2015 STATE OF THE CITY

ELECTED OFFICIALS

Mayor Dave Mingus

Commissioner Dan Decker

Commissioner Gary Densberger

Commissioner Tim Jeffers

Commissioner Chad Joos

The new

and

improved

City Hall

for the

citizens of

East

Peoria!Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Benjamin Franklin

CITY ADMINISTRATOR

Tom Brimberry

BUDGETING FOR THE FUTURE

City Council priorities remain focused on:

1. creating a high quality of life for residents

2. being a responsive and responsible government

3. insuring public safety

4. investing in public infrastructure to prepare for further investments

5. achieving economic development throughout the City

6. developing the riverfront and Levee District

EAST PEORIA’S FINANCES

Standard & Poor’s Rating for East Peoria raised from AA to A+ in 2012 bond financing.

Historically balanced budget with revenues matching expenses, including operating, capital and infrastructure for development .

Part of larger Peoria area economy that is blessed with Caterpillar Inc. manufacturing, business units and world headquarters.

2014-2015 REVENUE SOURCES

PROPERTY TAXES 5,274,643

TIF REVENUE 5,577,997

SALES TAX 13,934,498

STATE INCOME TAX 2,375,000

INTERGOVERNMENTAL 1,578,831

FEES 3,328,124

MISC 1,261,070

TOURISM 2,563,600

WATER & SEWER 7,256,270

RIVERBOAT 6,611,250

EASTPORT MARINA 794,600

MOTOR FUEL TAX 565,030

51,120,913

FUND BALANCE

51120912.50

PROPERTY TAXES10%

TIF REVENUE11%

SALES TAX12%

STATE INCOME TAX

5%INTERGOVERNMENTAL

3%

FEES7%

MISC2%

TOURISM5%

WATER & SEWER2%

RIVERBOAT13%

EASTPORT MARINA

2%

MOTOR FUEL TAX1% PROPERTY TAXES

TIF REVENUE

SALES TAX

STATE INCOME TAX

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

FEES

MISC

TOURISM

WATER & SEWER

RIVERBOAT

EASTPORT MARINA

MOTOR FUEL TAX

EAST PEORIA’S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

1. Insuring public safety – Fire & Police Depts enhance preparedness for disasters and

assist people day to day, B&I with Police & Fire ridding problem properties.

2. Developing the riverfront and Levee District – P&CD planning sculpture, fountains

and attractive seating areas; Tourism doing special events to attract people.

3. Creating a high quality of life for residents – P&CD developing Civic Plaza and riverfront, Tourism insuring quality activities at EastSide Centre, B&I insuring safe and

attractive construction

4. Achieving economic development throughout the City – new retail and new

residential to the downtown/riverfront areas are objectives.

5. Being a responsive and responsible government -- B&I investing in technology and

utilizing grants to increase energy efficiency

5. Investing in public infrastructure to prepare for further investments – street, water &

sewer, solid waste & recycling improvements are being done by PW

DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Bill Darin, Fire Chief

Dick Ganschow, Chief of Police

The East Peoria Fire Department is dedicated to the

protection of life and property by providing reliable,

professional service of exceptional quality in fire suppression

and rescue, fire prevention, fire investigations, and

paramedic emergency medical services.

PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES

The East Peoria Police Department is a model Criminal Justice

Agency accountable to the citizens of East Peoria.

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER

The Festival Building

- a structure

familiar to

East Peoria

residents, and now

the command

center during

large-scale

emergencies

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER

• Command area

for coordinating

emergency

response

• Normally a

conference

room, can be

quickly set up

with phones and

Internet

connections

• Will have backup

generator,

remaining

functional during

power outages

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN

• Details the City’s response during

large-scale emergencies

• Will be reviewed and updated

annually

• A document that is necessary,

and hopefully will never be used

PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH CENTER• The facility that

receives your calls

for help

• Three state-of-the-art

telecommunications

consoles, with the

ability convert

to stand-up consoles

• A fourth console will

soon be installed

• Wall monitors display

activity on EP streets

and in the Public Safety

Building lobby

IS YOUR BUSINESS READY?American Red Cross READY RATING, a free

online self-assessment tool to:

• Assess emergencies

• Develop an emergency response plan

• Practice your plan

READY RATING Scorecard details your

organization’s preparedness level

Get started today! Go to readyrating.org

More information: call Red Cross at 677-7272

IS YOUR BUSINESS READY?

How protected are you, your business and your employees from crime?

Consider conducting an East Peoria Police Department Security Assessment.

• Determine and manage risk

• Physical security

• Environmental security

• Electronic security

• Procedural security

If interested, call Police Chief Dick Ganschow at the EPPD, 698-4700

(non-emergency number)

POLICE & FIRE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!

3,421 Fire/Ambulance

responses in 2014

28,000 Police responses

in 2014 (2,200 arrests)

No emergency is too big or too small!

PROUDLY

SERVING OUR

COMMUNITY

PROUDLY

SERVING OUR

COMMUNITY

Shop with A Cop, December 2014

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Ty Livingston, Director

THE OLD EAST PEORIA – 85 YEARS AGO

1959 – view of Caterpillar Inc. buildings J through X in the heart of

downtown East Peoria

Photo courtesy Caterpillar Inc. Corporate Archives

Photo courtesy of Caterpillar Inc. Corporate Archives

The

Levee

District,

today.

Sculpture

and

Heritage

Walks

Concept

Caterpillar

Heritage

Walk

Points of

Interest

Displays

Skokie Sculpture Walk

WHAT IS IT???

WEST CAMP STREET CONCEPT

OUR FIRST PIECE IN THE LEVEE DISTRICT

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEVEE DISTRICT

EXAMPLES OF

SENIOR & MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING OPTIONS

FOUR CORNERS VISIONING

CHICK-FIL-A’S NEW CONCEPT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Aspen Dental (spring 2015)

Jason’s Deli (spring 2015)

Moe’s Southwest Grill (spring 2015)

Chick-Fil-A (winter 2016)

MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO

COME….SOON!

DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS &

INSPECTIONS

Robert Cole, Director

The Department of Buildings and

Inspections is responsible for:

Code Enforcement

Building Inspections

Information Technology

City Facilities

CODE

ENFORCEMENT

CODE ENFORCEMENT REQUESTS TOTAL

COMPARISON 2012 , 2013 , 2014

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Other

Tall Weeds

Veh Grass

Unsafe Bldg

INOP

Refuse

Other Tall Weeds Veh Grass Unsafe Bldg INOP Refuse

2012 53 110 17 41 42 98

2013 59 253 40 125 139 214

2014 137 286 37 75 158 221

2012 2013 2014

ACCESS EAST PEORIA

Partnering with PublicStuff, a CRM software company to launch a new digital communications solution called Access East Peoria.

People can submit service requests on the fly from their iPhone, Blackberry and Android smartphones or on the web.

Access important city information regarding events, emergency alerts and more.

City workers will receive and process the service request.

To download the app on your smartphone, please click the appropriate link on your device or put your request in from

our website

BUILDING

INSPECTIONS

Code Enforcement & Building Inspections

Upgrading Code Enforcement Programs to be more efficient.

Implemented Citizen based Web Portal/ Mobile APP for City service requests (Access East Peoria).

Working with City departments on information sharing for transparency in government.

Expanding training for Code Enforcement and Inspections.

KEEPING UP APPEARANCES

COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS

TORNADO AFFECTED AREA

Before After

TORNADO AFFECTED AREA

Before After

CITY

FACILITIES

ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS TO DATE

Applied and received over $400,00.00 in grants and Incentives for Energy Efficiency Programs for City Facilities.

Reduced Total Energy Consumption by 40% since 2007.

Instrumental in Electrical Aggregation Programs.

Recycled over 10 tons of paper and metals.

Will continue to reduce, reuse, and recycle for the City of East Peoria.

FIREHOUSE #3 RENOVATIONS

BELL TOWER PARK RENOVATIONS

Before After

BUILDING AUTOMATION

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

Information TechnologyImplemented Citizen based web portal/ mobile app for City service requests (Access East Peoria).

Completed upgrades in technology services for City Facilities.

Implementation of message archiver for streamlining subpoena and FOIA requests.

Phase 1 of installation of new phone system with enhanced features

Phase 1 of updating network backbone completed.

Technology design for Emergency Operation Center.

REGIONAL EFFORTS

Energy Procurement Contracts

Building Code Adoption

Emergency Operations

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Steve Ferguson, Director

PUBLIC WORKSINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE

DUE TO

EAST PEORIA’S

GROWTH, THE

FUTURE

IS UPON US !

THE NEW DEMANDS

Camp

Street

and

River Road

NEW TECHNOLOGY

WE ARE USING INNOVATIONS TO MAKE THE JOB MORE

EFFICIENT AND SAFE

Water & Sewer Modeling Simulates flows from storms, different times of day and in the future.

Water surge attenuators

Variable Frequency Drives for our big electric motors

Water Meter Reading - Labor savings and better service

Garbage Toters

Safe and clean

SAVES EMPLOYEE INJURIES

REDUCES SCATTERED LITTER

INVESTIGATING A TOTER RECYCLING

SYSTEM

GARBAGE TOTER SYSTEM

OTHER WATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

NEW WATER & SEWER EQUIPMENT BUILDING

Service Truck 7

21'-

0"

Cat 430

Truck 11

Truck 4

Water-Sewer Equipment Building100' x 80'

Drinking Fountain

Shelving

35'-

0"

Mens Restroom

Womens Restrooom Break room

Eye Wash Station

Camera Van

Vactor

Service Truck 2 Service Truck 10

Wash Sink

12'-8 1/2"

12'-1"

11'-10"

10'-

0"

18'-0"Office

Truck 11

125 KW Gen Set

2015

East Peoria

Street

Maintenance

Program

PUBLIC WORKS

WE ARE READY

TO MEET TOMORROW’S

DEMANDS

DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM &

SPECIAL EVENTS

Doug McCarty, Director

TOURISM & SPECIAL EVENTS

2015

EASTER SEALS RUN, WALK, AND ROLL

Date:

April 18th, 2015

Location:

East Peoria Levee District

Time:

Race starts at 8:00am

Cost:

$30/adults, $20 for kids 4-12,

4 and under free

www.kidstherapyprogress.com

First Race in the Levee District!

Central Illinois Cruisers – Summer/Fall

2015

(Levee District & Paradice)

April 10 – Crust Pizza

June 20 – Levee District

June 27 – Paradice

Fall Cruise in – Levee District - TBA

Farmers Markets – Fridays Starting June 5 – September 25 2015

Crittenton Centers Kids’ Day – July 25, 2015

Flying Fish Festival

July 11, 2015

Moms Who Care Run/Walk – October 2, 2015

Theresa Tracy Trot – November 7, 2015

2015 EASTSIDE CENTRE EVENTS

IESA State Track Meets Over 21,000 Spectators

6,000 Athletes

May 15,16,22,23

IHSA State Softball Championships

Over 7,000 Spectators

Top 8 Teams in the State

June 5,6,12,13

NSA State Championships

Over 160 Teams

June 19-21, July 3-5

OTHER EASTSIDE EVENTS

2015 GLVC Conference Volleyball

Tournament

November 19-22, 2015

2015 Small Wonders Miracle Walk

September 26, 2015

2015 FESTIVAL OF LIGHTSFestival of Lights Parade – Saturday,

November 21

Winter Wonderland – November 26 –

December 31

Queen Pageant – November 15

Enchanted Forrest Lighting – November 28

FOLEPI River Trail Classic – November 28

FOLEPI Get Lit – December 31

Find FOLEPI Ornament Hunt- Starts

December

2014 Article by

Mary Beth Cooper

in

Vacation Rental

Travels – Winter 2014-

2015

“Bright Lights, Small

City

America’s #1 Hidden

Holiday Find”

TOURISM & SPECIAL EVENTS

2014 was a GREAT year for Special Events in East Peoria…

• 10 NEW Events were added in 2014!

• Looking to add 4-6 more in 2015. Details coming soon!

• Thank you to everyone for your support