Public Safety Commission — Skokie, IL
Date: 2022-02-16

SKOKIE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION

 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2022

 7:00 P.M.

 AGENDA

Due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, this meeting is being held virtually. 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 Russ Rietveld, Director of
Engineering, russ.rietveld@skokie.org and all properly submitted statements or questions will be
presented to Board/Commission members and made part of the record. Written comments also
may be submitted by email to citizencomments@skokie.org OR by mail to Village of Skokie, Russ
Rietveld, 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 JANUARY 22nd
 MEETING.

II. POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT

 A. PRESENTATION ON POLICE TO CITIZEN PORTAL

III. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT

IV. ENGINEERING DIVISION REPORT

V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

VI. NEW BUSINESS

VII. ADJOURNMENT



Document Number: 583961V2
Document Name: Public Safety Commission Agenda

SKOKIE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2022

PRESENT: Chairperson Paul Pitalis, Police Chief Brian Baker, Alicia Case, Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Jagman, Marcie Claus,
 Cornell Collins, Fire Chief Jeff Hoeflich, Frank Ippolito, Paul Kruszynski, Leslie Post-Weissinger, Melissa Villegas,
 Trustee Edie Sue Sutker, Howard Rosenburg, Vice Chair Mark Penning, Dennis Rizo, Bryant Smith, Senior
 Engineer Samantha Maximilian

EXCUSED: Director of Engineering Russ Rietveld, Director of Public Works Max Slankard, Trustee Alison Pure-Slovin, Deputy
 Fire Chief of Operations Nicholas C. Eschner., Linda Perlin


ABSENT: Daniel Fink, Jr., Earl Nicholas, Mitchell Kushner, Kevin Frampton, Edward McCarthy, Joel Reyes, Kenneth Mantel,

CALL TO ORDER AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Chairperson Paul Pitalis called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. The minutes of the January 19th meeting were approved.

POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT
Chief Baker presented the Police Department report. A presentation on the Police to Citizen Portal was given. Information on the
Smart911 program was also given. Chief Baker also gave an update on the Use of Force Policy. The Police Department is officially
being trained on the Use of Force Policy that went into effect last July. Further, the Skokie Police Use of Force Review Board has
been formally established and had its members appointed. QA discussion followed.

FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT
Fire Chief Hoeflich introduced the new Deputy Chief Stephen Jagman. The Fire Department report was presented by Deputy Chief
Jagman and Fire Chief Hoeflich. Call volumes were significantly up for January, up by 28 percent mostly attributed to EMS.

ENGINEERING REPORT
Samantha Maximilian provided an update on various Engineering Division activities and preparation for the 2022 construction season.
QA discussion followed.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.

NEW BUSINESS
None.

ADJOURNMENT
At 7:41 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,
 MARCH 16, 2022 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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