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Kankakee resident urges fee waiver and clearer ComEd coordination after March house fire
Summary
A Kankakee resident asked the city to waive a $50 inspection permit fee and improve communication with ComEd after a March 3 house fire left her displaced; city officials said staff will pursue an expedited protocol tied to fire incidents.
Michelle Howard, a Kankakee resident, told the Kankakee City Public Safety meeting on April 8 that her family was displaced after a March 3 house fire and that city permitting and utility coordination added to the burden of recovery.
"We had to pay a $50 fee to get that permit. When you have a fire like that, and if I was a single mom, you may not have that $50 to spare," Howard said, adding that the inspection-and-permit timeline would have left her without electricity for about a week and a half if a licensed electrician had not acted quickly.
Howard urged the city to create a hardship or forgiveness process for the…
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