The La Salle City Council met last night at 6:30pm and the meeting began with comments from those residents in attendance. Official steps have been taken towards checking air quality near the Carus Chemical plant on the East Side.
The Community has been asking for a second monitor to check the quality of the air as close to the Carus plant as possible. There is already one at the La Salle library south of Carus. The City obliged with a second one at the Rotary Park.
LaSalle resident Dawn Hicks has been waiting for an update for weeks.
Hicks said she has been asking for a second monitor to check the quality of the air as close to the Carus plant as possible. The City reported last night that the second monitor had arrived completely sealed at City Hall. No calibration or setting changes were needed, it just needed to be installed and plugged in at the Rotary Club. Deputy Clerk Brent Bader says residents can access the new air quality monitor with an app which you can access at IQAIR.com. You’ll need to request the library location or the Rotary Park location. The information is updated daily. If residents see if the air quality is poor, the app will tell residents by a color coding system, green meaning the air is safe, orange, yellow, and red are unsafe air quality days and you can read what precautions to take if you are going out for the day. You can also now compare two devices for extra peace of mind or help you decide not to be outside for so long on a bad day.