Village Hall |
255 East Wilson Ave. |
Lombard, IL 60148 |
villageoflombard.org |
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 |
Meeting called to order at 7:33 pm by Chairperson Soderstrom. |
Bill Lepins arrived at 7:35 pm. |
Chairperson Trustee Rick Soderstrom, Greg Gron, Ed Bedard, William Pool, |
Arthur Kuehl and William Lepins |
Ellen Balsamo, Village of Lombard |
Terry Hawkins, 900 S. Main St. Lombard. RE: Item # 020737. |
Addressed the fact that he needs some sort of limited time on street parking available to |
visitors and clients that visit his home. |
It was moved by Bedard, seconded by Kuehl, to approve. The motion carried by |
a voice vote |
Ellen Balsamo in attendance to answer any questions that the committee may have |
about Citi-Suburban Taxi Company. |
Kuehl: how many cabs do they operate? Balsamo: may say in the application. |
Somewhere in the area of 15-20 cabs. Bedard: do we know if any other villages still |
inspect the way we used to? Balsamo: Downers Grove does. Gron: do they have |
many aliases? Ellen: a lot of the companies (especially smaller companies) are |
licensed this way. Soderstrom: do they have all of these names on their cabs? |
Balsamo: I do not know, but we can have them show us a cab to see. Normally they |
have the parent company name. Gron: seems it would be kind of confusing. Balsamo: |
we have one contact number and they do answer Citi-Suburban Cab. Pool: since other |
towns have approved, we should welcome the competition. Kuehl: these are people |
rides, not packages? Balsamo: yes, smaller companies normally only transport people. |
Soderstrom: do you think that having 5 companies would be beneficial to the village? |
Balsamo: yes, I agree with Mr. Pool that competition would be good. Soderstrom: does |
the owner live in town? Balsamo: yes, he does. Soderstrom: could we ask for the |
owner to come to the January meeting so we could speak with him in person? Gron: I |
have a problem with approving someone without being able to ask him questions and |
talk with him. Balsamo: that would also give us some time to check with some of the |
references and report back. |
Tabled until January 6, 2003. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Kuehl, that this matter be tabled. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Johnson: explained that safety reasons would certainly entitle this. |
Soderstrom: my only concern is that when Dick Tross came to me with this request, he |
said it was for business purposes. I worry about a precedent being set due to the fact |
that your request is more for personal reasons than for business. Johnson: based my |
recommendation on the information I was given. Bedard: is there any reason why all of |
this was not posted to begin with? Cuny: becomes a logistical nightmare . We need to |
constantly be watching, timing, etc. Gron: I have a problem with the precedent that this |
is setting with a personal parking situation. Terry Hawkins: I have a driveway, but it will |
only hold 2 cars. Kuehl: you have 2 cars yourself? Terry Hawkins: yes I do. Kuehl: |
your cars would not be on the street at all? Terry Hawkins: no, it would be my visitors. |
Kuehl: asked Dane if he saw a problem with this? Cuny: no, we have not been |
approached by anyone over the years for this. Lepins: how long do people normally |
stay? Terry Hawkins: normally 45 minutes. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Bedard, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Enactment No: Ordinance 5233 2-Hou |
Residential Traffic Speed and Enforcement |
Cuny: included the October report. Have been running about a week behind. IDOT |
grant has provided for 2 new officers, and they are doing a great job with traffic control. |
Also have to support State highways. They are out there to provide traffic enforcement. |
Gron: Speed patrol hours - does this fluctuate? Cuny: yes. Gron: any feedback on |
DUI's? Cuny: we have about 92-93% conviction rate. Key is collecting and maintaining |
evidence. We are good at doing this. Bedard: could you graph this information for us? |
Cuny: yes, I am working on this. |
Soderstrom: item for last board meeting on Main Street study did pass the Village |
Board level |
Pool: talked about painting SCHOOL signs in pavement. Seem to be easier for drivers |
to notice. |
It was moved by Pool, seconded by Kuehl, to adjourn meeting at 8:13 pm. The |
motion carried by a voice vote |