Peoria Heights

A potential new policy would see Peoria Heights save any surplus funds in the annual fire department budget and earmark the money toward the future purchase of a new fire engine.

An attorney for Peoria Heights Mayor Matt Wigginton is calling the action of Peoria Police “deplorable” for arresting him on suspicion of DUI after he was found asleep in his car.

The Peoria Heights Village Board has approved a budget for the upcoming fiscal year with a six-figure surplus.

The man, identified Wednesday as Tario Fuller Sr., was last seen on Jan. 3 walking out of Arcadia Care in Peoria Heights. An earlier missing persons report indicated Fuller told staff at the facility he was returning to Chicago.

Peoria Heights recently became the first municipality in Peoria County to enact a ban on the sale of kratom, while the Tremont village board is scheduled to act on its own prohibition Monday night.

An automatic aid agreement between the Peoria and Peoria Heights fire departments is now in place. Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger said the intergovernmental agreement will see city fire personnel respond to working structure fires, automobile extrications and cardiac arrest calls within the village.

The Village of Peoria Heights has a new person leading its volunteer fire department, and Mayor Matt Wigginton is hopeful he will bring some stability to the position.

The Village of Peoria Heights will enter a working agreement with the Peoria Fire Department to assist with emergency calls. The plan passed narrowly during Tuesday’s three-hour meeting that also saw trustees override the mayor’s veto of an ordinance to establish a 1% grocery tax.

Peoria Heights village trustees have scheduled another vote to enact a local grocery tax after Mayor Matt Wigginton vetoed the initial approval late last week.

The status of a possible local grocery tax in Peoria Heights remains undetermined after Mayor Matt Wigginton vetoed authorization ahead of this week’s village board meeting.