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Council extends Westlake Special Service Area to 2055 and approves 1% SSA sales tax despite lone dissent
Summary
By majority vote (1 nay), the council extended the Westlake Special Service Area and approved a fourth amendment including a 1% SSA sales tax rate; supporters cited private investment and jobs while a dissenting member voiced concern about passing ongoing consumer levies and transparency for shoppers.
Peoria City Council voted March 24 to extend the Westlake Special Service Area (SSA) and to approve a fourth amendment to the Westlake SSA redevelopment agreement that includes an SSA sales‑tax component. Corporation Counsel Hayes described the mechanism: the city grants private activity bond volume or an SSA levy structure that allows sales tax to be used for debt service and special services tied to…
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