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Public Safety Minutes 2005 08-11-05 A Page 1 of 3 APPROVED 9/8/05 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE Thursday,August 11,2005 6:30 pm City Conference Room Present: Mayor Art Prochaska Police Chief Harold Martin Alderwoman Rose Spears Tanya Riva,resident Alderwoman Wanda Ohare Jorie Johnnic,resident Alderman Dean Wolfer Sandra Adams, Planning Commission Alderman Joe Besco Jeff Lacey,resident The meeting was called to order at 6:35 pm by Wanda Ohare 1. Approval/Correction of Minutes: None 2. Police Reports for July 2005—There was an increase in the burglary of vehicles and criminal damage of property to vehicles and on construction sites. 4 new officers are scheduled to be hired. 2 in November and 2 in April. Some residents are requesting a stop sign be put in at Walsh Dr. and Walsh Cir. A warrant study would have to be done, and because of the sight distance,maybe some kind of sign would be allowed. This will be taken to Public Works, and in the meantime, a speed trailer could be used there occasionally. Restrictive Parking Ordinance - Sandra Adams, a resident on Bruell St. would like to see the ordinance put in place and enforced. The truck and trailer in question on Bruell St. normally parks in front of the Fire Hydrant. The truck is a B plate and the trailer is a D plate. The truck is now parking in the Swim Club parking lot,backing the trailer into the trees. The current ordinance is for off street parking, not allowing commercial vehicles in a private drive. Non-commercial vehicles or trailers are allowed in the drive. Off street parking spaces may be located in any yard, except the front yard. There was discussion that if a B plate is allowed in the street,that it should also be allowed in the driveway. The Wire Wizard, located on Center Parkway and Blackberry Lane has 4 vans in his driveway, and the vehicles block the sidewalk, and violate the current ordinance. The vehicles do not belong there according to current ordinance, and customers coming to purchase his product also cannot park in his driveway. There are a lot of residents who block the sidewalk with their vehicles. Page 2 of 3 Chief Martin said that nowadays there are so many ordinances,that you can pretty much write anybody a ticket for anything, and the police enforce things of this nature when it is brought up to them. Alderwoman Spears pointed out that in the past the police have issued the Wire Wizard a citation or warning, and the Wire Wizard drove around the neighborhood and compiled a list of all the people who violated an ordinance, their address, and what the violation was. Since B plates are currently allowed on the street, a provision should be added to allow B plates and under in the driveway or front yard in accordance with the building code and the rest of the parking ordinance. Bill Dettmer in Building and Zoning will be contacted to make sure that ordinance will be able to allow this. Boats and other vehicles are allowed if there is a paved surface for them to park on. This will come back to the next Public Safety meeting. 3. DVD System for M-12—This was in the 04/05 budget, and it was discovered the funds were not in the Capital Fund after all. Chief Martin is requesting the funds come from the Capital Reserve Fund. This system is for Officer Delaney's vehicle for accident reconstruction and Truck Enforcement. He has no equipment in his vehicle currently for this. The COPS Grant for$24,000 was put into the Capital Reserve Fund. This will move on to COW. 4. Purchase of Chevy Tahoe - It was in the budget to purchase an Expedition,but Ford will not sell to the City of Yorkville. $26,000 was budgeted, and the Tahoe will cost $28,709. The difference in price can come from the reserve. The Aldermen voted, and they agree to the additional expense. 6. K-9 Bomb Dog—Cook County's Master Trainer has a 1 %Z year old German Shepherd he is willing to donate to the City of Yorkville. The Master Trainer is also willing to train the dog and handler at no cost. The dog will be certified by the Training Board. Yorkville already have drug and tracking dogs. A drug dog cannot be crossed with a bomb dog. Both dogs can track. This will be the only bomb dog in the county. Both of Yorkville's drug dogs are in the twilight of their careers. A dog's career only lasts about 8 years. This proposal would mean maintaining 3 dogs until another dog retires. Chief Martin will look into whether or not the Moose or other places would be willing donate money for this dog, or the school could do a fund raiser, or a sponsorship could be looked into. The committee recommends accepting and maintaining this dog. This will move on to COW. 7. Generator and Air-Conditioning Enclosure—FYI—Chief Martin is waiting to hear back from Eric Dhuse on this issue. This would be to fence in the generator and the Air Conditioning unit. It was asked if the fencing would be solid or chain link. Chain link would not block the airflow to the equipment. It is not known at this time what kind of fence Eric Dhuse is inquiring about,but when the quotes come back, it will be found out. Page 3 of 3 8. Crossing Signs—FYI—Chief Martin had the officers inspect the railroad signs and gave the General Manager at Illinois RailNet a list of the ones that needed replacing. The Train Master will have to look at the signs and see what they will do. The Railroad is responsible for the signs. This will come back as an FYI. 9. Additional Business—Alderman Wolfer wanted Chief Martin to thank Barry Groesch for his work on camp 911. Alderman Besco said with the West Nile Virus popping up,he would like to have Clark spray for mosquitoes and drop the briquettes in the sewer. He would like the 2nd application to be done now, and then have a 3`d application be done later, and possibly have the contingency fund pay for this extra cost. This will move on to COW in conjunction with Public Works. Alderman Besco also stated that Wholesale Tires has a pile of tires lined up behind their building which is a fire hazard as well as a mosquito magnet. They charge a tire disposal fee to their customers, so this should be taken care of Bill Dettmer will be contacted and he will have this taken care of ASAP. Alderwoman Ohare would like to have an update on the new Cadet, and would like to meet him at the City Council meeting on August 23rd. Chief Martin said his name is Behr. Alderwoman Ohare also wanted to ask about proper lighting and signs in private strip malls. Alderwoman Spears asked if there was anything in the building codes where they would have to keep up the equipment as well as the signs. This is Bill Dettmer's department. Bill will be asked to come to the next Public Safety meeting. Alderwoman Ohare also wanted say now that the alarm fees have been addressed, she would like to address the business registration fees. This will come back in the future. The alarm fees will be published in the city newsletters, neighborhood watch newsletters, newspapers, and possibly on TV or on the radio. Also someone should sit down with the school district and discuss with them that they are not affected with the fees, but stress the fact they are setting off the alarm so many times every month. There is an old chair on the tennis court at the Pool/ Swim Club that needs to be removed. There is a disagreement about who owns that property, if it is the city, the Lions Club, or the YMCA. Maybe Public Works could get the trash to pick it up? They will be contacted to have it removed. Also there are many vehicles parking there that maybe should not be. If there is still work being done there the vehicles are fine. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm. Minutes,.submitted by Laura Leppert.