Public Safety Committee Minutes 2022 03-03-22APPROVED 5/17/22
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UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING
Thursday, March 3, 2022 6:00pm
City Hall Council Chambers
800 Game Farm Road, Yorkville, IL
Note: This meeting was held in accordance with Public Act 101-0640 and Gubernatorial Disaster
Proclamation issued by Governor Pritzker pursuant to the powers vested in the Governor under
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, The
United City of Yorkville is encouraging social distancing by allowing remote attendance at the
Public Safety Committee meeting.
In Attendance:
Chairman Dan Transier/in-person Alderman Matt Marek/in-person
Alderman Seaver Tarulis/in-person Alderman Craig Soling/in-person
Other City Officials in Attendance:
Police Chief Jim Jensen/in-person Purchasing Manager Shanel Gayle/remote
Deputy Chief Behr Pfizenmaier/in-person
Others in Attendance: None
The meeting was called to order at 6:01pm by Chairman Dan Transier.
Citizen Comments: None
Minutes for Correction/Approval: January 6, 2022
The minutes were approved as presented.
New Business:
1. PS 2022-04 Monthly Report Review for December 2021 - January 2022
Chief Jensen presented the monthly report for January and said December information would be
covered in the annual report in item #2 on the agenda. He reported on overtime hours, training,
initiatives, participation in a blood drive, number of crashes, enforcement areas and
citations/warnings. He said Community Service Officers are utilized to sample speeds in areas of
complaints and courtesy letters are sent to offenders asking them to slow down. He also said
there were several suspended registrations due to non-insurance payments. The Detective
portion of the report has been revamped to show the work they are doing. Chief Jensen also
reported on Part I and II crimes and total calls for service. He also noted that gasoline expenses
were up by $2,100 and he is projecting to be over budget for the year for fuel. He noted that
squads are no longer being idled to help conserve gas.
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2. PS 2022-05 Yorkville Police Department 2021 Annual Report Review
The Chief handed out the annual report to committee members. He said there are 32 officers in
the department and there were 1,000 more calls for service in 2021 as compared to 2020. One of
the focus areas of the department was health and wellness, with officer wellness checks now
being statutory. He then reported on highlights in the various categories of the report. He
thanked the department personnel who provided data and assembled the report.
3. PS 2022-06 Adjudication Reports for January and February 2022
Chief Jensen said a resident of Windett Ridge received a citation for an expired registration after
speaking with the owner on 3 occasions. Another case involved a habitual dog at large which had
chased a delivery driver. Other cases involved expired registrations.
4. PS 2022-07 FY 23 Purchase of Police Vehicles Proposal
Deputy Chief Pfizenmaier said repair costs are being tracked and his goal is to have no broken
down vehicles. He uses a scoring system to evaluate a vehicle which includes the age of the
vehicle and total cost of repairs. There are currently 12 front line vehicles, 2 for CSO, 3 for
investigations and 4 command vehicles. There are 3 vehicles not cost-effective at this time and
he suggested they be replaced. He proposed the purchase of three 2022 AWD Ford Explorers and
outlined the equipment desired. He said the cost would be about $180,000 for the 3 vehicles and
the delivery date would be this summer. Payments would not be made until after May 1. If the
city does not get into this ordering group, the delivery date could be 40 weeks. The Chief
wishes to keep enough money in his budget in the case of an emergency and money from the sale
of used vehicles also goes into the squad fund.
Alderman Soling asked if a higher gas budget is anticipated with Explorers. Chief Jensen said he
does not and he added they looked into Eco-Friendly, however, another department had
purchased them and encountered problems. Alderman Tarulis asked if electric vehicles would be
purchased in the near future. Chief Jensen said the equipment in the squads use a high level of
power and the electric vehicles are not practical at this time.
This matter will move forward to the full Council for approval and Chairman Transier asked the
Chief to include ratings for the used vehicles and to make it clear there are already funds
available for this purchase. Alderman Soling asked if there is a graph of the typical trade-in
value, however, squads are usually put up for sale at auction.
Old Business: None
Additional Business: None
There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned at 7:02pm.
Minutes transcribed by
Marlys Young, Minute Taker/in-person