Public Safety Minutes 2012 01-05-12
APPROVED W/ CORRECTIONS
2/2/12
UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING
Thursday, January 5, 2012 6:30pm
City Hall Conference Room
In Attendance:
Chairman Carlo Colosimo
Alderman Larry Kot
Alderman Chris Funkhouser
Other City Officials in Attendance:
Mayor Gary Golinski
Police Chief Rich Hart
Deputy Chief Larry Hilt
Deputy Chief Don Schwartzkopf
Others in Attendance:
Tony Scott, Kendall County Record
Jillian Duchnowski, Yorkville Patch
The meeting was called to order at 6:30pm by Chairman Colosimo and a quorum was
established.
Citizen Comments:
None
Minutes for Correction/Approval:
November 3, 2011
Alderman Funkhouser asked for a correction to the last paragraph on page 1. The first
November 3, 2011
sentence should read …met on with the….. rather than met “on this
date”. The minutes were then approved as amended on a motion by Kot and second by
Funkhouser. Motion approved verbally.
New Business:
1. PS 2012-01 Police Reports September – November 2011
Chairman Colosimo pointed out that the police overtime is extremely high and while he
said he was not being critical, it should be noted for the budget process. Chief Hart
agreed and said that last year he had pointed this out that when the number of officers
was reduced, the overtime and part time budget would rise. Overtime is due to relief,
investigations, injuries and court.
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Alderman Funkhouser asked that the first column of the incident breakdowns be made
larger. It is a “stock” program so the column cannot be widened. Regarding the monthly
mileage report, he also noted a negative mileage on the Harley Davidson. This is a
typing error. Chief Hart also added that the motorcycles were used in the previous week
due to nice weather and this also saves money.
Chairman Colosimo announced that Chief Hart will be attending the FBI National
Academy and only about 200 people are chosen to (4 from each state) attend.
2. PS 2012-02 Request to Dispose of Vehicles
This is part of a program to dispose of vehicles that have surpassed their life expectancy
which is determined by mileage, cost of repairs and age of vehicle. All of the vehicles in
the report are over 100,000 miles. It is hoped that the money from the sale of these
vehicles will be rolled into police capital to purchase new vehicles. In this budget year,
only one squad was originally budgeted.
This item moves forward to the next City Council consent agenda.
3. PS 2012- 03Ordinance Amending Liquor Code Regarding Number of Package
Licenses
This ordinance would allow for the addition of one “B” liquor license. There are two
requests for a “B” license, but only one is available. Circle K is requesting both of those
licenses. Alderman Kot expressed concern that if both licenses are awarded to Circle K,
another gas station may say they cannot compete. It was noted that Walgreens has also
requested a license.
Mr. Colosimo said there is only 1 license on the south side of the river at this time and
that the north side is saturated. Circle K is open 24 hours and Walgreens closes at 10pm.
Also to be considered is that sales could go to the Newark BP if there is no license on the
south side. Chairman Colosimo said he wants to keep an equal balance within the town
while Alderman Funkhouser suggested possibly amending the ordinance for a balanced
ratio of licenses on the north and the south sides based on population. Mr. Colosimo said
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he was opposed to a license for a north side Circle K one for the south side Circle K.
Alderman Kot said he is concerned with how the liquor would be displayed and
monitored. He said he would like to see their plan for that.
A vote was taken on the ordinance amending the liquor code as presented with Colosimo,
Kot and Funkhouser voting against it.
Old Business
:
1. PW 2011-57 Minimum Fines for Ordinance Violations
Some changes were made by the Public Safety committee, the changes were submitted to
Public Works and they have now sent it back to Public Safety with 2 suggested changes.
Public Works reduced the minimum fine from $75 to $50 and added a sub-section for the
weed and grass ordinance setting the minimum fine of $100 per lot per day. (By State
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statute, the maximum fine is $750). The committee said the range should be $100-$750
per lot per day.
After discussion, the Public Safety committee recommended the following:
1. $250 to $500 for first offense
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2. $500 to $750 for 2 offense
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3. $750 for 3 offense
The committee will also propose to the Council the following:
1. Raise the minimum back to $75 for drug paraphernalia
2. Range of $100-$750 per day per lot range for weed ordinance
This will move forward to the Council consent agenda as amended
2. PS 2011-25 Computer/Server Replacement Update
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Chief Hart said the update would be postponed pending further research in an attempt to
save more money. The in-car video systems will not store data, so new in-car videos must
be purchased. Also, some of the mobile data terminals will not link into the new server.
An update should be available in February.
Alderman Kot asked about the availability of grant money. Grants were used for the in-
car video system and also for the laptops purchased a year ago, however, Chief Hart said
grants are not available at this time.
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This item will be brought back to Old Business for the February 2 meeting.
Additional Business:
There was no further business and a motion was made and seconded by Aldermen
Funkhouser and Kot, respectively to adjourn the meeting.
Adjourned at 7:02pm.
Minutes transcribed by
Marlys Young, Minute Taker
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