Commissioner Gentile submits draft plastic‑bag ordinance for the record

May 7, 2025

Commissioner Russ Gentile said he submitted a draft ordinance to reduce single‑use plastic bags and asked that it be entered into the record; the initiative had been delayed until new council appointments were made.

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Commissioner Russ Gentile told the commission he "had composed a draft ordinance for the Commission’s and Council’s review and asked that it be submitted to the record." He said he became motivated to pursue plastic‑bag reduction after seeing fields of bags near a Groot processing facility in Lemont. Gentile asked that his draft be included in the commission’s record for Council consideration.

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