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"Racine City Hall will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to asbestos dust.Mayor John Dickert said a construction incident exposed asbestos, and now that material must be removed.VIDEO: Asbestos shuts down Racine's city hallDickert said the incident took place Monday in a containment area on the third floor, but the damage was not discovered until Tuesday. \u00A0He said it was possible that a small amount of asbestos dust could have escaped the containment area on Monday.\"Just outside the containment area, there was some asbestos, so for us it's best just to shut it down, get it cleaned up. If we have to, find out if there are any problems outside that container area that we get it taken care of,\" Dickert said.The mayor said there are about 50 employees who work at City Hall on average. They took their work home with them.Meantime, some citizens who had business at City Hall and had not gotten word about the closure were coming and going disappointed Tuesday.\"I'm surprised because I came down to get my license for my dog, and it's closed. I don't know what to do,\" Racine resident Rogelio Rodriguez said.Dickert said that City Hall will remain closed until the results of testing have been received, but that he expects the building to remain closed through Wednesday.Meetings that were scheduled for Tuesday evening have been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the City Hall Annex, 800 Center St."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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