Village of Lombard Legistar System

Trustee Rick Soderstrom, Chairperson

Trustee Steven D.Sebby, Vice Chairperson

Greg Gron, Thomas Gibbons, John Schwarz

Arthur Kuehl and William Lepins,Thomas Murphy

Staff Liaisons: Deputy Chief Dane Cuny, Patrol Division, Police,

Justine Gembala, Civil Engineer, Public Works

Transportation & Safety Committee

Call to Order and Roll Call

Meeting called to order by Chairperson Soderstrom at 7:34 PM.

Chairperson Trustee Rick Soderstrom, Greg Gron, Ed Bedard, John Schwarz,

Arthur Kuehl and William Lepins

Vice Chairperson Trustee Steven D. Sebby and William Pool

Public Participation

It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Gron, to approve. The motion carried by

a voice vote

Johnson: due to a recent accident, resident requested a stop sign at Grove and

Elizabeth. Reviewed traffic report with committee.

Schwarz: are accidents during the day or night? Cuny: this one was during the middle

of the night. Schwarz: are they hit and run? Cuny: yes. Johnson: an average of 2

accidents per year. Seems likely that the vehicles are exceeding the speed limit and/or

driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Bedard: only way I see of preventing

anything would be a guard rail. Stop sign wouldn't help. Kuehl: what about a line down

the middle?? Johnson: would have to be a double yellow.

It was moved by Schwarz, seconded by Gron, that this matter be recommended

to the Board of Trustees for denial. The motion carried by the following vote:

Gron, Bedard, Schwarz, Kuehl and Lepins

Enactment No: Multi-Way Stop at Gr

Residential Traffic Speed and Enforcement

Dane Cuny provided the committee with a Year-to-Date Traffic History graph.

Bedard: please keep this in color as it makes reading much easier.

Schwarz: how does the warning ticket situation work? Cuny: minor traffic violation will

cause the stop, if nothing further is found the officer will issue a warning. More or less

checking on the people to see if there are any more serious violations occurring.

Soderstrom: would like to have these copies distributed to the board. They are always

interested in what we are doing. Highlight in writing some of the points that we talked

about. Specify that it is sheer enforcement that is causing the increase in all of the

tickets and citations. Advised Dane Cuny to review the minutes to highlight these

points.

Taken out of order due to the presence of representative from the company in

attendance at the meeting.

Ron DeSenna: bulk of business has been in Oak Brook, Elmhurst and Oakbrook

Terrace. Small company working hard for business. Have a very good record.

Gron: why are there several different company names? DeSenna: first name was

confused with another company. Gron: do you deal with Bolingbrook? DeSenna: yes.

Bedard: how many cabs do you have? DeSenna: 19. Bedard: do you do anything

with safety checks? DeSenna: all of our cabs are licensed in Oak Brook. Gron: do you

dispatch out of OakBrook? DeSenna: Oakbrook Terrace. Soderstrom: Familiar with

the subsidy? DeSenna: yes.

It was moved by Bedard, seconded by Kuehl, that this matter be recommended

to the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote:

Johnson: reviewed the memo with the committee members. Cuny: there has been a

lot of police enforcement.

Item was discussed and committee's opinion was that this was not cost effective.