Jake Fletcher

Pekin city staff asked for a 4.9% increase in the city's property tax levy for the next fiscal year. City Council members reduced it to 4%.

The developer of vacant land off Court Street in Pekin will receive sales tax rebates from Pekin to help pay for development costs.

A group of about 50 residents attended a question-and-answer session Wednesday organized by Pekin City Council members Jake Fletcher and Dave Nutter.