Wake Up Tri-Counties Kewanee Mayor Gary Moore

The Mayor of Kewanee, Gary Moore, joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Tuesday to talk about Monday's Kewanee City Council Meeting. The Mayor discussed issues related to Mill Creek and a potentially expensive fix of compliance with EPA standards related to Chloride Volumes. The Mayor says that the State of Illinois insists that Mill Creek is a navigable waterway and because of that, EPA standards require the City of Kewanee to enact potentially expensive fixes to repair the issue. That said, the Mayor tells WKEI that the plan is to pursue grants and other state funding to alleviate some of the cost from this fix. The Mayor also talked about several nuisance properties that are now set to be torn down.