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INSIDE Stephens Refutes New Board Member Girls Get Taste Of Report On Rosemont Sought For Airport Soccer Overseas CRLOT 0041A"C071 Page 3A Page 6A Page IAA MT PROSPECT PUBLIC LIBRARY Attn: South Branch 10 S EMERSON ST STE 1 nnooi is tt nrkrur- nnnr MOUNT PROSPE Vol. 89 No. 31 Journal & Topics Media Group I journal-topics.com I Wednesday, July 31, 2019 I $1 Man Beats Red Light Ticket, But Judge Says 'Lucky Break' By MC F. ANDERSON Journal & Topics Reporter There are two sides to every story. Prospect Heights resident Adam Panek was found not li- able of a red light violation due to an oversight. However, when contacted by the Journal, Judge Guy Karm said Panek got a "lucky break." Panek received his red light camera violation and noticed that there wasn't a date, time or loca- tion of an administrative hearing to contest his ticket. "On my Notice of Violation (NOV), there was no hearing date and time. I had to contest the ticket to get the hearing date and time, then the hearing date was more than 30 days after I got the NOV or hearing date information," Panek Selling beverages at the Junior Women's Club tent at Saturday's Mount Prospect Downtown Block Party were (back left, right) Jennifer told the Journal. Topolewski and Karin Kipp, (front) Owen Kipp and Halley Topolewski. See more photos inside. (Nic F. Anderson/Journal photo) He then went to the Sterling Codifiers website to read through the Prospect Heights city code. While reading through the code, Another Downtown Block Party On The Books he found Chapter 14, the section for automated traffic law enforce- ment systems. In the chapter under Mount Prospect's two-day Downtown Though temperatures rose and the sun beat which many peoplesangalong with, danced the section of "contents of viola- Block Party seemed to go over well withdown on the crowd, no one seemed to mind. to and even tapped their feet. tion notice," Panek saw that points those who attended. The children enjoyed People gathered around the food and beverage Asthings begin to return to normalafter 12 and 13 were exactly what he themselves at the inflatable slide,mini -carts, tents, patiently waiting to "get their grub on" the two-day bash, the Journal attempted to was looking for. mini carousel and the miniFerris wheel; theirand to quench their thirst. reachMount Prospect Chamber of Commerce In point 12, it states that the date, laughter could be heard throughout the event. Block Party participants claimed their spotExecutive Director Dawn Fletcher Collins time and place of the administra- There were smiles , hugs and laughter as the in front of the stage; both in the sun and in the for her input on the annual event. However, tive hearing to contest the ticket, people of Mount Prospect and surroundingshade to listen to the musical entertainment for attempts to reach Fletcher Collins before must not be sooner than 15 days neighborhoods bumped into familiar faces. the day. The bands played an array of songsdeadline were unsuccessful. or more than 30 days after the date of the violation's mailing date or date of notification. Point 13 states that a signature of "the technician reviewing the recorded images and confirming Police, Fire HQ Projects Moving Along that a violation took place," was to appear on the notice of violation By MC E ANDERSON The fire department headquar-tested and came back negative, Director of Building & Inspection -- something Panek said his notice Journal & Topics Reporter ters building, 111 E. Rand Road,which brought their costs down Services, Mark Rysavy, all of the didn't have. is still in its early construction slightly. building's underground plumb- He added that there wasn't a Mount Prospect residents canstages, but is already slightly Currently, the inside of theing is done and the mechanical signature located on the website expect smooth sailing over the under budget. Fire Chief Brianbuilding has been torn out andcontractors have started their RedLightViolations.com either. course of the next few months as Lambel said that some of thesteel studs are in place. The steel work as well. On the day of the administrative construction continues on the two original walls in the building were framing inside of the building The new location of the fire hearing ,Panek said he went before new headquarters for the police suspected to have had asbestos in has been painted and the roof is department facility broke ground (Continued on page 2A) and fire departments. them; however, the walls were complete. According to Deputy (Continued on page 2A) Page 2A I Wednesday, July 31, 2019 I The Journal www.journal-topics.com PUBLIC MEETINGS Document interview that it wasn't until afterpolice officers where the foot- he found Panek not liable that Destruction Saturday, August 3 Ticket age is then reviewed once more a court officer pointed out the to weed out any non -violators. (Continued from page 1A) technician signature was actually Saturday In MP Mount Prospect Special He explained that there were Judge Karm to contest the viola- there, but it was in the form of aabout four people at the hearing, Events Commission, 9 tion based on these technicalities. badge number; not a handwritten Solid Waste Agency of Northern a.m., Village Hall, 50 S. also with red light violations, Karm said that Panek pre-signature. He said he "should've Cook County(SWANCC)invites Emerson St. and even if all four were found sented him a copy of his Prospectfound him liable." liable, it wouldn't be enough to residents of Mount Prospect and Heights code and compared it otherSWANCC Karm explained that after thecover the cost of employee pay- communities to Wednesday, August 7 to his own. After reviewing the clear out their morning and shred red light camera's sensors goment and the costs for running code and the ticket, Karm saidoff, the first line of defense forthe building that day. sensitive documents on Aug. 3 Special Mount Prospect that he told Panek, "You caught for the "Document Destruction the driver is through the camera "It's not about money, it's Village Board meeting, 7 a lucky break today" because he Event." company to review the footageabout safety," Karm said. p.m., Village Hall, 50 S. wasn't able to find the signature and weed out footage where there The Document Destruction Emerson St. Prospect Heights operates one and found him not liable andaren't any true violations. Afterred light camera in the area of Event kicks off 9 a.m. until noon closed the case. at Mount Prospect Public Works, the camera company is through,southbound Milwaukee Avenue Saturday, August 10 However, Karm said in a phone 1700 W. Central Road, and will the footage is sent over to theand Palatine Frontage Road. only accept sensitive documents Coffee with Council, 9 such as medical forms, bank a.m., Village Hall, 50 statements, personal files and old S. Emerson St., Mount tax forms. Improper storage or Prospect disposal of sensitive documents can cause identity theft. Monday, August 12 Approximately 10 millions New Homes For Police,Fire Americans were identity theft Transportation Safety (Continued from page 1A) and steel has been brought in and victims last year, according to the Commission, 7 p.m., people being bonded out of jail and for the new headquarters on April erected on the west and northwest Federal Trade Commission. Emergency Operations investigations, eliminating any 4 and is on track to be completedsides of the building. TheSWANCCstaff members Center, 1720 W. Central possible conflicts of any offend- will collect the paper from the and opened by April 2020, accord- According to Rysavy, theers parking next to their victims Rd., Mount Prospect ing to Lambel. vehicles and move them into carts. plumbing is about 90 percentor an arresting officer. Site work The new police departmentcomplete and the areas that are Once out of the vehicle, documents Tuesday, August 13 for the parking lot has not begun then be loaded into the shredding headquarters, 799 Biermann Ct.,complete have had slabs pouredbecause the building needs to be is also in the early stages of con- back into the trenches for the base truck, cross -shredded, baled and Committee of the Whole completed first. struction. However, the precast infloor. The electricians have started recycled and made into new paper Workshop, 6 p.m., Vil- There is a feature on the vil- front of the building is up and other the beginnings of their works as products.SWANCCasks that all lage Hall, 50 S. Emer- lage's website for people to metal objects, such as binders, parts of the building are movingwell, all within the building. watch the progress of both of the son St., Mount Prospect along as well. The firearms range plastic sleeves, folders, paper clips Furthermore, a variance forbuildings. Cameras surveying the and the walls are near completion, the parking lot was approved by and staples are removed. Identifi- River Trails Elementary site capture still photos every 15 with the exterior walls to comethe village board July 16. The cation will be requested by staff to School Dist. 26 school minutes. next. The building's plumbing isparking lot's variance allows for verifySWANCCresidency. board meeting, 7 p.m. More updates to come in the mostly trenched inside of the flooradditional space to be used by next few months. 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