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Kankakee aldermen review garbage-collection RFP and report public drinking downtown
Summary
Council members heard an update that the city issued an RFP for garbage collection and discussed enforcement of public drinking downtown after the chair said he observed people and found bottles at the gazebo; no formal enforcement action was taken at the meeting.
The Kankakee City Council received updates under old business about the city’s garbage collection services and downtown enforcement. The chair said the city issued a request for proposals for garbage collection and that officials would await responses.
During the same item the chair said he had recently stopped by the downtown gazebo and observed a group of people "hanging out" during the day and that he had "filmed 6 vodka bottles, several in the dumpster and several on the ground," indicating public drinking in that area. He said colder weather has reduced activity and that ongoing construction at a nearby funeral home may also reduce loitering.
No formal motion or enforcement action was taken at the meeting; staff and aldermen discussed keeping the item on future agendas as an update and noted that police enforcement is possible where fire lanes or ordinances apply.
The council adjourned after briefly noting other items, including the upcoming Christmas parade.
