# East Peoria City Council Meeting - 8/18/26


**Body:** East Side Community Media
**Date:** August 17, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety, Physical Infrastructure, Regulatory Compliance


At the East Peoria City Council meeting on August 18, 2026, members approved the consent agenda, including second-reading resolutions approving a proposal from Mobile Communications America for a bidirectional amplifier system at the new police station and a purchase of Festival of Lights Christmas tree displays from Holiday Outdoor Decor. The consent agenda also included an ordinance approving a cash-rent lease of city property; the transcript provides no contract amounts for these items. The council adopted an updated floodplain-development ordinance to reflect new FEMA maps, effective September 7. Officials said adoption was needed to preserve property owners’ access to flood insurance and the city’s eligibility for federal disaster and mitigation funding, while map-amendment efforts may continue.

The council also considered three public-works expenses on first reading and laid them over for at least a week: a Hair Construction Inc. proposal to slip-line a storm-sewer outfall at 207 Timberlane (amount not stated); a $16,000 invoice from Vermeer Sales and Services of Central Illinois for bore-rig rental for the Arnold Road water-main replacement; and a $27,900 invoice from CNG Concrete Construction for concrete repairs following water and sewer work. The transcript records motions and votes to advance these items, not final approval of the first-reading resolutions.

**Source:** East Side Community Media