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City of Peoria 419 Fulton Street Peoria, IL 61602 Agenda and Notice Tuesday, September 1, 2020 6:00 PM Special City Council Meeting 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 September 1, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE Governor JB Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-48, issued on July 24, 2020, continues to limit any gatherings of more than fifty people. Governor JB Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-44, requires that public bodies take steps to provide video, audio, and/or telephonic access to meetings. The CDC recommends social distancing of at least six feet between persons. City Hall is now open to the public with capacity and social distancing restrictions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To comply with these recommendations and requirements, the City is implementing the following changes and restrictions for the City Council Meeting on September 1, 2020, while complying with the spirit of the Open Meetings Act: • A City Council Meeting will be held on September 1, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers. • The City Council Meeting will be conducted in person with the members of the Council, Mayor, City Manager, Corporation Council, City Clerk, and Deputy City Clerk present. Plexiglass has been installed between desks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. • Department heads will be present in a room 404 in order to respond to questions from Council via a microphone. Department heads will be distanced six feet or more from each other in Room 404. • The public can physically attend the meeting, but in order to maintain social distancing guidelines there can only be 15 people from the public inside City Council Chambers at one time. There will be a wait to enter City Council Chambers once the public capacity of 15 people is met. Public comments can be made by those that are inside City Council Chambers. Due to room capacity limitations, the public is invited and encouraged to watch through the following channels: - City of Peoria live stream at http://peoriail.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=8 o YouTube live stream at https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofpeoriatv; - Television broadcast through local Channel 22; and - Radio broadcast through WCBU Radio. • Anyone wishing to make a public comment can do so by making their public comments live if they are physically present during the City Council Meeting. Members of the public are encouraged to send their comments to City Clerk, Beth Ball by 12:00 p.m. on September 1, 2020, due to room capacity restrictions. Public comments can be sent to the City Clerk, in writing, at bball@peoriagov .org or via fax at 309-494-8574. The email or fax should be labeled “Public Comment for September 1, 2020, City Council Meeting,” and we ask that you include your name and address. If a member of the public is physically present for the City Council Meeting and they already sent a public comment in writing to the City Clerk, then they will have the option to make that previously submitted written comment live instead of the comment being read by the City Clerk. • Media will be allowed to physically attend the meeting; however, due to capacity restrictions only one person from a media outlet will be allowed inside City Council Chambers. • Temperature screenings are required for access inside City Hall. Face coverings are required to be worn at all times inside City Hall. • The agenda, minutes and a video podcast or the meeting will be available online at http://www.peoriagov.org/city-council/meetings/. DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENT City Council/Town Board Meetings are wheelchair accessible. Individuals with hearing difficulties can City of Peoria Page 2 Printed on 8/28/2020 City Council Agenda and Notice September 1, 2020 request to use available FM auxiliary aids before or during the meeting by visiting the City Clerk ’s Office, Room 401, City Hall Building, 419 Fulton Street, Peoria, Illinois. Requests to receive an Agenda in an alternate format or other types of auxiliary aids and services must, when possible, be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office a minimum of 48 hours prior to the meeting. To contact the City Clerk’s Office, call 309-494-8565 (V). TTY users, call the Illinois Relay Center at 1-800-526-0844 (TTY) or 1-800-526-0857 (V). DATES SET: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2020, AT 6:00 P.M. SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING Regarding the 2020 - 2021 BUDGET RESTRUCTURING as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Other Business Matters, to be Held at City Hall, Council Chambers (Room 400), 419 Fulton Street, Peoria, Illinois. ROLL CALL INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – CITY OF PEORIA 20-221 Communication from the Mayor and Corporation Counsel with a Request to APPROVE the DECLARATION OF LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. 20-222 Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Establishing LOCAL CURE PROGRAM FINANCIAL SUPPORT CONDITIONS Authorizing the Mayor to Execute the Certification. 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. CITIZENS' OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNMENT All matters listed under CONSENT AGENDA are considered to be routine and non -controversial by the City 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 Consent Agenda. Citizens desiring discussion on any item listed under the CONSENT AGENDA should contact a City Council/Town Board Member or the City Clerk prior to the meeting and request that the item be removed for discussion. *CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS AN ITEM NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SHOULD CONTACT A CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ALL OTHER PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE HEARD UNDER CITIZENS’ OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD NEAR THE END OF THE MEETING. NOTE: THE ORDER IN WHICH AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED MAY BE MOVED FORWARD City of Peoria Page 3 Printed on 8/28/2020 City Council Agenda and Notice September 1, 2020 OR DELAYED BY AT LEAST 2/3 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. City of Peoria Page 4 Printed on 8/28/2020