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Council probes stall in MJ’s Fish & Chicken opening; unions say compliance and PLA steps are underway

Springfield City Council committee · April 29, 2026
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Summary

A restaurant that closed on a Burger King site in January has not opened due to permitting/contractor and Project Labor Agreement (PLA) compliance steps; city staff outlined ePrism documentation fixes and union representatives described subcontracting to meet PLA requirements.

Council members pressed staff about why a restaurant (MJ’s Fish & Chicken) that closed on the property on Jan. 31 had not opened by late April. The chair (speaker 2) said he’d been getting constituent complaints and asked the director (speaker 12) for a timeline.

Staff (speaker 12) and the council described a mix of administrative and procurement issues, including what staff called a misunderstanding about entries into ePrism (the city’s contractor reporting system)…

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