Hydrant Flushing Begins October 7th

The Peoria Heights semi-annual hydrant flushing program will begin on Monday, October 7th, 2019 and continue through Friday, October 11th, 2019 weather and schedule permitting.

Date and Location

Monday, October 7th
North of Seiberling, west of Prospect

Tuesday, October 8th
East of Prospect from Glen to Voss including Grandview

Wednesday, October 9th
Galena area below the bluff

Thursday, October 10th
West of Prospect from Hines to Toledo

Friday, October 11th
South of Hines, west of Prospect

Hydrant flushing will occur on these days from 7:30am to 3:30pm. Use of water for laundry purposes is not advisable during flushing due to the possibility of discoloration. This condition does NOT pose any health hazard. For further information, please call the Water Office at (309) 686-2375.

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Peoria Heights Free Day & Night at the Museum - 9/14/19

Peoria Riverfront Museum is celebrating the new exhibitions, MOON and Vantage Points Contemporary Photography from Whitney Museum of American Art, by hosting a free day and night at the museum September 14, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. for all Peoria Heights residents.

 

Visiting Peoria Heights residents will receive free general admission to the Museum’s galleries and Planetarium shows, as well as $5 movies in the Giant Screen Theater, and a 10% discount in the Museum Store and in Concessions. 

 

Just show an ID that has a resident’s Peoria Heights address at the Museum’s Front Desk to receive a free general admission wristband.

 

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Museum at 309-686-7000.

Presto! Heights deficit now a surplus

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PEORIA HEIGHTS — When is a $1 million deficit not a $1 million deficit?

When it turns into a $340,000 surplus.

No joke. Mostly thanks to relatively stable sales tax revenues, an uptick in property tax revenues, an added fee for garbage collection and an aggressive reorganization of village administrative positions, the path toward fiscal fitness has continued for the village into the first quarter of its 2019-2020 budget year that ended July 31.

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