The company that runs Chicago’s Southeast Side port killed a proposal to show it over to a non-public operator after Mayor Lori Lightfoot objected. Members of the Illinois International Port District board unanimously voted down a proposal to barter a grasp lease with Savage Services, a transportation and logistics firm based mostly in Midvale, Utah. It amounted to an about-face for an company that in March chosen Savage as its most well-liked bidder for the job of revitalizing operations. Board Chairman Michael Forde mentioned the mayor’s workplace voiced its objection and members agreed as a courtesy. “The mayor’s office was of the opinion that this was not in the long-term interests of the port,” Forde mentioned.