Quincy council approves engineering bid, Granicus contract and multiple zoning and traffic items

At its Dec. 18 meeting the Quincy City Council approved a series of routine procurement, zoning and traffic items, including a low bid for major water and sewer work, a technology contract for meeting management and several plan-commission recommendations.

Engineering manager and the central services committee recommended accepting the low bid from Lavadeer Construction of Macomb, Illinois, in the amount of $796,338.90 for the South 18th Street (Adams to State) water and sewer improvements project; after discussion about the city's local preference policy for construction projects the council approved the resolution on a roll-call vote (14 ayes recorded in the transcript).

The city clerk, IT director and technology committee presented a five-year proposal from Granicus totaling $126,655.50 for agenda management and meeting livestreaming; staff said the platform will provide an archived, searchable meeting video and integrated agenda display and that $32,371.98 of the contract will be expensed in the current fiscal year. The council approved that resolution on roll call (14 ayes recorded).

The council also received and concurred with multiple plan-commission items: an amendment to Chapter 162 (zoning/site-plan review/commercial signage/accessory buildings), approval to subdivide one lot into two at 1300–1400 Harrison, and rezoning of about 1 acre on North 18th Street from M-1 to R-1C. Traffic-commission recommendations included a no-parking zone on Vermont Street and several denials of stop-sign requests where jurisdictional or engineering criteria did not support action.

Council considered and adopted a special-permit planned-development ordinance for 121 S. 20th after an amendment addressing lining and fencing; the ordinance as amended passed on roll call. Other routine finance reports (transfers, expenditures, payroll) were received and vouchers issued.

Where roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript they were noted; for items where a precise final tally was not specifically read into the record the minutes record adoption as shown in the official roll call.