Kankakee County Board agrees to contract with Highway Department employees

During Tuesday morning’s meeting of the Kankakee County Board, the Board gave their stamp of approval to a new three-year agreement with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 which represents employees in the County Highway Department. County Board Chairman Matt Alexander-Hildebrand has the details

Also at Tuesday morning’s meeting the Board agreed to enter into an agreement with the Federal Government for an 80-20 split of the cost for widening and resurfacing County Highway 17. The cost of the project is one-point-six million dollars with the fed paying almost one-point-three million of that amount.