Palos Hills Mayor Shares Plans For Phase 4 Of Reopening Illinois

The following is a letter from Mayor Gerald Bennett to residents of Palos Hills.

Dear Residents,

I have posted on the Palos Hills website the new State of Illinois Phase 4 guidelines for the re-opening of more activities, more businesses and social activities. The new phase also allows for more indoor and outdoor activities including recreation, outdoor dining and various social activities. Effective June 26 the playgrounds will be reopened, indoor dining will resume with a 25-percent capacity limitation.

Palos Hills City Council meetings will resume in person with a limited seating capacity. Anyone attending a city council meeting will be required to wear a mask and again, limited seating will be available with a 6-foot spacing.

The community resource department will reopen day camp on a limited basis and the Senior Bus will resume by appointment only. We hope that in the near future we will be able to provide more recreational activities also on a limited basis.

Despite the coronavirus, our building department continues to see an increase in new permits for homes and business construction. Southwest Central Dispatch will be relocating from the City of Palos Heights to our new location in Palos Hills on 95th Street adjacent to the North Palos Fire Protection District Station 2. This $8 million project will begin construction this month, and we are also please to announce a $2 million grant provided by the State of Illinois with the assistance of State Representative Kelly Burke and State Senator Bill Cunningham which will help significantly with the cost of the building.

I ask all our residents to please stay safe and wear a protective mask along with social distancing whenever outside your residence. We’ve come a long way and no one wants to go back as we were that last three and a half months. Any questions or information that we can provide, please call City Hall at 708-598-3400.

Sincerely,

Gerald Bennett
Mayor
City of Palos Hills

This press release was produced by the City of Palos Hills. The views expressed here are the author’s own.