City Council
Regular MeetingPeoria, IL · June 23, 2020
Agenda
City of Peoria
419 Fulton Street
Peoria, IL 61602
Agenda and Notice
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
6:00 PM
Joint City Council/Town Board Meeting
Council Chambers
City Council
AGENDAS AND PROCEEDINGS ISSUED BY:
BETH BALL, MMC, OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CITY HALL, ROOM 401
(309) 494-8565
Agendas/Minutes and supporting documentation are available
online at www.peoriagov.org.
City Council Agenda and Notice June 23, 2020
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DATES SET:
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020, at 6:00 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARING Regarding the TOWN BUDGET and APPROPRIATION
ORDINANCE and ANNUAL MEETING of the TOWN BOARD OF TRUSTEES to
be Held at City Hall, 419 Fulton Street, Room 400 (Council Chambers), Peoria,
Illinois.
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, ETC.
Arbor Day
MINUTES
PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – TOWN OF THE CITY OF PEORIA
20-142 PUBLIC HEARING Regarding the 2020-2021 BUDGET for the TOWN OF THE
CITY OF PEORIA.
Anyone wishing to make a public comment can do so by sending those to the
Town Clerk Beth Ball by 12:00 noon on June 23, 2020. Public comments can
be forwarded to the Town Clerk in writing at peoriatownshipclerk@gmail.com or
via fax at 309-494-8574. The email or fax should be labeled “Public Comment
for the Annual Town Board Meeting” and we ask that you include your name and
address.
20-143 ANNUAL REPORT DRAFT (April 1, 2019, thru March 31, 2020), with Request
to RECEIVE and FILE.
20-144 RESOLUTION Consenting to the Employment of MESCHER, RINEHART &
REDLINGSHAFER as TOWN ATTORNEYS, with Request to APPROVE.
20-145 RESOLUTION for the Town of the City of Peoria Authorizing Township Officials
to Continue a LOSS CONTROL POLICY with TOIRMA and to Enter into a
CONTRACT OF INSURANCE, with Request to APPROVE.
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20-146 RESOLUTION Authorizing the Town of the City of Peoria to Enter into a
PAYROLL SERVICES AGREEMENT with ADP, LLC, with Request to
APPROVE.
20-147 RESOLUTION Authorizing the Town of the City of Peoria to Enter into an
AGREEMENT with the HEARTLAND CLINIC, with Request to APPROVE, and
to RECEIVE AND FILE the 2019 STATISTICAL REPORT.
20-148 RESOLUTION Authorizing the Town of the City of Peoria to Make a DONATION
to the CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE, with Request to APPROVE,
and to RECEIVE AND FILE the 2019 REPORT.
20-149 ANNUAL TOWN BUDGET & APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR 2020-2021,
with Request to ADOPT.
20-150 RESOLUTION Consenting to the Employment of CLIFTONLARSONALLAN LLP
as Outside INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, with Request to APPROVE.
20-151 RESOLUTION DESIGNATING INDIVIDUALS to Prepare the Budget and
Appropriation Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, with Request to
APPROVE.
20-152 RESOLUTION - Designating Time, Place, and Date of the 2021 ANNUAL
TOWN MEETING Annual Town Meeting, with Request to APPROVE.
PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – CITY OF PEORIA
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS BY OMNIBUS VOTE, with Recommendations as Outlined:
20-153 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Human Resource with a
Request to APPROVE the Renewal of PROPERTY AND CONTENTS AND
AUTO CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE INSURANCE with ALLIANT/MESIROW
INSURANCE SERVICES INC., in the Amount of $208,989.18.
20-154 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a
Request to APPROVE the First Amendment to MASTER PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT #18-369 (G) with FOTH INFRASTRUCTURE &
ENVIRONMENT, LLC., Authorizing an Extension, Not to Exceed the Amount of
$500,000.00, to Continue Engineering Services Throughout the City of Peoria.
(All Council Districts)
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20-155 Communication from the City Manager and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
with a Request for the Following:
A. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the City Manager to Execute a GRANT
AGREEMENT with NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL,
INC. for EDWARDS SETTLEMENT FUND GRANT AWARD Funding to
Enhance Stipend of 8 Cohorts of Peoria Corps Members from Summer
2020 through Summer 2024, in the Amount of $288,000.00;
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2020 - 2021
BIENNIAL BUDGET Relating to the Peoria Corp Grant Fund to
Recognize the Receipt of a Grant from the Edwards Settlement Fund, in
the Amount of $72,000.00, and the Corresponding Expenditures for Two
Cohorts of Ten Members.
20-156 Communication from the City Manager with a Request to APPROVE a
RESOLUTION of Proposed Matching Funding for the REBUILD ILLINOIS
GRANT, Allocating $150,000.00 for FULTON STREET PLAZA in the Downtown
Conservation TIF and $500,000.00 for NEW STREET in the Warehouse District
TIF. (Council District 1)
20-157 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community
Development with a Request to TABLE the Recommendation from the Planning
& Zoning Commission and Staff to Adopt an ORDINANCE Approving a
SPECIAL USE in a Class R-4 (Single Family Residential) District for a Place of
Worship including Multi-Purpose Recreational Space, Educational Programs,
Food Center, and Computer/Library/Recording Studio Space for the Properties
Located at 2100 - 2212 W. ANN STREET, 2121 - 2201 W. PROCTOR
STREET, AND 2302 W. ANN STREET, (Parcel Identification Nos.
18-18-228-001, 18-18-228-002, 18-18-228-003, 18-18-228-004, 18-18-228-005,
18-18-228-006, 18-18-228-007, 18-18-228-008, 18-18-228-009, 18-18-228-010,
18-18-228-011, 18-18-203-019), Peoria IL (Council District 1)
20-158 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community
Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the
Planning and Zoning Commission and Staff for the Following:
A. ADOPT an ORDINANCE REZONING Property from a Class R-7
(Multi-Family Residential) District and Class R-3 (Single-Family
Residential) District All to Class R-7 (Multi-Family Residential) , for the
Property Located at 3415 N SHERIDAN RD (Part of Parcel Identification
No. 14-29-428-005); and
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending a SPECIAL USE, for an Assisted
Living Facility, Ordinance No. 13,392, as Amended, to Allow For a
Building Addition and Grounds Improvements, with Waiver, for the
Property Located 3415 N SHERIDAN RD (Parcel Identification No. 14-29
-428-005), Peoria IL (Council District 2).
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20-159 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community
Development with a Request to Concur with a Recommendation from the
Planning and Zoning Commission to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving a
SPECIAL USE in a Class WH (Warehouse) Form District for a Waiver of Wall
Sign Lettering Size and Placement for the Properties Located at 1000 SW
ADAMS STREET (Parcel Index Nos. 18-09-356-012 and 18-09-356-006) Peoria
IL (Council District 1)
20-160 APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the CDBG
PUBLIC SERVICE ADVISORY COMMISSION with a Request to Concur:
Patrick Wilmington (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Elizabeth Birkey (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Farrell Davies (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Patrick Kirchhofer (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Brittney Ferrero (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Brett Kolditz (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Jada Hoerr (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2022
20-161 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the LIQUOR COMMISSION with a
Request to Concur:
Camille Coates (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2023
Mike Miller (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2023
20-162 REAPPOINTMENT by Mayor Ardis to the CONSTITUTION GARDEN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE with a Request to Concur:
Jessica Bastian (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
20-163 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION
with a Request to Concur:
Lisa Scott (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2024
Dennis Shoemaker (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2024
20-164 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the DOWNTOWN ADVISORY
COMMISSION with a Request to Concur:
Alma Brown (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Raymond Lees (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Jonathan Jenkins (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
20-165 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION
with a Request to Concur:
William Spears (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2023
Lynn Pearson (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2023
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20-166 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the MAYOR’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR THE DISABLED with a Request to Concur:
Sunny Olsen (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Doris Hayes (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
20-167 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the MUNICIPAL BAND COMMISSION
with a Request to Concur:
Denise Cooksey (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2023
James Hopkins (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2023
20-168 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the PEORIA CIVIC CENTER
AUTHORITY with a Request to Concur:
Robert Manning (Voting) Term Expires 07/1/2025
Matt Bartolo (Voting) - Term Expires 07/1/2025
Christell Frausto-Aboytes (Non-Voting) - Term Expires 07/1/2022
20-169 APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the PEORIA
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES with a Request to Concur:
Vivian Rutherford (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2023
Mandar Pattekar (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2023
Lucy Gulley (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2023
20-170 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the PEORIA HOUSING AUTHORITY
with a Request to Concur:
Helen King (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2023
Kim Furness (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2023
20-171 APPOINTMENT by Mayor Ardis to the PEORIA URBAN FORESTRY
ADVISORY BOARD with a Request to Concur:
Douglas McCarty (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2021
20-172 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION with a Request to Concur:
Robin Grantham (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Michael Wiesehan (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Edward Barry (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
20-173 REAPPOINTMENT by Mayor Ardis to the POLICE PENSION FUND BOARD
OF TRUSTEES with a Request to Concur:
City Treasurer Patrick Nichting (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2024
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20-174 APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the PUBLIC
ARTS ADVISORY COMMISSION with a Request to Concur:
Jennifer Gordon (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Richard Zuckerman (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Kari Burg (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
20-175 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the RIVERFRONT PROGRAM AND
POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE with a Request to Concur:
Leon Edwards (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2022
Patrick T. (Pat) Sullivan (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2022
20-176 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the SISTER CITY COMMISSION with a
Request to Concur:
Lori Birkland (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2023
Rex Linder (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2023
Kevin Sullivan (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2023
Melanie Coulter (Voting) - Term Expiration 6/30/2023
20-177 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
COMMITTEE with a Request to Concur:
City Treasurer Patrick Nichting (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2022
Council Member Zach Oyler (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2022
20-178 REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the TOURISM RESERVE FUND with a
Request to Concur:
Council Member Denise Moore (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2021
Council Member Denis Cyr (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2021
Marwin Spiller (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2022
Timothy Spears (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2021
Daniel Kouri (Voting) - Term Expires 6/30/2022
20-179 REAPPOINTMENT by Mayor Ardis to the ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS with a
Request to Concur:
Dorian LaSaine (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
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20-180 APPOINTMENTS and REAPPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the ADVISORY
COMMITTEE ON POLICE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS with a Request to
Concur:
Nikolai Greaves (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Nina Gougis (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Lorene King (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Rita Ali (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Demario Boone (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Terry Burnside (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Tyson Parks (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
Shalandra Burch (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
20-181 REAPPOINTMENT by Mayor Ardis to the HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMISSION with a Request to Concur:
Geoffrey Smith (Voting) - Term Expires 06/30/2023
FIRST READINGS
20-135 Communication from the City Manager and Assistant City Manager with a
Request to RECEIVE and FILE a FIRST READING Review of an ORDINANCE
Amending Chapter 18 of the CODE of the City of Peoria Relating to the
Creation of a VOLUNTARY BUSINESS REGISTRATION.
20-182 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community
Development with a Request to RECEIVE and FILE a FIRST READING Review
of a Recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission and Staff to
ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A, the Unified Development
Code, Relating to SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
20-183 Communication from the City Manager and the Corporation Counsel with a
Request to for a FIRST READING Review of an ORDINANCE Amending
CHAPTER 18, Article 14 and CHAPTER 3, Article 20 of the CODE of the City of
Peoria Pertaining to the SALE OF TOBACCO.
REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS, with Recommendations as Outlined:
20-184 Communication from the Mayor and Corporation Counsel with a Request to
APPROVE the DECLARATION OF LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY.
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20-185 Communication from the City Manager and Chief Innovation Officer with a
Request for the Following:
A. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the City Manager to Enter into an
AGREEMENT with THE EFFICIENCY NETWORK (TEN), in the Amount
of $2,066,963.00, for a STREETLIGHT UPGRADE PROJECT of the
City-Owned Streetlight System to Reduce Annual Energy and
Maintenance Costs Related to the System;
B. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the City Manager to Enter into a
FINANCING AGREEMENT with Either INB, N.A. or MUNICIPAL LEASING
CONSULTANTS (MLC), in an Amount not to Exceed $2,067,000.00,
with a rate not to exceed 4.00% and a term not to exceed Fifteen (15)
Years;
C. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2020 - 2021
BIENNIAL BUDGET Relating to the Capital Fund to Recognize the Cost
to Implement the Streetlight Upgrade Project, in the Amount of
$2,067,000.00, and the Corresponding Financing of the Project.
20-186 Communication from the Mayor and Council with a Request to APPROVE a
RESOLUTION Endorsing the Affirmation of SHARED PRINCIPLES between
the ILLINOIS NAACP STATE CONFERENCE and the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION
OF CHIEFS OF POLICE.
20-187 Communication from the City Manager, Director of Community Development,
Human Resource Director, and Police Chief with a Request for the Following:
A. APPROVE the COMMUNITY FIRST PILOT PROGRAM;
B. ADOPT An ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2020 - 2021
BIENIAL BUDGET Relating to the Transfer of Program Income
Generated by CDBG and BRP Programs, in the Amount of $45,000.00,
from the Capital Fund to the General Fund to Fund the Community First
Pilot Program.
20-188 Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director with a Request to
APPROVE a RESOLUTION Adopting an EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE to
Eligible Members of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Including but not limited to motions to reconsider items, if any, from
the previous Regular Meeting)
20-141 Communication from the City Manager with a Request to APPROVE a
VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE (VSI) for Non-Sworn, Full-Time
Employees.
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20-095 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Human Resources with
a Request to APPROVE and Authorize the Execution of a CONTRACT with
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES (RMA), in the Amount of
$38,850.00, to Administer the Fire Captain Promotional Examination.
20-125 Communication from the City Manager with a Request to APPROVE the
Recommended 2020 - 2021 BUDGET RESTRUCTURING as a Result of the
COVID-19 Pandemic. (Refer to Item No. 20-081)
NEW BUSINESS
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Council/Town Board and will be enacted by one motion and one roll call vote. There will not be separate
discussion on these items. If discussion is desired by a Citizen or Members of the City Council /Town
Board, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and discussed immediately after approval of the
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contact a City Council/Town Board Member or the City Clerk prior to the meeting and request that the item
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NEAR THE END OF THE MEETING.
NOTE: THE ORDER IN WHICH AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED MAY BE MOVED FORWARD
OR DELAYED BY AT LEAST 2/3 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT.
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