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ELK GROVE VILLAGE APR 2 2009
JPZ COMMITTEE MEETING
March 17, 2009 VILLAGE CLERK'S OFFICE
4:30 PM
JPZ Members Present: Sam Lissner, Village Trustee, Chairman
Chris Prochno, Village Trustee
Jeffrey C. Franke, Village Trustee
Staff: Raymond R. Rummel, Village Manager
George Knickerbocker, Village Attorney
Michael J. Cavallini, Dir. of Health & Comm. Serv.
Stephen Schmidt, Police Chief
Al Boffice, Director of Engineering & Comm. Dev.
Dion Zinnel, Deputy Police Chief
Mike Carlson, Police Youth Investigations
Tom Danahy, Police Youth Investigations
Guests: Gil Schumm, Library Board
Tom Rogers, Citizen
Sam Lissner called the meeting to order at 4:35 PM.
The Committee met to discuss three items of business:
• Increase minimum penalties for P-tickets for the Department of Engineering &
Community Development.
• Revision of Village Ordinance to address juvenile offenses.
• Update of"No Idling" program.
Increase Minimum P-ticket Penalties
The Committee reviewed a recommendation to increase penalties for building and
engineering code violations from a minimum of $25 to a minimum of $50. The Director
of Engineering and Community Development indicated that ticket writing was only done
as a last resort, after the department works with the residents and their contractors to
correct any code violations.
Tickets are only written when contractors and residents refuse to work with the Village
to correct code violations. The amounts of the penalties have not changed in over 16
years and were not impacting violations. The Village Attorney indicated that the
proposed minimum penalties were similar to those established in surrounding
communities.
After further discussion, the Committee unanimously recommended increasing the
minimum penalty to $50.
JPZ Committee Meeting - 2 - March 17, 2009
Revised Enforcement of Juvenile Offenses
The Police concern was the development of new ordinances that would allow court
appearances in Village Municipal Court (Traffic Court) for juvenile offenders concerning
violations of retail theft, malicious mischief, graffiti, encouraging delinquency, and
children in dwellings other than their own without parental permission. These new
ordinances would alleviate many of the concerns, especially regarding recidivism, that
have not been addressed in the current Cook County Suburban Juvenile Court System.
The Police focus remains on the well being of the child, and restorative justice and
correction of delinquent behavior. Changing the venue in which juveniles are tried would
provide a strong tool to help Police and the Village accomplish that goal.
The Committee agreed that changes are necessary to alleviate Police concerns related
to juvenile behavior. The Committee will present the request from the Police
Department to the Mayor and Board of Trustees.
Update "No Idling" Program
The Director of Health & Community Services provided an update on the "No Idling"
program. The Director received approximately 60 submittals by elementary students to
the "No Idling" logo slogan contest. Because of the nature of the submittals they cannot
be used for signage, but will be used in information (flyers, brochures, etc.) that will go
out to the public. The Director will work with Elk Grove and Conant High School
students in the fall to design suitable graphics that will be used for "No Idling" signage.
The Committee asked that the Director reduce the number of submittals to 5-10 for the
Board to choose a winner. Once approved, the draft "No Idling" brochure will be
recreated with the student's artwork included.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 PM.
C: Mayor & Board of Trustees
Village Manager
Deputy Village Manager
Village Clerk
Village Attorney
Director of Health & Community Services
Director of Engineering & Community Development
Chief of Police
Director of Finance
Assistant Village Manager