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Councilor Dunning urges city oversight after health complaints about food trucks
Summary
Councilor Dunning told the Lawrence Common Council he had identified six food‑truck vendors concentrated in the city’s older neighborhood (District 2), cited Marion County Board of Health inspections that fined three vendors and revoked one license, and urged the city to consider permitting or other oversight to protect public health and level the playing field for brick‑and‑mortar restaurants.
Councilor Dunning told the Lawrence Common Council on March 2 that he has received complaints from constituents and local restaurant owners about food‑truck vendors concentrated in the city’s older area, identified as District 2. “I have driven around the city of Lawrence, and I have discovered that there are 6 food truck vendors,” Dunning said, and he urged the council to consider action so vendors are not all concentrated in one neighborhood.
Dunning said his review of Marion County Board of Health requirements showed mobile food units must have a commissary kitchen they visit daily for cleaning, water acquisition and wastewater…
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