Peoria County’s Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously Oct. 9 to accept and assign a tax-sale certificate of purchase — certificate No. 202201806 — after payment in full of delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs totaling $390.08. The request came from Rock Island Equity and the committee held a special meeting because the county’s scheduled tax sale will occur before the November county board meeting.

The assignment moves the county’s interest in the tax lien so the affected taxing districts are cleared before the tax sale. Shauna, a county staff member, told the committee the item had been included in the meeting packet but had not appeared on the published cover agenda because of a ClerkMate error, and so required a special committee action rather than routine committee consideration.

"The reason we had to have a special meeting today was because the tax sale itself will be held before the November county board meeting," Shauna said. She added that the action "just basically reassigns the back delinquent taxes to the taxing districts, and then everything's clear before the tax sale." No formal ordinance or resolution was required for the assignment; the committee's action was administrative.

Committee members asked for clarification about the scope of the vote. Marsha (committee member) asked whether assignments are typically handled without reviewing the underlying property. Shauna responded that this item only concerns the certificate of purchase — the tax lien obligation — and that the committee often does not review the underlying property when acting on assignments or on delinquent tax deeds that come later for vote.

Brendan, the county treasurer, was present but said he had not been involved in prior outreach on the item and asked for the question to be repeated. After brief discussion the committee chair called for a vote; the chair reported the vote was unanimous.

There were no public comments. The committee adjourned after the assignment vote.