PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- The Peoria city council on Tuesday approved a public hearing on a proposed 1% sales tax on the Glen Hollow shopping center.

The proposal would turn Glen Hollow into a business development district, which would allow the property owners to levy a 1% sales tax. The monies could support the owners in redeveloping the center or buy more property.

Before the council was a vote to approve a public hearing on the sales tax. Alex Carmona, who represents the city's 2nd District on the city council, voted against the hearing.

"This is corporate welfare paid for by the people it's going to affect most, our taxpayers," he said. "This to me is taxation without representation."

Most of the council members voted in favor of the public hearing, with At-Large Council Member Zacha

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