An agency representing 42 suburbs, including Schaumburg and Arlington Heights, has asked Gov. J.B. Pritzker to put them in a different region than Chicago in his Restore Illinois plan, and to cut in half one of the requirements to move to the next phase of recovery from coronavirus restrictions.
The Northwest Municipal Conference asked that the required number of days of a decrease in COVID-19-like hospital admissions be reduced to 14 from 28 to be able to move to the next reopening phase.
But some collar county health officials and some members of the conference itself are defending the details of the governor’s plan.
Among the 43 members of the conference — 42 suburbs as well as Northfield Township — 34 participated in a meeting Wednesday at which 20 supported the position, 12 were opposed and two abstained, Executive Director Mark Fowler said. A letter was sent to the governor Friday.
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