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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 06-97 01/21/1997 BH/caf 1/16/97 RESOLUTION NO. 6-97 A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES BY TRUSTEE RICHARD N. HENDRICKS AND ABSOLVING THE VILLAGE FROM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect that Trustee Richard N. Hendricks has made a practice of using space, furniture and equipment at the Village Hall on a regular and protracted basis. Trustee Hendricks frequently makes demands of the Village staff to carry out assignments that are of personal significance to Trustee Hendricks. Trustee Hendricks frequently engages individual staff members in and with conversation, debate and criticism on matters of personal signification to him, hereafter referred to as "staff engagement activities"; and WHEREAS, all of these activities have had and continue to have a negative effect on the work environment and productivity of Village staff; and WHEREAS, Trustee Hendricks has also carried out activities within the community attempting to enforce his own interpretation of Village regulations on matters which are of personal significance to him. These are matters which frequently involve confrontations with residents and business people, hereafter referred to as "community enforcement and harassment activities"; and WHEREAS, the Village has professional staff members to whom the Village Board has entrusted the enforcement and interpretation of Village regulations; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Trustees have previously admonished Trustee Hendricks with respect to his unauthorized and inappropriate activities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION ONE: That Trustee Richard Hendricks' activities at the Village Hall and his interaction with Village staff has resulted in a tremendous waste of Village resources and energies and continues to have a deleterious effect on the work environment within the Village. SECTION TWO: That Trustee Hendricks' attempted enforcement of personally interpreted Village regulations is severely damaging the relationship between Village government and its residents and the business community. SECTION THREE: That the remainder of the Village Board hereby disavows on its own behalf, both corporately and individually, and on behalf of the Village of Mount Prospect and its agents and employees, any alleged support of Trustee Hendricks' community enforcement and harassment activities or staff engagement activities. These activities are carried on personally by Trustee Hendricks and are not within the scope of his duties as a Village official. SECTION FOUR: That the remainder of the Village Board hereby finds Trustee Hendricks' community enforcement and harassment activities and staff engagement activities to be wholly unauthorized and wholly inappropriate for a Mount Prospect Village Trustee. SECTION FIVE: That Trustee Hendricks is hereby advised and admonished that should any person or entity bring any legal action of any kind against Trustee Hendricks on account of his use of the Village Halt as his personal office or on account of his staff engagement activities, that the remainder of the Village Board will not authorize and will affirmatively oppose any use of Village funds or personnel for Trustee Hendricks' defense. Trustee Hendricks will defend himself at his own expense. esolution Page 2 of 2 SECTION SIX: That Trustee Hendricks is further advised and admonished that should any person or entity bring any legal action against Trustee Hendricks on account of his community enforcement and harassment activities, the remainder of the Village Board will not authorize and will affirmatively oppose any use of Village funds or personnel for Trustee Hendricks' defense. Trustee Hendricks will defend himself at his own expense. SECTION SEVEN: That since Trustee Hendricks has now been notified and warned that his activities are unauthorized and inappropriate; if his staff engagement or community enforcement and harassment activities cause the Village or any of its agents, employees or officials to become a party to a legal action, the Village will seek, on its own and/or on their behalf, to cause Trustee Hendricks to be responsible for any expense or judgment incurred on account of the legal action SECTION EIGHT: That because Trustee Hendricks' staff engagement activities and his use of Village Hall facilities have caused so much disruption and has prevented Village staff members from carrying out their duties at great expense to the taxpayers, Trustee Hendricks is hereby banned from entering any non-public portion of a Village building. Any violation of this should be construed as trespass and the Village Manager or any person properly acting in his place is expected to cause Trustee Hendricks to be arrested for trespass. This is not to be deemed to be a limitation on any other power or authority that the Village Manager may have under the Village Code or by virtue of Mount Prospect being an Article V municipality under the Illinois Municipal Code. For the purpose of this Resolution "non-public portions of a Village building" shall include all areas except lobbies and counter areas where the public is expected to transact its business within the Village building. "Non-public portions of a Village building" shall not include the dais where members of the Village Board sit during regular and Committee of the Whole meetings nor shall it include attendance at any other duly called meeting of the Village Board. SECTION NINE: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law. AYES: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Juracek, Wilks, Farley NAYS: Hendricks ABSENT: None PASSED and APPROVED this 21st day of January, 1997 ~ Gerald L. FArley, Mayor Carol A. Fields, Village Clerk