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Don Canada - Mayor | City of Metropolis

By Philip Gonzales

Jan 28, 2025

City of Metropolis City Council met Jan. 27.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

 ROLL CALL

 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – please stand and remain standing through the prayer.

 PRAYER

 APPROVAL OF MINUTES (1.13.25)

 CITIZEN & VISITOR REQUEST

 MAYOR’S REPORT

a) Motion to hire summer help for Street Department.

b) Motion to accept or reject entering into an agreement with Pyrotecnico Fireworks, Inc. for fireworks display on Saturday, July 5, 2025.

c) Motion to approve road closure on Front Street from Metropolis Street to Frelinghuysen for Saturday, July 5, 2025, to host the Fourth of July fireworks.

d) Motion to hire City Pool staff.

e) Motion to approve payment to Crockett Howard Properties for a completed Business Improvement Grant project at 104 West 7th St for a new exterior door for $2,187.50.

f) Motion to pass the approval of a co-locate for cannabis-infused products to BLOC Dispensary per Ordinance 2019-28 adopted on December 23, 2019.

g) Motion to adopt an ordinance amending the city code to permit solar energy farms as a special principal non-residential use within the agricultural and industrial zoning districts.

h) Motion to adopt an ordinance amending the city code to permit governmental entities to be eligible for ground-mounted solar energy systems as a special accessory use in any zoning district.

 CORPORATE COUNSEL REPORT

a) Motion Adopt An Ordinance Authorizing Sale Of Municipally Owned Real Estate 1017 Simmons Street.

b) Adopt An Ordinance Approving A Redevelopment Agreement By And Between City Of Metropolis And Jones Building LLC

c) Adopt An Ordinance Approving A Redevelopment Agreement By And Between City Of Metropolis And D.C. Management, LLC And Darren Tockstein And Corey Bowman

 DEPARTMENT HEADS

 OLD BUSINESS

 NEW BUSINESS

 MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS

 FINANCIAL REPORT

 Payment of Salaries, Payroll, and Contract Bills

 Payment of Miscellaneous Bills

 EXECUTIVE SESSION

 Pending Litigation

 Threatened Litigation

 Personnel

 Collective Bargaining