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Homeless campsites are no longer allowed on public property in Pekin. Neither is the storage of personal possessions.
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The chamber of commerce will be paid $2,000 by the city to submit the grant application. Other payments would be made by the city to the chamber if the grant is approved by the DCEO.
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Pekin-based Hornecker Properties will build the development at the southwest corner of Parkway and Velde roads.
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The council didn't discuss or vote on the plan after a motion to bring the proposed tax to the council table failed because there was no second.
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Entrepreneurs who want to create and sell food like baked goods from their home should not be subject to Pekin's 2% food and beverage sales tax.
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A proposal to put the home rule question on the Nov. 5 ballot was voted down 4-3 Monday by the Pekin City Council.
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Instead of a 10-minute time limit, which had been in place since 2021, the time limit was reduced to five minutes.
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Plans for the annex call for it to be built on the site of the former Arcade and Tobin buildings, which are being demolished.
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The Center for Prevention of Abuse is looking to build a new emergency domestic violence shelter in Pekin after the city council approved a land purchase agreement for a 1.8-acre property near downtown.
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Becky Cloyd is resigning from the Pekin City Council, effective immediately. Cloyd made the announcement in a social media post, saying she made the decision with “mixed emotions.”