Public Safety Commission — Skokie, IL
Date: 2021-06-16

SKOKIE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION

 JUNE 16, 2021

 7:00 P.M.

 AGENDA

 Until further notice, meetings of the Skokie Pubic Safety Commission will be held
 electronically, with a majority of Village officials participating via remote access in order to
 comply with the State of Illinois Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation. Members of the
 public who wish to comment as to an item on the published agenda or to comment during
 public comments must submit their statement or question in writing to the Village
 Manager’s Office and all properly submitted statements or questions will be presented and
 read during the relevant portion of the meeting. Written comments may be submitted by
 email to publiccomments@skokie.org by mail to Village of Skokie, Village Manager's
 Office, 5127 Oakton Street, Skokie, Illinois, 60077; or via the Village’s drop box located by
 the public entry to Village Hall.

I. CALL TO ORDER AND REVIEW OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 19TH
 MEETING

II. REVIEW AND DISCUSS PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED REGARDING THE
 DRAFT RECOMMENDATION TO THE VILLAGE BOARD ON THE SKOKIE
 POLICE DEPARTMENT USE OF FORCE POLICY

 A.  DETERMINE WHETHER ADDITIONAL EDITS ARE REQUIRED
 BEFORE CONSIDERING THE DRAFT RECCOMENDATION FOR
 APPROVAL
III. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

IV. NEW BUSINESS

V. ADJOURNMENT

Document Number: 583961V4
Document Name: Public Safety Commission Agenda

SKOKIE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021

PRESENT: Chairperson Paul Pitalis, Trustee Edie Sue Sutker, Director of Marketing and Communications Ann Tennes, Police
 Chief Brian Baker, Transportation Engineer Samantha Maximilian, Alicia Case, David Freireich, Dennis Rizo,
 Howard Rosenburg, Cornell Collins, Leslie Post-Weissinger, Melissa Villegas, Frank Ippolito, Edward McCarthy,
 Alex Chaparro, Julian Levy, Karen Lise Sherman, Marcie Claus, Fire Deputy Chief of Operations Nicholas C.
 Eschner. Kenneth Mantel, Linda Perlin, Director of Public Works Max Slankard

EXCUSED: Fire Chief Jeff Hoeflich, Paul Kruszynski, Vice Chair Mark Penning, Amy L. Memis-Foler, Joel Reyes,

ABSENT: Daniel Fink, Jr., Earl Nicholas, Mitchell Kushner, Bryant Smith.
CALL TO ORDER AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Chairperson Paul Pitalis called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The minutes of the
May 19th meeting were approved. Members of the Human Relations Commission were also attending the meeting.

POLICE USE OF FORCE DISCUSSION AND NEXT STEPS
A discussion was led by Ann Tennes to review and discuss the public comments received regarding the draft recommendation to the
Village Board on the Skokie Police Department Use of Force. Final thoughts and comments were discussed by the commission. Also
discussed was the total number of members that should make-up the community review board. Seven members for the review board
was agreed upon with two members to be from the public safety commission and one member to be from the human relations
commission. Final edits to the draft will be worked on by Ann Tennes and then sent to the smaller working group that helped develop
the draft. The final recommendation will be presented to the Board at the July 6th board meeting.


UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None

NEW BUSINESS
None.

ADJOURNMENT
At 8:24 p.m. a motion was made to adjourn which was seconded and then passed unanimously.

 THE NEXT MEETING OF THE SKOKIE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY,
 OCTOBER 20, 2021 AT 7:00 P.M. IN PERSON
 AT THE SKOKIE POLICE STATION TRAINING ROOM AT
 7300 NILES CENTER ROAD
 PLEASE CALL ENGINEERING DIVISION AT 847-933-8232 IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE MEETING




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