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Committee approves minutes and January bills; director reports permits, adjudications and vacancies

2367947 · February 20, 2025
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Summary

The Building and Code Safety Committee approved the Jan. 16 minutes and the January bills totaling $647.81, heard a director—s report listing an animal-control charge and permit totals, and noted staff vacancies and an upcoming software rollout.

The Kankakee City Building and Code Safety Committee approved its Jan. 16 meeting minutes and voted to pay the January bills totaling $647.81, the committee recorded during the February meeting.

Alderman Marzak moved to approve the minutes and Alderman Tully seconded; the roll call returned unanimous aye votes from the members present. Alderman Lewis moved to approve the January bills (total $647.81) and Alderman Cobbs seconded; the motion also passed on a unanimous roll call. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn that passed without dissent.

Director Nelson delivered the director—s report. She said the committee received an animal-control bill for January of $890 and a permits report showing 58 permits for a total of $14,885.33. Nelson also noted an adjudication report spanning 10 pages and told members she expects multiple interviews next week to fill code-department vacancies.

During new business the committee briefly discussed an upcoming citywide software implementation for code and permitting; Director Nelson said staff anticipate the system will save staff time and improve recordkeeping once deployed. Committee members set no formal votes on policy or contracts under new business and kept the animal-control contract on the old-business calendar for further review.