Peoria County Board

Peoria County’s tentative budget for the 2027 fiscal year maintains the current property tax rate, fully funds pension obligations and covers costs for new laundry and kitchen facilities at the Peoria County jail.

Plans to develop a $40 million industrial park along Galena Road on Peoria’s northeast side received another financial boost.

The Peoria County Board approved an emergency $101,000 contract on Thursday to repair a drainage structure on Radnor Road that failed during June's heavy rains.

The Peoria County Board on Thursday unanimously approved $183,590 for homelessness coordination and food insecurity programs through the county health department.

The Peoria County Board on Thursday approved a solar energy generation facility in Bartonville, one of several zoning, infrastructure and economic development items acted on during the meeting.

A new three-megawatt community solar farm has opened on the Brimfield School District campus, making it the first solar project in Illinois built on public school property as part of a statewide renewable energy initiative.

The county’s $174.2 million budget for 2026, which the county board adopted Thursday, devotes $31.7 million in capital projects, including $3.5 million in pre-construction services for Peoria County Jail upgrades.

Rather than build an entirely new jail at taxpayer expenses, Peoria County instead will try to get as much life as possible out of its existing facility.

Liberty Steel & Wire’s request for a $2.65 million loan from Peoria County is on hold, possibly until next year.

Members of the Peoria County Board are expected to vote this week on a $2.65 million loan that could lead to Liberty Steel & Wire relocating its company headquarters to Bartonville from Texas.