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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/13/1998 COW minutes MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE JANUARY 13, 1998 I. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Farley called the meeting to order at 7:32 p.m. Present at the meeting were: Trustees Timothy Corcoran, Paul Hoefert, Richard Lohrstorfer, Daniel Nocchi and Irvana Wilks. Absent from the meeting was Trustee George Clowes. Staff present included: Village Manager Michael Janonis, Assistant Village Manager David Strahl and Police Chief Ronald Pavlock. II. MINUTES ~ Minutes of December 23, 1997. MOtion made by Trustee Hoefert and Seconded ' by Trustee Nocchi to accept the Minutes. Members voted unanimously to accept the Minutes. ~ lie CITIzENs TO BE HEARD None. IV. REQUEST TO CHANGE SOLICITATION HOURS Police 'Chief Ron Pavlock stated that the discussion and revised Ordinance before ~ the Village Board this'evening is the ~result of'citizen inquiries concerning door-to- door solicitation after dark.~ He stated a recent Northwest Municipal Conference ~ survey showed a wide variation'` of times which communities allow for solicitation. .... ~ He stated the Village had originally approved an Ordinance that terminates solicitation a~ sunset, however, when the cable system was under, construction within the Village, the cable company at that time requested the Village rescind its night-time prohibition in' order to allow the subscriber base to be built up through door-to-'door solicitation. He stated that his research has shown that a definition of sunset is quite varied and the time of sunset varies widely throughout the year in this area which could cause confusion at the time of enforcement. Therefore, he is recommending the Ordinance include language which requires solicitation to terminate at 6:00 p.m. during the winter which would be classified as Central Standard Time from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April. He stated that the time for door-to- door solicitation to be terminated during the summer be classified as Central Daylight Savings Time from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October to be 8:00 p.m. He stated that there were 59 individuals who had registered with the Police Department for solicitation purposes. He stated that, unfortunately, the Village could not require all solicitors to be~registered. Sue Dombrowski, 914 Sumac, state(J 'ti~at she is satisfied with the hours as defined in the Ordinance and felt that the later solicitation hours during the summer could accommodate numerous non-profit solicitations which are relatively common during th-at period of time. ,~,~, General' comments from the Village Board~,members included the, following items: There was a question regarding whether these regulations applied to elected officials and the circulation of petitions. Activity related to the election process is specifically exempted from this prohibition. Trustees also suggested a copy 0~f the Ordinance be forwarded to Northwest Central Dispatch so that they might be aware of the solicitation, regulations in the event that citizens call to comp, lain. Trustees were also supportive of having solicitors register with the Village but acknowledged the fact that such registration could not be enforced. Consensus of the Village Board was to support the Ordinance as drafted which includes the termination of solicitation at 6:00 p.m. during the winter and at 8:00 p.m. during the summer as defined by Central Standard Time and Daylight Savings Time, respectively, REGULATION TOBACCO SALES .S Village Manager Jan0n~is Stated that Trustee Lohrstorfer had requested a separate license for tobacco sales at a previous meeting and research has revealed that such an Ordinance has already been on the books since 1957. He also stated the Ordinance is being enforced as we speak and {here havre been a ~;ouple of license revocation hearings within the last c, ouple of years. He stated the review that was prompted by the research as requested' by Trustee Loh~storfer has revealed the need to clean up the Ordinance and make it coincide with current~state and Federal regulations .... Among the items changed is the prohibition that any person within the Village of Mount Prospect under the age of 18 is prohibited from possessing tobacco products, not just a resident of Mount Prospect, as previously stated in the Ordinance. He stated that vending machines must be under the direct control of the business owners and the fine has been increased with this Ordinance revision. General comments from Village Board members included the following items: Trustees were generally supportive of the changes and suggested the Ordinance be forwarded to the Youth Commission for input and review in an effort to get the word out to the youth within the community. Chief Pavlock stated that the majority of the violators which the Police deal with tend to be 15-16 year olds and the consensus of the Police personnel is that tobacco is a gateway drug to other types of drugs. He stated that for proper enforcement, there is a need to have a parent accept the ticket on behalf of the minor and last year, there were approximately 30 arrests related to the enforcement of this Ordinance. Consensus of the Village Board was to proceed with the draft Ordinance by sending it to the full Village Board for consideration at an upcoming meeting. It was also determined that the Ordinance would be forwarded to the Youth Commission for their information and input. VI. VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT None. VII. ANY OTHER BUSINESS None. CLOSED SESSION A Motion was made by Trustee Wilks and Seconded by Trustee Hoefert to move into Closed Session to discuss Property Acquisition and Litigation. Meeting moved into Closed Session at 8:12 p.m. The Committee of the Whole reconvened at 9:28 p.m. into open session.' 3 III. ADJOLIRNMENT lhero being no'further business discussed, the Committee of the Whole meeting adjourned at 9:29 p.m. . Respectfully submitted, DAVID STRAHL Assistant Village Manager DS/rcc ',, X \USERS'~OBERTACAWII~OFFICE-~COWMIi~I223COW MIN