Rockford Sun

City of Rockford Finance & Personnel Committee met Oct. 26.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. INFORMATION ONLY

A. Contract Extension: Tire Collection and Recycling Service with Green Road Tire Recycling, of Rockford, Illinois. The annual amount of the contract is $50,000 (per unit basis). This extension is through 12/31/2021 based on vendor's excellent performance and responsiveness during 2020.

B. Financial Discussion - September 2020

III. RESOLUTIONS

A. Award of Bid: 607 Walnut Street Fire Clean-Up to Northern Illinois Service, of Rockford, Illinois in the amount of $231,825.00. The funding source is Sanitation Funds.

B. Award of Bid: Well 13 and Well 31 HMO Room Buildout to Larson & Larson Builders Inc., of Loves Park, Illinois in the amount of $438,500.00. The project is estimated to be completed March 26, 2021. The funding source is Water Replacement Improvement Account (WRIA).

C. Award of Bid: East State Street Water Main Relocation to N-TRAK Group, of Loves Park, Illinois in the amount of $945,670.50. The project is estimated to be completed by May 28, 2021. The funding source is Water Replacement Improvement Account (WRIA).

D. Acceptance of Administration of Children and Families, Office of Head Start Supplemental COLA and Quality Improvement Grant Award.

E. Award of RFP: Camera Expansion Program to Montel Technologies LLC, of Rockford, Illinois in the amount of $247,970.00. The funding source is Police Department Operating Budget.

F. Proposed Resolution to Rebate Fifty Percent of Liquor License fee for bars and restaurants as a business assistance program for those bars and restaurants with a liquor license for the sale of liquor by the drink including beer and wine by the drink.

G. Proposed Cannabis Fund Resolution - creating a Cannabis Fund utilizing the 3% local tax on cannabis sales for the purpose of funding programs for economic and business development; education; youth programming; job training; health; or other financial assistance to individuals, businesses, and communities within the City of Rockford that have been disproportionately impacted by cannabis-related laws.

H. Agreement between the City of Rockford and Rosecrance for the Co-Responder Program.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

A. Vouchers in the amount of $5,865,997.25

B. Proposed Sale of City-owned Property at 1123 7th Street (PIN 11-26-477-003) to Ricky L. Davis in the amount of $3,000.00. The buyer is planning on refurbishing the home and selling it.

C. 2020 Proposed Property Tax Levy Ordinance prepared by the Finance Director and accepted in the amount of $55,568,892 for the levies in the Corporate, Police Protection, Police Pension, School Crossing Guards, Fire Protection, Fire Pension, Street and Bridge, Judgments, Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Public Library, Public Library Maintenance of Buildings, Illinois Municipal Retirement, Unemployment Compensation, Worker's Compensation, and Auditing Funds. The final City levy amount will be approximately $47,164,495.

D. Approval of 2021 Fee Schedule

E. Approval of Agreement between the City of Rockford and Edward Rose and Associates, LLC 5055 Linden Rd. - Beacon Hills for the placement of necessary equipment for the use of cameras at Beacon Hills.

F. Approval of Agreement between the City of Rockford and Occidental Development, LLC 4801 Linden Rd. - Great Oaks for the necessary placement of equipment for cameras at Great Oaks.

ADJOURNMENT

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