East Peoria City Council

The city of East Peoria will keep its property tax levy unchanged for 2025. That means existing property owners will actually pay a little less to the city, because newly assessed properties will now be taking on a bit of the burden to get the city to its $5.9 million tax collection.

The Hilton Hampton Inn will be built on land near the former Granite City restaurant and the Bob Michel Bridge.

Ameren Illinois and the city of East Peoria will reroute high-voltage electrical wires so they no longer run under a varsity baseball field at EastSide Centre.

The city of East Peoria is poised to move forward on a redevelopment agreement that will bring a new hotel to the riverfront. Frontier Hospitality has plans to build a $13 million Hilton Hampton Inn near the Bob Michel Bridge and the existing Embassy Suites.

The former East Peoria Gardens Health Care Center at 1910 Springfield Road was rezoned for multi-family residential living.

The city council on Tuesday unanimously approved $122.3 million in appropriations for the 2024-25 fiscal year, along with a working cash budget of $93.7 million in revenue.

The city of East Peoria is getting the ball rolling on several major infrastructure projects.

Commissioners voted unanimously to amend zoning regulations and allow a limited number of East Peorians to own backyard chickens.

The city's Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously Monday to approve a recommendation to roll out a limited one-year pilot project. That trial run would create ten chicken-keeping permits.

In a 3-2 vote, the city of East Peoria approved a proposal allowing a special use permit for a short-term rental property at 108 Carroll Street. This came after neighbors of the rental property expressed concerns for safety and noise levels, along with privacy.