April elections bring in new boards and councils in May.
For the first part of the month, area communities have been seeing new and familiar people raising their right hands, repeating after judges and other dignitaries, stating their names and promising to uphold the sanctity of their position.
The Southland communitiesâ boards are just settling in after all the April 6 votes were certified by the officials in Cook and Will Counties.
Here is a look at highlights of some of the area municipal races.
Orland Park
Mayor Keith Pekau and former Mayor Dan McLaughlin had a lively and heated election filled with mailers sent to residents seemingly on a daily basis.
UpdatedThu, May 6, 2021 at 10:24 am CT
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At Your Door is a special collections service, where hazardous or hard-to-recycle items are picked up from your home, according to the Waste Management website. (Shutterstock)
LOCKPORT, IL Lockport residents will now receive the At Your Door service from Waste Management after the city council approved an amendment to its contract with the business at its Wednesday meeting.
City Administrator Ben Benson said the service can start as early as June, and will cost an extra $1.42 a month.
At Your Door is a special collections service, where hazardous or hard-to-recycle items are picked up from your home, according to the Waste Management website. These items can include household chemicals, consumer electronics, paint, automotive products, batteries, garden chemicals, fluorescent light bulbs, flammable items, swimming pool chemicals, and syringes or lancets.