Public Safety Committee Minutes 2024 03-07-24APPROVED 5/2/24
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UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING
Thursday, March 7, 2024 6:00pm
East Conference Room #337
651 Prairie Pointe Drive, Yorkville, IL
In Attendance:
Chairman Dan Transier Alderman Chris Funkhouser via Zoom
Alderman Craig Soling Alderman Seaver Tarulis
Other City Officials in Attendance:
Police Chief Jim Jensen Sgt. Sam Stroup
Others in Attendance:
Mike Krempski Molly Krempski
The meeting was called to order at 6:00pm by Chairman Dan Transier.
Citizen Comments:
Ms. Krempski said they began coming to these meetings due to the drag shows, but are now
turning their attention to what she termed a public safety issue or “government corruption”. She
gave a summary of what she felt are issues in the city in the last few months. She has spoken
with City Administrator Bart Olson and also made attempts to reach the Mayor who later
responded.
Ms. Krempski said she believed the Mayor was breaking the law after observing him at the 2022
and 2023 Hometown Days and said she had videos and emails to prove this. She alleged the
Mayor was distributing liquor, not as Mayor, but as a private citizen and that liquor ordinance
violations had occurred. A permit had been issued allowing for the consumption on city
property, but she said the issue is with the distribution rather than the consumption of liquor. She
has spoken to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission about this. She wishes to initiate an
investigation and said it is not to embarrass anyone, but to have the laws upheld and for a safer
community. She said more laws will not help, but the current laws need to be enforced.
Minutes for Correction/Approval: January 4, 2024
The minutes were approved as presented.
New Business:
Chairman Transier asked to move item #3 forward on the agenda.
3. PS 2024-06 Traffic Complaint, Investigation and Reporting Process - Discussion
Chief Jensen said Traffic Sergeant Sam Stroup has been following up on traffic complaints and
researching crashes to reduce the number. The Sergeant has created a program to analyze the
issues. He uses the CSO's to observe and document in gathering data and uses message boards
and speed limit signs to determine if there is an actual problem in a given location. He said
partnerships are a part of this program and he works with Public Works and EEI to look at data
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collected. He has created a courtesy letter that is sent to vehicle owners to inform them of a
violation and no negative feedback has been received. He said citizens appreciate follow-up
about issues they have identified. Sgt. Stroup compiles a monthly report for an overview of the
activities and they will be sent to Aldermen if a problem has been identified in their Ward. Chief
Jensen added that the department will draft a plan to reduce crashes throughout the city since
problem areas have been determined.
1. PS 2024-04 Monthly Report Review for December 2023 and January 2024
Chief Jensen reported on training hours, directed patrols, overtime, frequent postings about
weather conditions, blood drive, increase in responses to 911 hang-ups on cell phones, number of
citations/warnings and he said Nybers report numbers are down. He also noted that Deputy Chief
Ray Mikolasek is the new President of the Kendall Chiefs Association. No further action.
2. PS 2024-05 Adjudication Reports for January and February 2024
There was a recent noise ordinance violation at Pinz and tickets/warnings have been issued.
Other violations include disorderly conduct, tampering with system, dangerous animal, tobacco/
liquor stings, unsafe conditions and tickets for no parking during snowfall events.
4. PS 2024-07 2023 Annual Report Review and Discussion
Chief Jensen presented the annual report which includes the mission/value statements and the
department will also be forming a Strategic Plan. He then reviewed stats for the various areas of
policing. He also noted the number of FOIA requests are up 41 for the year and all Records
personnel are trained to fulfill these requests. The Chief said that a goal for the Strategic Plan
will be the response to mental health calls and to determine if a social worker is needed. He
reported on the drone used by the PD and said 16 employees are trained operators. Alderman
Soling noted that he received many compliments about the officers being professional and very
courteous.
Old Business: None
Additional Business: None
There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned at 7:18pm.
Respectfully submitted by Marlys Young, Minute Taker