Sherrill v. City of Peoria

OPINION

GARBARINO, Judge.

On this accelerated referendum election appeal, we find that the referendum petitions circulated were invalid because the attachments to the petitions did not include a copy of the Standards and Guidelines Report (Guidelines Report) referenced in the ordinance subject to the referendum. We reverse the trial court’s dismissal of the complaint and remand with directions to enter an order granting summary judgment in favor of appellants.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The trial court treated appellees’ motion to dismiss as a motion for summary judgment. In reviewing summary…