Peoria County Board Observer Report

​The Peoria County Board held its regular meeting December 9 with all present except Chairman Rand and Member Reliford.
During Citizen’s Remarks, Tim Howard, LVWGP Vice President and Board member, read a letter on behalf of the League of Women Voters Greater Peoria thanking the County Board, its Redistricting Committee, and past board members Allen Mayer and Stephen Morris for their excellent redistricting process and resulting districts map. 
The Consent agenda passed without discussion. Among items approved were:

• Appropriation to cover unanticipated expenses related to COVID-19 in the amount of $95,000 to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.
• Transfer of $45,000 to the PCAPS budget for replacement of one Animal Control Vehicle.
• Approval of two bids to cash rent Peoria County owned farms for the next three growing seasons.
• Appropriations and expenditures associated with commercial kitchen equipment for the Juvenile Detention Center.

The regular agenda consisted of only five items and all were approved:

• Special use in a zoning case related to subdividing a parcel in Logan Township.
• Quotations for County Highway Maintenance materials for 2022.
• Review of Executive Minutes
• Suspension of the Rules to permit extension of the Declaration of Emergency due to COVID-19 in the county.

Jim Runyon, Observer