Public Safety Commission

SKOKIE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 PRESENT: Chairperson Paul Pitalis, Police Chief Brian Baker, Deputy Chief Nicholas Eschner, Fire Chief Jeff Hoeflich Senior Engineer Samantha Maximilian, Vice Chair Mark Penning, Leslie Post-Weissinger, Trustee Alison Pure- Slovin, Dennis Rizo, Howard Rosenburg, Bryant Smith, Melissa Villegas, Cornell Collins, Paul Kruszynski Mitchell Kushner EXCUSED: Deputy Chief Stephen Jagman, Director of Engineering Russ Rietveld, Director of Public Works Max Slankard Trustee Edie Sue Sutker, Mayha Syed, Frank Ippolito, Kenneth Mantel, Linda Perlin ABSENT: Marcie Claus, Daniel Fink, Jr., Edward McCarthy CALL TO ORDER AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Chairperson Pitalis called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The minutes of the June 22nd meeting were approved. POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT Chief Brian Baker presented on the automated license plate reader (ALPR) program. Chief Baker made clear that the program will not be used for enforcement, or hold any personal identification information. The information regarding the license plates are held for 30 days and then disappears. The example case study regarding the Highland Parking fourth of July incident was discussed. The Police Department was granted $62,000 for installation of the cameras. The total cost for the installation of the cameras will be $65,000. QA discussion followed. Chief Baker also presented the monthly report. Retirements were discussed along with the promotion of DC Bob Libit who will handle admin activities and DC Jesse Barnes will be handling the operations side of activities. Further, the Chief explained that the Police Department will be reviewing their mission statement and value statement. 2 members from Human Relation commission and the Public Safety Commission will work with the Police Department to publish the new statements, likely sometime in January. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT Chief Jeffrey Hoeflich presented the monthly report. Call volumes are up and are on track to receive up to 10,000 calls. QA discussion followed. Chief Hoeflich also noted that they worked with the building department to have all codes be updated to the 2021 building code requirements. Lastly, Chief talked about the visit from the insurance service office (ISO) to rate the fire department. It will take about 180 days to hear back. ENGINEERING REPORT Samantha Maximilian reported on the ongoing construction projects in Skokie. QA discussion followed. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS Samantha informed all members about the communication that was sent out from the Mayors office regarding the Draft Sustainability Plan. All Village advisory board and commission members are invited to participate in upcoming virtual and in-person meetings to review this important plan. Members are also invited to participate in the upcoming virtual and in-person meeting to review the plan. The meetings will take place on September 22nd and the 29th. ADJOURNMENT At 8:11 p.m. a motion was made to adjourn which was seconded and then passed unanimously. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE SKOKIE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022 AT 7:00 P.M. IN PERSON AT THE SKOKIE POLICE STATION TRAINING ROOM AT 7300 NILES CENTER ROAD PLEASE CALL ENGINEERING DIVISION AT 847-933-8232 IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE MEETING VOSDOCS-#508651-Public Safety Commission Minutes