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Residents press council on boarded homes, youth services; mayor cites kratom testing and forthcoming state action
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to address boarded homes, representational gaps in committees and a lack of youth substance-abuse programs; Mayor and staff discussed synthetic-drug concerns (kratom, delta-8) and said state regulation may follow after testing showed high potency in local purchases.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the April 7 Kankakee City Council meeting to press the mayor and aldermen on boarded properties, neighborhood representation in community committees, and a lack of youth substance-abuse services.
Apostle Jones (community member) congratulated the mayor on reelection and said his group ‘‘will be here every meeting’’ to monitor the city budget and decisionmaking. Jones said Kankakee has many boarded homes and asked that the council prioritize addressing…
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