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Public Safety Minutes 2003 01-23-03 f f Pagel of 5 UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING THURSDAY,JANUARY 23,2003 0l1 O3 6:30 P.M. ti` In Attendance: Mayor Art Prochaska Alderman Larry Kot Alderman Mike Anderson Alderwoman Rose Spears Alderman Paul James Guests: Officer Swartzkopf Attorney Kelly Kramer APPROVAL/CORRECTION of MINUTES These minutes were approved after corrections were made. MONTHLY POLICE REPORTS for NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2002 Alderman Kot asked Lieutenant Swartzkopf if there would be anyone who will fill in for the officer who has been reassigned. Lt. Swartzkopf said that Officer Sam Stroup would be filling in for Truck Enforcement. He said that Officer Stroup already knows the basics of trucks but will go to Safety One for more advanced training. Lt. Swartzkopf mentioned that Officer Dan Pleckham also has experience working with the trucks. Mayor Prochaska asked if the total amount of bond money was for this year. Alderman Kot said it was for this calendar year. Mayor Prochaska pointed out that if it was for this fiscal year there might be more numbers coming in since this fiscal year is not yet over. Mayor Prochaska pointed out an error on the Mileage Reports. He noticed that there are two pages for November; he thought one should be for December. Alderwoman Rose Spears said that the mileage page dated for January 6, 2003 is the December Mileage Report. This item will go to COW on February 4, 2003. REVIEW ALCOHOL ORDINANCE Kelly Kramer stated that at the last COW,they wanted to see the sale of alcohol in a designated area so that no one under the age of 21 could enter that area. She said that the first ordinance addresses that issue. She said that Alderwoman Spears had mentioned the issue of alcohol sampling, so they have included that subject in the 2nd ordinance and it was added to the Liquor License Ordinance. There were certain stipulations put on the amount and variety of alcohol sampled. Also included in the ordinance is that the sample can not be served to anyone under the age of 21, and sampling must be under the supervision of individuals in higher positions (managers or corporation). Alderman Kot pointed out in Article 12 Section(A)(1) of The Liquor Control Ordinance, page 2 and paragraph 3 that he would like the sentence of persons under the age of 21 years, to be rephrased. Mayor Prochaska suggested rephrasing it to say: The City recognizes that the State deems the purchase possession and consumption at the age of 21 years. Page 2 of 5 Alderman Kot asked if when this ordinance is passed and if it would not be retroactive, would Jewel fall underneath this policy. Ms.Kramer said no. Mayor Prochaska stated that Jewel has already taken action on it and now has gates up during the appropriate hours. Alderman Mike Anderson said that he did not favor the quartered off areas during working hours because there could be problems with having physical barriers up. Mayor Prochaska said didn't think that it should say the areas should be quartered off during open hours. He felt there should be something added to the time the City allows alcohol to be sold,that that area would then be quartered off. He said that Jewel had already had their liquor area quartered off last night. He said the people it might affect would be the 24-hour gas stations. Alderman Anderson felt that it wouldn't affect the gas stations too much; they would just need to put locks on the coolers and walk-in doors. Alderman Kot asked if there was anything being done with where liquor is displayed during normal business hours. Mayor Prochaska said no. He felt that all the laws were in place if the businesses do something wrong, they could lose their liquor license if they get caught. Alderman Kot voiced his concern with the ordinance and wondered if it would have the same affect to smaller businesses if they didn't have the same security as Jewel. He felt that the committee should consider the location of where alcohol is displayed. Mayor Prochaska said that that would be something the businesses would have to stay on top of. He pointed out that even Jewel with its high tech security had someone walk out of the store with beer. That is why the Mayor asked Jewel to put the barriers up. He said that capitalism would have an affect on where the alcohol is located in the store. The Mayor has told people that if they are unhappy of where the alcohol is located in Jewel, then they need to write the manager and tell them of their displeasure. He felt that as opposed to Jewel, it would be harder for smaller establishments to find the funds to change their stores around to relocate the alcohol. Alderman Anderson said he was opposed to dictating where businesses put their products. He felt that the barriers are sufficient and feels that the alcohol should be locked up after hours. Mayor Prochaska said that if the Council saw that it would be an issue,they could always consider changing the ordinance. Alderman Kot said that it was a good first step. He added that he felt that in the ordinance on pages 2: 1(a)that it is too restrictive to say"superiors". Ms. Kramer said that they could change it too say under the supervision of someone over 21 years. Page 3 of 5 Mayor Prochaska voiced a concern with serving samples of 2 ounces or less. He felt there should be a restriction of the type of 2 ounces of alcohol. He said 2 ounces of wine might not have the same affect as 2 ounces of hard liquor. Ms. Kramer said that they could break it down per type, stating certain amounts per type of alcohol. Alderman Anderson suggested limiting the sampling to just wine and beer. Alderman Kot mentioned that in the ordinance where it mentions the servers of the samples, he would like to see something added there to say the servers would need to properly card the individuals;to be sure they are not serving minors. Alderman Anderson said that the establishments are responsible for that. Mayor Prochaska added that by State law the server is also responsible. He said it would be good to state in the ordinance that servers are responsible too. This committee agreed to send the ordinances to COW on February 4, 2003, once Ms. Kramer has made the corrections. DOG ORDINANCE Ms. Kramer stated that this ordinance was added to and some definitions were clarified and they also rearranged some violations and terms in each different section. She said they did some revisions in the Impoundment and Redemption procedures. They broke down the Violation and Penalty section in the First time offense: Subsequent offense,Third time offense, and Fourth offense. She said that currently they only have 2 definitions in the ordinance; one dog; and a person. She said the definition of a fierce dog is any dog that has bitten one or more persons. They had one on the inoculations of rabies and other animals. They had a definition of the owner. For the sake of the ordinance, an owner includes any on keeping the dog or is responsible for the dog. She said they also added definitions for restraint and stray dogs. Mayor Prochaska asked if the fees for impoundment and redemption line up with the County. He thought they needed to call and verify the fees the County charges. Ms. Kramer said she would do that. She mentioned that per Chief Martin's request they added a section concerning proper disposal of dog waste. Section 5-2-8 was included for that purpose. This item will go to COW on February 4,2003. SIDEWALK LIGHTING CONCERN This item was in regards to a memo submitted by Chief Martin stating a complaint from a Bridge Street Cafe waitress, regarding lighting along the Ameritech Building on Main Street. Employees are required to park on Main Street, and when they go to leave from work, this area is very dark. She would feel much safer if this section of walk had some lighting. Mayor Prochaska commented that originally there were suppose to be lighting put in there, but there had to be an agreement with the land owners there, and that's where that plan got nixed. He said that they would need to get a hold of Ameritech for that. Alderman James reported that Ameritech had called and said they are looking into putting in lighting around their building themselves. Page 4 of 5 Mayor Prochaska suggesting checking with Ameritech to see what time frame they were looking at to installing the lighting. If it is going to be a while, he thought they should ask Ameritech to consider letting the City put in some temporary lighting until Ameritech puts in their own. Alderman Kot suggested sending this to Public Works to see if there is any money there to fund the temporary lighting. He said he would hate to see something happen in the mean time of waiting for bureaucracy to work. This item will come back to Public Safety after Public Works has reviewed it. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS Lighting at the City Hall entrance drive Alderwoman Spears mentioned that though there are reflectors along the City Hall drive, she felt that the drive is still difficult to see. She thought there should be lighting put in there. Alderman Kot said that he felt the same way. The drive is not that well lit. The reflectors do not reflect the light, as they should. He said he would speak with Public Works Director Eric Dhuse about the situation. Mayor Prochaska thought since there is electric at City Hall sign, that maybe a small street light would look nice there. There will be an update as soon as Alderman Kot speaks with Mr. Dhuse. Trucks parking in the streets Mayor Prochaska said there are concerns about trucks parking in the streets, especially now that many have plows on the front of them. He felt it was an issue that needed to be looked at and asked the committee to think of how there could be something done to ease concerns. He said the trucks are already narrow and with the addition of the large trucks parked there it can be difficult sometime to drive around. Alderman Anderson said that he has also received calls about the same issue. Mayor Prochaska said that it could affect the value of the land having a commercial vehicle parked in front of properties. He felt there should be some kind of language written about the truck parking, and to get it out to let people know about it and see what kind of response it gets. Alderman James felt commercial vehicle might not be the right word to use, because we don't want to limit all parking. Alderman Kot said that they have made some restrictions over the years with people parking trailers in the streets. He said that people have gotten use to doing things a certain way which at one time was acceptable. Now as the town is growing, it might not be as acceptable and how do we ease something like this in with out creating problems for people? Mayor Prochaska said that he has received complaints from residents about the parking at Hillcrest. He said people on both sides will park right up to the no parking sign. It makes it more difficult to get through there since the parked cars make for a narrow passage and can be difficult to see around the parked cars when coming around the corner. Page 5 of 5 The committee will put these parking items into consideration. Meeting adjourned: 7:25 p.m. Minutes by Theresa Brady