requested a special event permit for a mobile glass blowing demonstration on Friday, October 2, 2026, including closure of 6th Street from Maine to Hampshire Streets, the west half of Parking Lot I, and the west half of the alley between 6th and 7th Streets and Maine to Hampshire Streets from 12:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.; approval was recommended by the Department of Utilities and Engineering. Ward 7.
  • Tieraney Craig, owner of Quincy Brewing Company, requested a special event permit for a street party on Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., with closure of 6th Street from Maine to Hampshire Streets; approval was recommended by the Department of Utilities and Engineering. Ward 7.
  • NAMI of West Central Illinois requested a special event permit for a 5K fun run and 1-mile walk on Saturday, October 3, 2026, starting at All-America Park and using the east bike lane on Bonansinga Drive with cones and barricades; approval was recommended by the Department of Utilities and Engineering. Ward 1.
  • Traffic Commission reports recommended denial of: installing additional streetlighting on Jersey Street between 12th and 14th Streets; installing a streetlight in front of 1421 South 27th Street; and installing a “Yield” sign at North Branch and North College Avenue.
  • Mayor’s appointments included Jack Holtschlag to the City/County Ad Hoc Committee replacing Mike Adkins, Kirsten Johnson to the Quincy Public Art Commission, and Ken Sparrow to the Quincy Plan Commission, with the latter to be received and filed.
  • Resolutions listed for consent included: approval of a $12,484.50 quote from Brown Electric Company for emergency repairs of the airport’s primary wind cone circuit; approval to order a Ford F250 Crew Cab 4X4 truck from Morrow Brothers Ford Inc. for $55,766; approval of a $14,400 quote from Three L Construction for airport sidewalk repairs; authorization of a mural at 630 York Street; and authorization of tree purchases for the 2026 Fall Tree Planting Program.

Discussion Items / Regular Agenda

  • Bond Ordinance: the council considered an ordinance authorizing the issuance, sale, and delivery of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2026, in the amount of $10,000,000, providing for the levy and collection of an annual tax to pay principal and interest, and authorizing related documents; this was described as financing construction of the Clay Targets Sports Park.
  • Second presentation of an ordinance granting a special permit for planned development at 2081 Broadway for operation of a private coaching service. Ward 4.
  • Second presentation of an ordinance amending the district map: C1A to C2 at 1600, 1610, 1612, 1622, and 1624 Broadway; R2 to C2 at 1626, 1630, 1632, and 1700 Broadway. Ward 4.
  • Second presentation of an ordinance vacating a portion of Cedar Street from N. 27th to N. 28th and a portion of North 28th Street from Cedar to Cherry, related to Titan Wheel. Ward 3.
  • The agenda also included the report of the Finance Committee, Mayor’s comments, new business, and adjournment.

Key Outcomes

  • The council heard the public hearing and then moved toward the consent agenda, asking whether any items would be removed; because the raw transcript is fragmented, official vote tallies and final adoption results could not be confirmed from the source material.
  • The source material included no adopted minutes, only the agenda and a partial transcript.

Meeting Transcript

I'll be able to level the work development to a large control. And I'll speak to work with this thing. I believe it up to the other views. Now that I'll do it for the two and console. I've worked for what you're doing. Well, you can just find out. I want to do that something that's something that I think away from the work of the cloud. At what point do we recognize the top of anything? Meanwhile, people are working on that. And you would like to find the ball. You'll tell you five percent. Is there anyone else who would like to speak with that in the bank? And so I would specifically focus on two options of financial risk. The public the previous control isn't about the 10 million dollars. And then if we are just 10 million and all I would use. Where will this reimbursement come from? Finally all about what happens with dependents, tournaments, and checking other projects of revenue and the way I think that we just can't be new to the more. And we have to have to be like this. So we just have to talk about the one. We would say that we will not speak. So what can you think about? What do you think? Well, I think that's the way it's a meaningful. And the public is not using that. What's the responsibility of my depends on what project? Thank you. All of our things are just the way I think. I want to take care of this. And so we will now continue on with the consumption bundle and after the album. I think any items on the consent data that you would like to see removed. I think it's a five more and multiple. And so we're still going to be moving. And something five people. And it's really important. You can go to thinking that we can do it. I don't think that's a money. Also I'm going to be in mind. And then we're going to come to the line. And I'm going to have to have a big battle and take it. Um also might be um something like this in the back of the back. Okay, I mean that's a meaning. I'm not going. I think that's how it's like and take a map.

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