City Council
Regular MeetingPeoria, IL · December 8, 2020
Agenda
City of Peoria
419 Fulton Street
Peoria, IL 61602
Agenda and Notice
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
6:00 PM
Joint City Council/Town Board Meeting
Electronically via Microsoft Teams
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 December 8, 2020
PUBLIC NOTICE
Governor JB Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-69, limits meetings to the lesser of 25 persons or 25% of the
overall room capacity. Governor JB Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-07, as amended by Executive Order
2020-33, Executive Order 2020-44, and Executive Order-59 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 currently closed to the public. To comply with these
recommendations and requirements, the City is implementing the following changes and restrictions for the
City Council Meeting on December 8, 2020, while complying with the spirit of the Open Meetings Act:
• A City Council Meeting will be held on December 8, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. via Teams.
• The City Council Meeting will be conducted via Teams with the members of the Council, Mayor, City
Manager, Corporation Council, City Clerk, and Deputy City Clerk being remote.
• Due to the City Council Meeting being conducted electronically, the public is invited to watch through the
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• Anyone wishing to make a public comment can do so by sending their comments to City Clerk, Beth Ball
by 12:00 p.m. on December 8, 2020. 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
December 8, 2020 City Council Meeting,” and we ask that you include your name and address.
• The media may utilize the YouTube live stream for audio and video.
• The agenda, minutes and a video podcast or the meeting will be available online at
http://www.peoriagov.org/city-council/meetings/.
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ROLL CALL
INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, ETC.
120th Anniversary of Family Core
The Legacy of Bonnie Hester
Community Festival of Nativities
MINUTES
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PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – TOWN OF THE CITY OF PEORIA
20-284 REQUEST from the Town Officials to APPROVE the NOVEMBER 2020
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES and to APPROVE the DECEMBER 2020
ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES for the Town of the City of Peoria.
20-285 Communication from the Town Officials Budget Committee with a Request to
ADOPT an ORDINANCE LEVYING and ASSESSING TAXES for the Fiscal Year
Beginning April 1, 2020, and Ending March 31, 2021, for the GENERAL FUND
and ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT FUND of the Town of the City of
Peoria, Peoria County, and State of Illinois, in the Amount of $570,612.00.
20-286 Communication from the Town Officials Budget Committee with a Request to
ADOPT an ORDINANCE LEVYING and ASSESSING TAXES for the Fiscal Year
Beginning April 1, 2020, and Ending March 31, 2021, for the GENERAL
ASSISTANCE FUND of the Town of the City of Peoria, Peoria County, and
State of Illinois, in the Amount of $715,971.00.
PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS – CITY OF PEORIA
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS BY OMNIBUS VOTE, with Recommendations as Outlined:
20-287 Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel with a
Request to APPROVE a SETTLEMENT Involving a Motor Vehicle Collision with
BCJ SERVICES INCORPORATED, in the Amount of $79,952.00.
20-288 Communication from the City Manager and the Chief of Police for the SOLE
SOURCE PURCHASE of Eight (8) Panasonic Toughbook 55 Laptop
Computers, Eight (8) Extended Warranties for Panasonic Toughbooks, and
Eight (8) Havis Toughbook 55 Docking Stations with Combination Antennae for
Use in the Police Squad Cars from CDS OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES, in the
Amount of $34,373.00. (CDS Office Technologies holds the statewide
computer master contract)
20-289 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a
Request to APPROVE a CONTRACT with WASTEQUIP, in an Amount Not to
Exceed $22,629.30, for the Purchase of Seventy-Five Sixty-Gallon Dome Top
Litter Containers to be Used for Neighborhood Trash Cans. (All Council
Districts)
20-290 Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development
Director with a Request to APPROVE a Two-Year CONTRACT with C
LINDSEY SEALCOATING as the primary contractor and JIMAX as the backup
contractor to provide BOARD UP SERVICES.
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20-291 Communication from the City Manager and Assistant City Manager with a
Request for the Following:
A. APPROVE an INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (IGA) with
TOWN OF NORMAL, Illinois, to Participate in a Mortgage Credit
Certificate Program; and
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Authorizing the Town of Normal to
Exercise the Powers of the City of Peoria in Connection with the
MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM and a LOAN
FINANCE PROGRAM; and
C. ADOPT an ORDINANCE to Transfer $8,000,000.00 of PRIVATE
ACTIVITY BOND CAP ALLOCATION to the Town of Normal, for the
Mortgage Credit Certificate Program, and to Transfer
$3,695,740.00 of Private Activity Bond Volume Cap to the
Tri-County River Valley Development Authority for Private Activity
Bonds.
20-292 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community
Development with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of
Peoria 2020 - 2021 BIENNIAL BUDGET Relating to the Use of Eagle View TIF
Fund Balance, in the Amount of $82,032.00, Related to the Emergency
Demolition of 2728 WEST KRAUSE and 2902 WEST TREWYN.
20-293 Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel with a
Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Levying a SPECIAL SERVICE AREA Real
Estate Tax, in the Amount of $85,000.00, for the Tax Year 2020 for the
WESTLAKE SPECIAL SERVICE AREA.
20-294 Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel with a
Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Levying a SPECIAL SERVICE AREA Real
Estate Tax, in the Total Amount of $148,060.00, Against the Specified Parcels
as Described in Exhibit A, for the Tax Year 2020 for the KNOXVILLE JUNCTION
SPECIAL SERVICE AREA.
20-295 Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller with a
Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied to Pay
Principal of and Interest on GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE
BONDS, of the City of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois 2009 Series A, 2010
Series D, 2011 Series B, 2012 Series A, 2013 Series A, 2015 Series B, C & D,
2016 Series C, 2018 Series A and 2020 Series A & B and the Partial Abatement
of Taxes Levied to Pay Principal and Interest on 2014 Series A General
Obligation Bonds, in the Amount of $452,850.00; the Partial Abatement of Taxes
Levied to Pay Principal and Interest on 2016 Series A General Obligation
Bonds, in the Amount $242,935.00; the Partial Abatement of Taxes Levied to
Pay Principal and Interest on 2018 Series B General Obligation Bonds, in the
Amount of $444,387.52; and the Partial Abatement of Taxes Levied to Pay
Principal and Interest on 2019 General Obligation Bonds, in the Amount of
$835,415.00.
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20-296 Communication from the City Manager and the Fire Chief with a Request for the
Following:
A. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2020 - 2021
BIENNIAL BUDGET Relating the Capital Fund to Recognize the Receipt
of Insurance Proceeds, in the Amount of $333,031.00, and Purchase of
one (1) Fire Engine, and
B. APPROVE the PURCHASE of one (1) Fire Engine from BANNER FIRE
EQUIPMENT (E-One), in the Amount of $583,031.00.
20-297 Communication from the City Manager and Chief of Police with a Request for
the Following:
A. ACCEPT the FY2020 STRATEGIES IN POLICING INNOVATION (SPI)
GRANT from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) of the Department
of Justice (DOJ), in the amount of $516,123.00; and
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2020-2021
BIENNIAL BUDGET Relating to the Capital Fund to Recognize the
Receipt of Grant Funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance
Providing the FY2020 Strategies in Policing Innovation (SPI) Grant and
Corresponding Expenditures, in the Amount of $516,123.00; and
C. APPROVE a SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE of Real-Time Policing
Software, Linking of 5 Sources to the Software, and Yearly Maintenance
costs for 3 years from STREET SMART, in the Amount of $135,400.00
20-298 Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller with a
Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2020 - 2021
BIENNIAL BUDGET Relating to the EAST VILLAGE TIF HOUSING PROGRAM,
in the Amount of $142,039.00.
20-299 APPOINTMENTS by Mayor Ardis to the PEORIA CIVIC CENTER AUTHORITY
with a Request to Concur:
Christell Fraustos (Voting) - Term Expiration 2/28/2021
Lon Lyons (Non-Voting) - Term Expiration 7/1/2022
20-300 Communication from the City Manager, Treasurer and Finance
Director/Comptroller with a Request to RECEIVE and FILE the Month Ended
OCTOBER 31, 2020 UNAUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT.
REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS, with Recommendations as Outlined:
20-301 Communication from the City Manager and Assistant City Manager with a
Request for the following:
A. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2020 - 2021
BIENNIAL BUDGET Relating to the USE of SOUTH VILLAGE TIF FUND
BALANCE to PURCHASE Property at 210 S WESTERN AVE in the
Amount of $550,000.00; and
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B. APPROVE the PURCHASE of Real Property Located at 210 S
WESTERN AVE for Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000.00)
from the SOUTH VILLAGE TIF.
20-302 Communication from the Mayor and Corporation Counsel with a Request to
APPROVE the DECLARATION OF LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY.
20-303 Communication from the Mayor and City Manager with a Request to APPROVE
a CONSENT DECREE with the UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY and the STATE OF ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY.
20-304 Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller with a
Request to RECEIVE and FILE the RECOMMENDATION of the JOINT
REVIEW BOARD/URBAN DECAY TAX ABATEMENT BOARD to Adopt an
ORDINANCE to Establish the URBAN DECAY TAX ABATEMENT AREA.
20-305 Communication from the Mayor and Corporation Counsel with a Request to
ADOPT an ORDINANCE Imposing a FEE CAP for Third-Party Food Delivery
Services.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Including but not limited to motions to reconsider items, if any, from
the previous Regular Meeting)
20-182 Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development
Director with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending APPENDIX A
(the Unified Development Code) of the CODE of the City of Peoria Pertaining to
SHORT TERM RENTAL USES.
20-226 Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community
Development with a Request to WITHDRAW the Request to Adopt an
ORDINANCE Amending Appendix A, the Unified Development Code, Relating to
PARKING IN FORM DISTRICTS. (Council Districts 1, 2, & 3)
20-231 Communication from the Mayor and City Manager with a Request for the
Following:
A. APPROVE a RESOLUTION Submitting a Public Question to
Referendum Pertaining to the FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION TAX
(ADVISORY REFERENDUM), and
B. APPROVE a RESOLUTION Submitting a Public Question to
Referendum Pertaining to the POLICE PENSION TAX (ADVISORY
REFERENDUM).
20-244 Request by Council Member Riggenbach to REMOVE FROM THE TABLE Item
No. 20-244, a 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 to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving
a SPECIAL USE in a Class CN (Neighborhood Commercial) District for an
ASSISTED LIVING (Sober Living) FACILITY, for the Property Located at 2419 N
PROSPECT ROAD (Parcel Identification No. 14-34-327-009), Peoria IL (Council
District 3), and to Place this Matter on the January 12, 2021, Regular City Council
Meeting for Action.
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NEW BUSINESS
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
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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
OR DELAYED BY AT LEAST 2/3 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL/TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT.
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