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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
McHenry Municipal Center
333 South Green Street, McHenry, IL
Monday, May 23, 2016, 7:00 PM
AGENDA
l . Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. City of McHenry Mission Statement
5. Public Comment: Any person wishing to address the City Council will be required to step
forward to the podium and identify themselves for the record and will be asked but are not
required to provide their address. Public comment may be restricted to three -minutes for each
individual speaker. Order and decorum shall be maintained at public meetings.
6. Presentation and Discussion regarding Code &Local Ordinance Enforcement Activites
7. Adjournment
The City of McHenry is dedicated to providing its c/tize�ts, bus/messes, ai:d visitors with the lrig/:est quality of programs and services i�:
a customer -oriented, efficient, and fisea/ly responsible mmmer.
Derik Morefield, City Administrator
McHenry Municipal Center
333 Green Street
McHenry, Illinois 60050
Phone: (815) 363-2100
Fax: (815) 363-2119
dmorefield@ci.mchenry.il.us
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
AGENDA SUPPLEMENT
DATE: May 23, 2016
T0: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Derik Morefield, City Administrator
John Jones, Chief of Police
Ross Polerecky, Director of Community Development
RE: Introductory Information for Code Enforcement/Local Ordinance Violation
Discussion
Agenda Item Summary
The Monday, May 23, 2016 Committee of the Whole meeting has been set aside for
presentation and discussion regarding the code enforcement activities undertaken by the
Department of Community Development and the local ordinance enforcement activities
undertaken by the Police Department. Staff will also engage Council in attempt to identify
and/or prioritize the code enforcement and/or local ordinance violation issues that are most
prevalent community -wide or about which Council receives the most public comments.
Code Enforcement
The City of McHenry's Community Development Department recognizes the value of setting
goals, developing priorities for our objectives and measuring the department's effectiveness.
The Code Enforcement Division plays a vital role in maintaining aesthetics, encouraging
community pride, preserving neighborhood integrity and protecting public health and the well
being of all citizens.
Director Polerecky will be presenting Council with more detailed information about the
Department's code enforcement processes and objectives as part of Mondays meeting.
The City of McHenry is dedicated to providing the citizens, businesses and visitors of McHenry with the highest
quality of programs and services in acustomer-oriented, efficient and fiscally responsible manner.
Local Ordinance Violations
The McHenry Police Department utilizes local ordinance citations as a means to enforce many
aspects of violations that the officer encounters on the street. Our means of enforcement,
absent criminal complaints, utilized by the Police Department are:
Written warnings. Used for minor violations by first time offenders in which we feel that the
notice alone will change the behavior.
Adjudication citations. Normally used for first time offenders. Adjudication citations provide
offenders with an opportunity to correct behavior and to remain out of the state judicial
system, keeping the infraction off of their records. Some examples of offenses are curfew,
underage drinking/smoking, and minor retail theft complaints.
Local Ordinance citations. These citations are sent to the 22"d Judicial District and can remain
on an offender's record. Some examples of these violations are dogs running at large,
underage smoking, small amounts of cannabis, and drug paraphernalia possession.
Parking citations: The McHenry Police Department's parking enforcement is pretty
straightforward. If an officer observes a violation, they will issue a citation and place it on the
vehicle. If an officer observes a violation that is understood to fall under the enforcement
responsibility of the Department of Community Development they (or their supervisor) will
forward a short summary of the location and the suspected violation. If the situation
necessitates an immediate response the officer can issue an ordinance violation for any code
enforcement issue that cannot be forwarded for action at a later time.
Chief Jones will be providing Council with a more detailed discussion of Local Ordinance
Violations and the process for enforcing these violations at Mondays meeting.
In preparation for the Monday, May 23rd Committee of the Whole meeting, Council is asked to
prepare by considering the types of code enforcement and/or local ordinance violation issues
for which they have received the most concerns from residents or witnessed themselves. A
goal of Monday's meeting is to be able to provide staff with clearer direction regarding
Council's expectations for code and local ordinance violation enforcement moving forward.