Pekin City Council approves $6 million intergovernmental services agreement

Mike Kramer, Pekin Daily Times
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Pekin City Hall, 111 S. Capitol St. in Pekin, on July 14, 2020.
Pekin City Hall, 111 S. Capitol St. in Pekin, on July 14, 2020.

The Pekin City Council approved a multimillion-dollar intergovernmental agreement with four local school districts for transportation services during Monday’s meeting.

According to interim Pekin City Manager Bruce Marston, the agreement with Pekin Public Schools District 108, Pekin Community High School District 303, Rankin Community School District 98 and South Pekin School District 137 replaces a previous agreement that was set to expire this year.

Pekin Mayor Pro-Tem Becky Cloyd commented that some Pekin residents had asked whether the city should continue to provide the districts with transportation services or outsource the services to another entity.

“The city has provided this service for a number of years,” Marston said. “I don’t see a reason why the city should stop providing that service. It’s a mutual agreement between us and the school districts, and we both benefit from it.”

The resolution passed by a unanimous vote. The school districts will pay the city a total of $6,022,792 for services during the 2023-24 school year, and the agreement will continue through June 2026.

In other business, the council voted 5-1 to approve $30,000 in funding from the city’s hotel/motel tax fund for a Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce marketing campaign, with council member Rick Hilst dissenting.

A resolution to award a $43,620 demolition bid for an unsafe dwelling at 2700 Pine St. to the Hopedale company Wayne Litwiller Excavating Inc. passed by a unanimous vote.

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