Joliet City Hall Announces Reopening

JOLIET, IL — Residents of Joliet have been unable to have face-to-face interactions with their public officials at Joliet's City Hall during these past few months because of the pandemic, but that's about to change. City Hall will open to the community starting Monday, June 1.

The city said that special hours for the elderly and the immune compromised will be provided from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Joliet's Customer Service department is available for payments and real estate transactions without an appointment but visits to City Hall for other business must be through an appointment made directly with the specific department such as Community Development and Public Works.

There will be one entrance only for visitors to City Hall through the Main Entrance located on Des Plaines Street, the city's news release indicated.

Upon entry into the building, all visitors will be required to wear a mask, have their temperatures taken and will be asked a few brief screening questions. Visitors will be escorted by City staff to their destination throughout City Hall.

City of Joliet employees will be practicing appropriate social distancing and wearing masks when unable to social distance. Please do not congregate in hallways or other areas where crowds are present, the city asked.

Floors will be marked to maintain required distances from others along with crowd fencing to provide guidance. We will be allowing a specific number of individuals into City Hall to ensure safe distancing.