Quincy City Council Approves Hiring Workers to Patch Streets
The city of Quincy is in the market for three new employees to help patch the city’s streets.
The Quincy City Council Monday night approved a supplemental budget ordinance, freeing up $335,000 to hire three concrete workers for the Central Services department.
City officials cited higher than anticipated sales tax and home rule tax revenues as the reason for being able to fund the additional workers.
The city hopes to have the new employees in place as soon as possible to begin patching streets.
The council also approved a nearly $76-thousand dollar bid for sidewalk construction on North 24th Street between Northbrook and Southbrook, with half the cost of the project to be paid for by the Friends of the Trail.
The main order of business of the Quincy City Council Monday night was to get the ball rolling on Quincy Regional Airport’s runway project.
The council approved execution of a $9-million supplemental grant and a $600,000 contract for engineering and planning services for phase one of the three phase project.
The U.S. Department of Transportation will cover 90 percent of the cost of the project, with the state and the city covering the rest.
The runway project involves the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the airport’s primary runway, the removal of its third runway surface and parallel taxiway and the reconstruction of another taxiway.
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Quincy City Council Approves Spending for Marketing Plan
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The council approved spending $625,000 on a marketing plan for workforce development and bringing top talent to Quincy.
A marketing firm from Jacksonville, Florida will develop a strategic marketing plan to go along with Quincy’s 45 by 30 plan to increase the city’s population.
Local business and industry leaders say there are currently about a thousand unfilled jobs in Quincy, with the possibility of that number growing to 3,200 by 2030.
Quincy City Council Approves Oakman as New City Clerk
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The Quincy City Council Monday night appointed current Deputy City Clerk Laura Oakman to take over as City Clerk January 1st.
Oakman replaces Jenny Hayden, who is retiring as City Clerk the end of December.
Hayden has been clerk since 2003, but recently announced she was retiring to spend more time with her family.
Oakman will be running unopposed for a full term as clerk in the spring consolidated election.