Pekin City Council

The transfer of Pekin Community High School bus transportation services from the City of Pekin to District 303 is back on track.

Following Pekin's change from weekly to every-other-week recycling pickup that began as planned March 2, the city intends to roll out steps in the coming weeks that aim to calm those who oppose the switch.

The Pekin City Council is expected to vote on a legal end to its proposed agreement with data center developer Western Hospitality Partners at its next meeting March 23.

Pekin will no longer consider having a data center built in the community. Mayor Mary Burress made the announcement Monday in a statement she read at a city council meeting.

Pekin gas stations have been given the opportunity to sell sell packaged liquor. The city council voted 5-1 this week to allow gas stations to apply for the requisite liquor license.

Pekin City Council members Dave Nutter and Jake Fletcher said Monday they will vote against the proposed data center in the city. There are seven council members, so two more "no" votes would kill the project.

The city of Pekin's efforts to hand over school bus transportation operations to Pekin Community High School this summer hit a snag this week.

There was no item on the Pekin City Council meeting agenda Monday concerning a proposed data center that would be built in the city, but opponents once again filled the meeting room.

Pekin Mayor Mary Burress took time out from calling 2025 the city's breakout year in her "State of the City Address" to assure residents that a data center project is still in the exploratory stage.

Tazewell County Board members were told Wednesday that Pekin has the sole authority to make decisions about a proposed data center in the city.