In 2023, City Staff began a comprehensive review of Chapter 3 of City Code, Boards and Commissions. The review resulted in various suggestions to amend the code for clarification, consistency, and efficiency of the City’s Boards and Commissions.

The section includes the following proposed policy changes:       

• The addition of two alternative members to each board
  • Add global language to Sec. 3-6. Boards and Commissions; terms.
  • Some boards do not find it necessary to add additional members.
• Remove “Community Facilities” from Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities Board and remove library interest from Parks and Recreation Board and add it to the Arts Commission
• Change the name of the Arts Commission to the Arts & Culture Commission (culture would encompass the library interest), unless we have to say “Arts, Culture, and Library Commission”.
• Remove “Memorial” from Veterans Memorial Board and require all members to be residents of Peoria.
• Section 5-3. Municipal Court; appointment of assistant municipal judges, judges pro-tempore, court administrator, civil hearing officer, and other court employees reads “Judicial Selection Advisory Board”. This board and the Public Defender Contract Review Board merged in 2019 creating the Judicial and Public Defender Advisory Board.
• Minor spelling, grammatical and consistency updates.

Discussion and possible action to recommend drafting an amendment to Chapter 3 of the Peoria City Code, Boards and Commissions and Section 5-3 of the Peoria City Code, for the Subcommittee’s review.