Princeton Mayor Joel Quiram was on WZOE’s Wake Up Princeton show to update residents on several important issues facing the city. The mayor said at Monday’s city council meeting, they authorized a new ordinance that would allow poultry in residential neighborhoods. Currently, poultry is only allowed in areas zoned for agricultural use. The new ordinance will be considered after the new city council takes their seats in May, after the city election in April.

The mayor also discussed a proposed project to transform part of Columbus Street into a walkway. He said the plan would take “an approximate 100 foot stretch of a narrow, drab, downtown one-way street that sees maybe 50 cars a day” and change it into something that would add to the ambiance of Main Street.

Mayor Quiram also said at the next Princeton City Council meeting on January 18, the council will vote again on Perry Memorial Hospital’s affiliation with OSF Healthcare. This will be the second and final vote. The first vote taken on Monday was favorable toward the city’s agreement to the affiliation.