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AUDIO VODP BOT MEETING 10/17/11
Meeting tonight
Special meetiing, agenda, NOTE 6pm starting time. If you want to know of any action taken following this executive session, you must be at the Barn when the closed meeting is reopened. Given this early Special meeting, there is NOT guarantee that as to when the regular meeting will actually begin.
Attorney General Investigates
“The Illinois attorney general’s office is investigating whether the Deer Park village board violated the state’s Open Meetings Act while discussing and voting on a measure to change the village’s police service provider from Kildeer to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office." full story
"The Illinois attorney general’s office is investigating whether violations of the Open Meetings Act have recently occurred in Deer Park surrounding the termination of a police service contract and the subsequent approval of a new one." full story
BACK by popular demand
Easily find minutes, agendas, packets, MP3 files--all unofficial, of course! Click to see the MEETINGS directory, including agendas, agenda packets, MP3 recordings and minutes. Only the names have been changed to protect frustrated visitors.
Who are the Kildeer 9?
| Tom Radtke - 13 years (PT) | Mike Hoover - 10 years FT |
| Justin Rundall - 10 years (3 years PT, 7 years FT) |
| Steve Lawrence - 9 years FT | Greg Abshire - 9 years FT |
| Paul Seekings - 8 years FT | Greg Pickett - 6 years FT |
| Clarence "Butch" Kropp - 6 years FT | Greg Riemer - 5 years FT
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 Contact #s
In Your Own Words–Open Forum
Related Documents
Plenty of blame to go around...
Kildeer Police Chief: for terminating loyal officers
Kildeer Administrator: for not meeting accounting goals
Kildeer in toto: organizational chart that insulates trustees from KPD
Kildeer Trustees: for not knowing a surplus when you see one
Deer Park: $20k for new village web site?
DP Trustees '11: for changing your minds on "resident input"
DP Trustees '09: doomed to repeat the past you forgot
President of Deer Park: what happened to your 1st 100 days?
Delta on Kildeer's DP Police line item
Village of Kildeer Budgets
Village of Deer Park Budgets
Remember when Kildeer Police won awards for response?
"Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital announced…a platinum award for excellence in first responder care was awarded to the Kildeer Police Department for initiating life-saving CPR before the arrival of EMS crews."
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110302/news/703029913/print/
Marlene Smetana, Police, 10/26/11 "I am nervous about Deer Park dropping its police coverage with Kildeer and going with Lake County, because I had a problem with the Lake County Sheriff's Department about seven years ago." Read more.
Maureen Pratscher, Police, 10/24/11 "I am here tonight to express my concern about the votes regarding police service that are on the agenda tonight. I have some concerns about the actual agreement with Lake County, but my bigger concern is the lack of openness and transparency throughout the whole process." Read more.
Deborah Barry, Police, 10/22/11 "As a Deer Park resident, local business owner and community activist (Deer Park Neighbors), I’ll get straight to the point. The termination of the Kildeer Police contract by the Village of Deer Park is wrong, on its face and fundamentally." Read more.
Roger Hankin, Police, 10/21/11 "There is no greater responsibility for any elected official at any level than “to provide for the common defense” of all constituents. Police service has consistently been the dominant Village expense, roughly equating to sales tax revenues and crowding out infrastructure repair and other desired investments." Read more.
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Who is Deer Park's Emergency Management Agency?
Ethics Officer?
Weekend/Evening Emergency Contact?
Where is our CERT?
WE WERE HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO!
Lately, it may seem that integrity is hard to find. Not at all. You'll know it the minute you see it. We see it in Terry Wilke, Lake County Board member, District 16. He has reminded us all of the power of a single word: No.
Shocked by the events of the last few weeks? Electrify your community! Feeling frustrated and helpless? Engage! Ready to just "move on." Bookmark the video above. But every one of you should reach out to the Kildeer 9 men who certainly gave more than they got.
Now, more than ever, you need…
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Attend village open meetings
MONDAYS 2011, Board of Trustees regularly scheduled
7pm, at the Barn, 23570 W. Cuba Road
Regularly scheduled Village of Deer Park Board of Trustees meetings are the 3rd Monday of every month--additional meetings may be scheduled as well.
Meetings of the Plan Commission, Building Review Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Tourism/Economic Development Committee are also open to the public.
To speak at Public Comments, please arrive a few minutes early to sign up for your 5 minutes. An archive of video and audio recordings are available at the Barrington Area Library, and sponsors and subscribers are entitled to copies per the levels at which they join!
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SITE UPDATED Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Deer Park Neighbors is a community education and community action enterprise. Our mission is to know our neighbors better, have neighbors know what's happening in the village and strengthen the ties between neighbors and local businesses.
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