Peoria (WEEK) -- Peoria leaders are still waiting for a response from Gov. JB Pritzker (D, Illinois) on their Restore Heart of Illinois plan.
While Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis has said the governor's blessing is not necessary, City Manager Patrick Urich said they are looking for guidance.
"We're still waiting on feedback from the governor's office, and still waiting on feedback from IDPH, to see just exactly what they think of that, how it's going to work, and how we can operate within that together," Urich said Friday.
Officials emphasized the similarities and overlap between the two plans , but there are some disparities. The Restore Heart of Illinois plan would permit restaurants and bars to reopen immediately at 50 percent occupancy. The governor's plan wouldn't allow that until phase 4, which won't be until the end of June at the earliest.
"The key difference is the liquor license," Peoria City/County Health Department administrator, Monica Hendrickson, said. "That's going to be your key difference between the two plans,and i think there's been a lot of dialogue around it. And one thing that we've always addressed with the Heart of Illinois plan is that we're more than willing and wanting to be flexible with our plan."
The governor has said that any business with a state license that doesn't follow his plan could have their license revoked.
"We obviously want to make sure that we don't jeopardize anyone's state license," Urich said. "Just as it's important that make sure that we're not jeopardizing any funding opportunities for local government.
Urich noted that no county or city has the staff to monitor every business and self policing will be cruicial. "You hope that businesses will take it upon themselves to voluntarily manage their businesses through those same limits so that's what we have to look at, how can we manage to do this safely, for the safety of all of us."
Hendrickson says the Peoria area still needs around another week before it would be ready to go. They're hoping to hear back from the governor during that time.
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