HomeMy WebLinkAboutEXECUTIVE SESSION - 01/11/2005 - HOMELAND SECURITY/RELEASED RES NO 38-06 EXECUTIVE SESSION
Date January 11,2005
Time 7:15 p.m.
Chemick Conference Room
TOPIC: LITIGATION_ PERSONNEL _ HOMELAND SECURITY X
VILLAGE BOARD VILLAGE BOARD
MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT STAFF PRESENT
C.JOHNSON G.PARRIN
Mayor Village Manager
N.CZARNIK R.RUMMEL
Village Trustee Asst.Village Manager
B.DILL M.ROAN
Village Trustee Asst.to the Manager
P.FEICHTER G.KNICKERBOCKER
Village Trustee Village Attorney
S.LISSNER
Village Trustee
J.PETRI
Village Trustee
C.PROCHNO
Village Trustee RECEIVE O
FEB 0 7 2005
VILLAGE CLERK'S OFFICE
Pursuant to a duly made and approved motion and a majority vote at a regularly scheduled
meeting of the Village President and Board of Trustees on lanuary 11, 2005 ,this Executive Session
was called to consider a Homeland Security matter.
Number of pages attached: 1
Date(s)of review for release: December.2005
Date of approval for release:
01/11/05
7:15 p.m.
Homeland Security
The Board of Trustees was informed that the Village had been selected as one of three Chicago
locations to host registration and voting for the upcoming Iraqi elections. The Chicagoland
area was one of five locations throughout the country where Iraqi citizens would be able to
vote. The other four national locations were in Washington D.C.,Los Angeles,Detroit and
Nashville.
The Village only became aware of this selection after receiving a bulletin from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation(FBI) to be vigilant of suspicious activity and warning of attacks near
the polling location. The actual location was to be a strip mall along Busse Road. Of the
45,000 Iraqi nationals in the Chicagoland area, as many as 31,000 would be eligible to vote.
The Village had been informed that security would only be provided at the polling location
itself. The Village would be responsible for all other security details at a cost of approximately
$90,000.
In a conference call to the White House,the Village indicated that the Elk Grove Business Park
would not be an ideal location for holding elections due to our location to previously identified
terrorist targets, as well as several other logistic issues.
Although it was noted that if the Village were required to host the registration and voting we
would be great hosts,the Village has been notified that Elk Grove is no longer being
considered for this request.
The meeting adjourned at 7:23 p.m.