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One bid received for five Colona lots
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Colona officials learned Monday that the city has received just one sealed bid for development of five of the eight lots at Greenview Addition. George McDanel bid the minimum for each of the five lots -- $25,000 for Lot No. 2; $22,000 for Lot No. 6; and $17,000 each for Lot Nos. 3,4, and 5. He also wants the city to waive water and sewer hook-up fees, but Mayor Danny McDaniel said he was not inclined to agree with that. "The way I see it is the lots are reasonable priced already," the mayor said Monday night. The offer must sit for 10 days to allow alternate bids. At their next meeting, the city council can accept the bid with a three-fourths majority or reject it with a simple majority. A builder would have to have homes built within one year. Also on Monday, Mayor McDaniel named Larry Swemline to chair a committee on possible uses for the former Church of God that the city now owns. Options include a senior center, a food pantry, a temporary community center or a concession stand off the back of the building, the mayor said. Council members will work with MAPPING members on the project; public meetings will be announced in the future. In other business: -- Council members on Monday also agreed to let Rock River Arms start test-firing guns at 8 a.m. instead of 9 a.m. "They have so much shipment going out, they have a problem getting it test-fired," said Ald. Mike King. "They said it would help them out tremendously." Mayor McDaniel said the city did get noise complaints years ago, but others said it would be no different than a nail gun going off before 9 a.m. -- Ald. Jack Richardson brought up electronic gambling, noting Colona could get 5 percent of revenue off the enterprise. Colona would have to create an ordinance to allow it. Ald. King said he knew of no organization seeking the devices. "All these other towns, businesses are coming to the council asking to do it," he said. "Are we jumping the gun?" -- Mayor McDaniel reported a resident has asked about driving golf carts on city streets. He said he had another town's ordinance on the issue and wanted to let the aldermen think about it. -- Alderman Swemline asked if the city had any recourse for an oil company charging 12 cents more per gallon in Colona than in a nearby town. Ald. Mary Carlson suggested he ask the company about it and report back to the council. -- Ald. Carlson noted asbestos is being removed from the former TK's Restaurant prior to demolition, and she said she believed the asking price is still $400,000. The city earlier made an offer which was rejected. -- The council voted to donate to the Colona Celebration on June 24. -- It was noted the city is allowing caregiver meetings the first Monday of the month, 5:30-7 p.m., at the senior center -- Council members noted Tennant Trucking has moved into its new location and La Hacienda restaurant plans to have a ribbon-cutting at noon July 10. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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