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A new survey finds East Peoria residents generally approve of the city’s police, fire and quality of life. But residents also remain concerned about roads and traffic. The City sent out 500 surveys earlier this year and a third of residents responded. 92-percent of people say they feel safe and secure in their homes. 33-percent of respondents rate the city’s street maintenance efforts as fair or poor. Councilman Tim Jeffers says some progress on city infrastructure is taking place: “One things that’s happened since the survey has come out is Camp Street is open, we have the new roundabout and the Clocktower Drive is open now,” Jeffers says. “So there are some other things that have taken place with some of our improvements this summer that our road situation is better now than it was three months ago.”
Only 18-percent of those surveyed rank street cleaning as excellent. Overall, 94-percent of respondents say they feel satisfied or ‘very’ satisfied with the quality of life in East Peoria. The Council also approved an agreement with the city and police union. The deal is retroactive to last spring and expires in April of next year. It includes three-percent base salary increases for city police officers each year. |
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