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Corporation Counsel summarized the inventory work and pointed out that many signs are redlined in the inventory because they no longer meet current code standards. \"Most of our signs are legal nonconforming,\" the counsel said, explaining that the council’s past zoning and comprehensive-plan changes reduced locations where billboards are allowed while many legacy signs remained in place.

Staff told the council the inventory includes photographs, property-owner information and code-conformity notes for each sign. The city does not currently perform annual inspections of off-premise advertising structures; staff said they will prepare proposed inspection requirements, a permit-fee schedule to cover inspection costs and staffing recommendations and return to council in the coming weeks with a draft regulatory approach.

Councilmembers asked for a concise summary of current ordinance provisions (monopoles, landscaping, separation, and double-stacked structures) when staff returns. A council vote to receive and file the inventory passed unanimously.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Peoria City Council Meeting August 12, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City staff delivered an updated inventory of off-premise advertising structures and said most existing billboards no longer conform with current ordinances. Staff will return with proposed inspection rules, permit fees and a regulatory scheme for annual oversight.","taxTitle","Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois","taxId",2826,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6138872,"Auditor issues clean opinion on Peoria 2024 financial statements; ARPA accounting required extra procedures",375,639000,1014000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5582006-44415bb93d06319f7676a8883b09507d&start=639&end=1014","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5582006-44415bb93d06319f7676a8883b09507d/thumbnail_639000.jpg","/articles/6138872/Peoria/Peoria-County/Illinois/Auditor-issues-clean-opinion-on-Peoria-2024-financial-statements-ARPA-accounting-required-extra-procedures","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6138872-6cc3e0811e30ab8258455bec4740d6c1/orig.mp4?Expires=1771149714&Signature=Kr7jJ2uXxELoYUYWtS6WVoS1seRkw4zw2f7VPun8f1l4IgHMCyNhLi1sGhr8fSm3KEUi8IuxH2ECQJyvj16Bg~U58cEy98eVP07NRuA-oh~tkItcCn-0nopYmc6Lr2oLm6Uyj5G-~LfOEV6Fp-zud~H805Jmor5W-h~IEaZpvTxA-v86Nb55LqEQMqz6Q-57ueFvFkPMds6tSb0hRMJQVD6AaxEZo~VG6Q-p4vQMiNKk6JQN2i~1fzjIyWJYPSn7~Kk5Gv1cv6QwfrT1kDHrTZDdqO4q99Idp-msRDE8LKZSQV-YUsUhLDQbsTE4HIrRlnRE8a6Umb1XgrJHX0izrA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The independent auditors CliftonLarsonAllen told the Peoria City Council Tuesday that they issued unmodified, or “clean,” opinions on the city's 2024 financial reports but had to perform additional procedures related to federal ARPA funds that were retroactively claimed in a prior year.

\"We did issue unmodified or, in other words, clean audit opinions on all reports, all things that we issued,\" Adam Pulley, principal in charge of the 2024 audit, told the council.

Pulley explained that about $1.5 million of ARPA expenditures were retroactively claimed as prior-year federal revenue because the grant required funds be incurred, spent or obligated by Dec. 31, 2024. \"That dollar amount was roughly $1,500,000 that essentially that funding should have been shown as revenue in f y 23,\" Pulley said. Because the amount was material, the auditors reopened portions of the FY 2023 single-audit testing universe to perform compliance testing on the additional population; they found no additional compliance problems but added a disclosure related to the financial statement cutoff.

Pulley also noted an anticipated, routine audit finding: because auditors assist with preparation of the financial statements, that interaction is disclosed as a control consideration. The single-audit testing for FY2024 also identified a compliance-control issue — reports to a grantor were submitted without a documented second-person review — which led to a separate report comment even though no noncompliance was found in testing.

Finance staff told council the audit work began in planning around February, fieldwork ran through spring and the report was finalized in July. The city finance director said annual audit costs average about $125,000 to $140,000 and that CliftonLarsonAllen has one year remaining on the current contract; council was told the city will consider audit-rotation options after that term.

Council unanimously received and filed the audit presentation.","CliftonLarsonAllen presented the 2024 audit results to the Peoria City Council, reporting an unmodified (clean) opinion but noting follow-up work required because of $1.5 million of ARPA expenditures claimed in a prior fiscal year; the city and auditors also noted an anticipated audit finding about external review and a single compliance control.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6138877,"Peoria council debates tiny-home villages for unhoused; majority asks for more policy detail before zoning changes",228,2746000,2974000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5582006-44415bb93d06319f7676a8883b09507d&start=2746&end=2974","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5582006-44415bb93d06319f7676a8883b09507d/thumbnail_2746000.jpg","/articles/6138877/Peoria/Peoria-County/Illinois/Peoria-council-debates-tiny-home-villages-for-unhoused-majority-asks-for-more-policy-detail-before-zoning-changes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6138877-3bb1793d54b83af490c85d6f28c210f0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771149715&Signature=hZIbxBgOBNNaYboTk~Cn9AXKuOwEU-rZwXNiFDpaGz4AXnbqGOuZ~76Xz2yGXZCORZbQK7zxjoRc6T6EFzWYdnkwtGMptD-gPTjPpuNW0DLiuRKP~x2w1oGz7pFwfURKifZ-PBSA-SBoQr7vuZ7egr-86yjG6AlrAkHJ5W-7w9ILM0mklcq34fPRDDfEeQ~bzesZGzXSKlsB-XGwxg50UEmB6UCw2aedAF3BiyiTtbtl5nKxMgiiOa0V06VY2kyiFmflcTvt-wwp69oqig9jdKpnCzqmcIppYJp~Jn3S~fLjjMmJ-LoLTEIQEyfhrKslMZOtdCHbj--yFhV7Wsggcg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Peoria City Council members on Tuesday discussed city staff recommendations to allow temporary tiny-home shelters in specified zoning districts as one tool to serve people experiencing homelessness, but declined to make immediate code changes and asked staff for more detailed policy work.

Director of Community Development Michael Doolin (title per transcript) told the council that, if the city pursues the option, his staff would recommend adding a “transient lodging” definition to the zoning code, allowing transient lodging as a permitted or special use in R-5 through R-8 multifamily residential and in CN and C-1 commercial districts, and adding specific performance standards. \"If you do, ... it would be to add the definition of transient lodging, within our planning I mean, our zoning code, amend the permitted use to allow transit lodging and special uses in r 5 through r 8, multifamily residential, c n and c 1, and then add specific performance standards around there,\" Doolin said.

Doolin and staff said the city’s current building code does not permit the pallet-style shelters being proposed (they lack plumbing), so both zoning and building-code amendments would be required to allow them. Staff also proposed moving any ordinance changes through the Planning and Zoning Commission, which would include public hearings and neighborhood notice. Corporation counsel said establishing the use as a special use would mean the city has defined it as allowable in specific districts subject to conditions, and council retains limited discretion when deciding individual special-use applications.

Council discussion was lengthy and at times pointed. Council member Riggenbach supported proceeding to Planning and Zoning with standards, stressing performance standards — separation, screening, maximum unit counts and required supportive services — and noting the approach would still allow the council to deny specific special-use requests. Mayor Rita Ali and several other councilmembers said they wanted a fuller policy session, more detail about possible sites in Peoria and clearer information about how proposed pallet shelters would function locally before authorizing code changes. Several members said they worried such facilities would concentrate services downtown or in particular neighborhoods.

Council members also raised design and space concerns. Staff described the pallet-shelter model discussed by providers as units roughly 70 square feet with shared sanitation and meal services; Doolin said the city’s building code currently allows some dwellings of about 120 square feet under limited circumstances, which differs from the pallet-shelter concept. Council members cited Bloomington’s larger project — an approximately $2.5 million development for about 50 units, with estimated annual operations around $1 million — as an example of a different scale and funding approach.

After discussion, the council voted unanimously to receive and file the staff report and directed staff to return with more detailed policy options and site information for a future session.","Councilmembers and staff discussed whether to change zoning and building codes to allow pallet-style tiny-home shelters for people experiencing homelessness. Staff recommended zoning amendments and performance standards but the council asked for a broader policy session and more detail about siting, services and standards.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6138882,"Illinois American Water to inventory and replace lead service lines; company says replacements at its cost",658,1410000,2068000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5582006-44415bb93d06319f7676a8883b09507d&start=1410&end=2068","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5582006-44415bb93d06319f7676a8883b09507d/thumbnail_1410000.jpg","/articles/6138882/Peoria/Peoria-County/Illinois/Illinois-American-Water-to-inventory-and-replace-lead-service-lines-company-says-replacements-at-its-cost","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6138882-3d863d25e5dcc65dcc7386c981710aff/orig.mp4?Expires=1771149715&Signature=c9~KKjuygCGS6O0Kqf-c69tphO51bMQNVP14uHDMasFy5cXZPpNrIwYXuzHjtKnvEW4ecl3-xAwoQByqGjiLPiI~m9qjJYut66pl7-ghp0mIZ2Yg0bTYmr0NyibaGGi5Cn95Jb5XHUP-oWaqmE5zRSQV~F08AlR-UZarpO2QUDsmaJ3E6PXlPJepjctExAkdVTLcP0cjvLy~feaU~mpAGHnfQ~kqWxrGCizFwGNnmUX9lkfydckIPUOwdCMutRMWhavhW2TWUv33GifmL5FdHha6TeqN-AQyBUpGcPrRjJUcBafQTR91KEC4IjKo0DihECd9qv7d7Gt893jl4WeB7g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Illinois American Water outlined its plan to identify and replace lead service lines in the Peoria service area at a Peoria City Council meeting Tuesday.

The utility’s senior operations manager for the western division, Matt White, said the lead found in recent tests is not coming from the city’s treatment plants but from service lines and interior plumbing. “The lead that you're finding in that we're finding in the sampling is directly related to the service lines or the interior plumbing of those homes,” White said.

White said the utility owns service lines from the water main to the property line and customers own the portion inside the property line, but the company is treating the entire run as the inventory and replacement target under the new federal requirements. The company has built a web-based service-line inventory map to let customers check their property and report unknown materials; customers can upload photos to help the utility identify materials.

White said Illinois American Water has replaced roughly 2,700 lead services in Peoria to date and is on track in 2025 to replace 850 or more identified lead services. He told councilmembers the company prioritizes replacements for sites with confirmed lead exceedances, leaking service lines and older homes. “If we identify that there's an exceedance of lead in that water supply, that's gonna be our top priority,” White said.

White also described the utility’s customer-facing steps after a lead exceedance. He said the EPA defines an exceedance at 15 parts per billion and that when sampling shows exceedances the utility works directly with affected customers, provides a pitcher filter and expedites the service-line replacement and retesting. “Once we identified that there are exceedances, and the exceedance by the EPA is identified by 15 parts per billion of lead or more,” White said, “Anywhere that we do sampling and we find that there's an exceedance of lead, we're working with those customers directly to expedite those replacements. We immediately provide them with a pitcher filter….”

White also said the company will pay to replace the service line from the main all the way into the home where it is identified as lead or galvanized: “It's at our cost to replace those service lines.” He asked customers who cannot use the online tool to call the company’s customer service number to have staff look up the address.

Councilmembers asked about prioritization, the share of Peoria’s system affected, how residents are notified and whether mains contain lead. White said mains are not the primary source of concern and that the company’s focus is on service lines. He also described an updated low-income assistance program the company expanded to customers up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level and said the company partners with Dollar Energy to administer that discount.

Mayor Rita Ali and multiple councilmembers thanked White and said they want continued outreach and better coordination with neighborhood groups. The council voted unanimously to receive and file the presentation.","Illinois American Water staff told the Peoria City Council that lead detected in recent sampling is coming from service lines or interior plumbing, described how the utility is identifying and prioritizing replacements, and said the company will pay to replace service lines it identifies as lead or galvanized.","actionData","errors"]

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