# East Peoria City Council | Regular Meeting | 9/1/26

East Peoria City Council regular meeting, September 1, 2026. The council approved the consent agenda, including payment of bills totaling $1,377,439.56 and previously read items covering a sewer outfall line, bore-rig rental for the Arnold Road water-main replacement (Vermeer Sales and Service of Central Illinois, Inc.), and concrete driveway and sidewalk repairs (CNG Concrete Construction Company, Inc.). The council also approved an annual EPA NPDES fee resolution; the stated invoices were $32,500 for Plant 1 and $15,000 for Plant 3. Amounts for the consent-agenda project invoices were not stated in the transcript.

Several procurement and capital items advanced on first reading and were laid over for public inspection: a Centennial Drive mill-and-overlay project using a $640,000 grant and approximately $1.2 million in additional funding; a proposal from ATG RAM Industries LLC to finish turfing East Side Center Fields 5 and 6; new volleyball equipment for East Side Center; and three police utility vehicles. For the turf project, officials discussed a $132,359.35 contingency and lighting and batting-cage components; a resident questioned the lack of a bidding process, and officials cited the vendor’s prior work and consistency. The transcript referred to $2.65 million in project spending but did not clearly establish that as the Fields 5 and 6 award amount. The police vehicles were quoted at about $49,100 each, with upfitting, for a stated total of $215,841.82; two are intended for K9 units. Public comments also raised privacy and oversight concerns about Flock license-plate-reader cameras, but no camera procurement or related vote occurred.

**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** September 01, 2026