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Commissioners discuss union request for local-hire language in solar permits and note Illinois sales-tax change for leased solar
Summary
A union requested that the county consider permit language requiring good-faith efforts to hire local union labor and apprentices for large solar projects; commissioners said they would refer the request to staff for legal and administrative review and also discussed a separate Illinois law subjecting leased solar systems to sales tax.
A union representative emailed county officials asking the county to add language to building permits for large solar projects requiring project owners and their contractors to make "good faith efforts to hire local residents" and to use union labor and apprentices where available. Commissioners agreed to forward the request to staff for review before taking policy steps. The request matters to the county because local-hire or labor-language in permitting could affect how projects are built, who gets construction jobs, and whether…
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