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Pekin's city council remains divided over apparent personal differences, evidenced by a recent split vote on naming police chief John Dossey as the full-time city manager. In her latest quarterly interview with WCBU, Mayor Mary Burress discusses her desire to move the city forward.
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The city of Pekin will loan Cullinan Properties $5 million to redevelop the former Bergner's at East Court Village.
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John Dossey will drop the "interim" from his city manager title after a divided Pekin City Council voted to hire him permanently for the job.
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Mayor Mary Burress had city clerk Sue McMillan hand-deliver a letter to Deborah Montgomery on Aug. 7 informing her that she was being booted off the commission.
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Whoever is chosen will have the task of filling vacant positions on the city staff that includes a finance director, an economic development director and a human resources director.
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The city of Pekin's ethics commission is no more. The council voted Monday to eliminate the commission in favor of a hearing officer who will investigate complaints and make recommendations to elected officials.
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A development firm says it has retailers interested in the former Pekin Bergner's property, but will need financial support from the city to clinch the deal.
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The Pekin city council has approved a separation agreement with finance director and former interim city manager Bruce Marston.
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The city manager position is one of three key leadership roles Pekin still needs to fill, and clear factions have developed among city council members.
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Those are the allegations the city's human resources department substantiated against him in a recent redacted investigation memo obtained by WCBU through the Freedom of Information Act.