East Peoria City Council | Regular Meeting | 10/6/26

East Peoria City Council regular meeting, October 6, 2026: The council approved an ordinance on the consent agenda authorizing an additional $156,000 expansion of the city’s Flock automated license-plate-reader network under a five-year contract. The vote passed unanimously. Public commenters urged the council to reject the expansion, citing privacy, data-sharing, security, and legal concerns; council members supporting the measure described the system as a useful public-safety tool and said its use should continue to be scrutinized. The discussion also raised potential safeguards, including limits on access and data sharing, audits, and accountability for misuse, but no new safeguards were adopted in the transcript.

The council also passed Ordinance 4923, authorizing the sale of a surplus used ambulance and fire engine, with the fire chief authorized to determine the sale terms; no sale prices were stated. Resolution 2627-061, updating an intergovernmental agreement with Illinois Central College for law-enforcement services on and near its East Peoria campus, was approved on first reading and laid over for at least one week for public inspection. No dollar amount was stated for the vehicle sale or the ICC agreement.