Premise Alert Program

I wanted to share the following press release from the Hanover Park Police Department.

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Premise Alert Program
January 21, 2010

The Hanover Park Police Department is committed to provide high levels of public safety services to all members of the village, including citizens who may require special consideration in order to access services.

The Hanover Park Police Department, in accordance with state law, implemented the Premise Alert Program to fulfill the needs of citizens with special needs or disabilities, who require access to public safety services.

It is the intent of this program to offer guidance and direction to Police Department employees in responding to and assisting those people with special needs or disabilities or both with whom they will have contact in the performance of their duties and responsibilities. The ability to effectively deal with the special needs individual is enhanced with knowledge or information. The police department recognizes that the ability to identify special needs individuals, their places of employment, educational facilities, and residences are valuable resources in instances when or if an emergency response by law enforcement is needed.

Families, caregivers or individuals with special needs or disabilities may contact the Police Department to provide information regarding the Premise Alert Program. Premise Alert Program forms are available for individuals with special needs or disabilities or both. The form is easy to complete and requires basic information about the special needs or disabilities of those individuals that complete the form.

Premise Alert Program forms can be obtained either at the Police Department front desk or the Village of Hanover Park website. After a form is submitted to the Police Department, it will be forwarded to DU-COMM. DU-COMM dispatches all 9-1-1 calls for the public safety agencies in the Village and the Premise Alert Program form will be entered into DU-COMM’S computer aided dispatch system (CAD).

If you have any questions regarding the Premise Alert Program, contact Records Supervisor Mike Novak at 630-372-4425.

Congrats to Keith Semple of Hanover Park

I wanted to pass along my congratulations to Hanover Park's Keith Semple, who I saw on American Idol tonight. Keith made it to Hollywood week, which is quite an accomplishment. I thought I'd put up a quick post and give Keith a little local publicity. I hope you'll take a moment to visit these sites:

• Keith's Homepage
  
  
• Keith's MySpace Page

Mallard Lake Landfill Townhall Meeting

Representatives from the Illinois and United States Environmental Protection Agencies will be holding two informational meetings for residents regarding the Mallard Lake Methane Mitigation Plan. The meetings will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in room 214 at Village Hall located at 2121 West Lake Street.

Coffee with the Board

Our next Coffee with the Board event is Saturday, February 13 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. Residents are invited to join elected officials and discuss any questions or issues you have regarding Village services and policies. This event will be held on a quarterly basis. Click here for future dates.

Deck the Homes Winners

Congratulations to the Voss residence (Peach Tree Street) and the Tomsovic residence (Spinnaker). Both were winners in our annual Deck the Homes contest. Click here to view pictures of the winning homes.

Remembering Martin Luther King

Today, our nation takes a day to recognize the leadership and inspiration provided to us by Martin Luther King, Jr. The character of our people is one of the lessons I have personally learned having grown up in the decade of the 60’s. We not only honor a Leader, we honor the ongoing diversity in our own community.

Hanover Park is rich in its diversity, and we work doubly hard to understand our differences and how those differences can contribute to the overall good within our Village. So today, we pause and count our blessings as we work together to establish a community based on our mutual dedication to family, education, religious freedom, and hard work. We are one in Hanover Park,
and, as one, we will aspire to assure our quality of life and respect those values that contribute to the well being of all.

We are working to live the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King.

End of Year Update: Working Toward Progress in Hanover Park

On April 7, 2009, the voters of Hanover Park voted for Progress in their hometown by electing new Trustees Rick Roberts, Ed Zimel Jr., and Bill Cannon, new Village Clerk Eira Corral, and re-electing Rodney Craig as Village President. In less than a year, the Progress Team took office and started to put our promises into action.

Our Promise: Create an Open and Transparent Government
Our Actions:

• Initiated HP Email News
• Appointed a new Village Manager who understands our public safety needs, strategic thinking, and planning,
• Reorganized Village government to improve efficiency and effectiveness,
• Increased oversight by establishing a Village Finance Committee to review revenue streams and the budgeting process,
  
• Reestablished the position of village collector to ensure that an elected official, the Village Clerk, directly dealt with the day-to-day business of the Village to assure all collections have appropriate oversight.

Our Promise: Make Public Safety and Crime Prevention our Priority.
Our Actions:

• Moved administrative positions in the police department to patrol,
• Added three positions to the budget levels increasing to 57 sworn officers,
• Added part time positions to complete administrative duties with retired officers,
• Revitalized the Neighborhood Watch Program engaging neighborhood awareness,
• Set a goal to reestablish a permanent Crime Prevention Unit,
• Initiated Police Alerts via email
  

Our Promise: Bring People Together to Solve Problems
Our Actions:
During the multiple murders at the end of the spring. We took the following actions:

• held public forums to listen to resident concerns and share our plans,
• assigned get-to-know your neighborhood patrol officers as we engage new patrol initiatives in 2010,
• worked to inform residents with real-time information
  

Our Promise: Environmental Stewardship
Our Actions:

• Support our Environmental Committee, which has been functioning in an exceptional manner,
• Supported their development and planning of the Villages first recycling event,
  
• Continued to support Keeneyville School District in their pursuit of alternate energy and applying that source to the educational process.
  

Our Promise: Improve Quality of Life in Hanover Park
Our Actions:

• Amended the sidewalk parking regulations on Saturday and Sunday,
• Addressed parking issues in high density areas and proposing suggestions for the Tanglewood Homeowners Association,
• Redefined the chronic nuisance property by providing two or more nuisance activities within six (6) months as Opposed to three,
• Amended the curfew hours,
• Instituted a no tolerance policy for gangbangers,
• Suspended video gaming within Hanover Park pending the issuance of state regulations with a plan to schedule a future Hearing of our own.
  

Happy New Year!

The Craig family wishes all our Hanover Park family the very best for the New Year!

2009 has been an eventful year for Hanover Park and we have confirmed the value of our neighborhoods, our faith, our schools, and our families. We are a caring Village with numerous cultures and perspectives. We value our quality of life and our neighborhoods. We seek peace with the world and our neighbors. I found it phenomenal that the residents are willing to engage and assist in the preservation of our fine town. Residents who participate in the Neighborhood Watch program, meeting and getting to know our neighbors, and calling out those who seek to negatively affect our quality of life are making a difference. We have pride in our town and we count our blessings everyday as we progress and grow as a Village.

Finally, when you meet with your friends from our neighboring communities thank them for their support. Additional police officers came to assist us this past year when we needed it. Additionally, support from Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, Streamwood, and Elgin came by their inclusiveness to expand the PACE Bus route that brought Route 554 to connect our Metra Station with the Elgin PACE Transportation Center to the Schaumburg PACE Northwest Transportation Center at Woodfield Mall. We are blessed with exceptional leaders who work hard in their Cities and Villages to balance their budgets and provide quality municipal services together we work hard for the residents of our respective communities.

Have a Great New Year!

Rod Craig