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1. Call to Order: 6:00 p.m., Village Hall Meeting Room, 122 E. Lincoln Ave., Fall Creek 2. Roll Call: Members Present: Committee Chairperson Bob Jenkins, Trustees Sheena Kaatz and Karen Strasburg. Members Absent: None. Staff Present: Police Chief Chad Dachel and Jamie Court. 3. Certify Open Meeting Law Requirements Have Been Met: A notice of the meeting and an agenda was posted at the three public places and local newspapers were notified. 4. Adopt Agenda:  MOTION (Strasburg/Kaatz) to adopt the agenda. PASSED, without negative vote. 5. Consider Village Ordinances Regarding Disorderly Property: Consider Amendments/Additions to Chapters 184 and 199: The committee reviewed the ordinance prepared by the Village Attorney to deal with the issue of repetitive calls for police service for nuisance activities. Properties that have continued offenses of conduct that substantially interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life, health and safety of the community place an undue burden on the police department and take away police service from other areas of the Village. Whenever three or more nuisance activities occur at or originate from a specific property within a 30-day period, the police chief may notify the property owner or other responsible party, in writing, that the premises is a nuisance. Such notice shall indicate examples of abatement measures and shall indicate the cost of future enforcement may be assessed as a special charge against the premises, or referred for collection, and that the owner or other responsible party may be cited. Chief Chad Dachel stated the procedure will have two separate steps: 1) delivery of the notice of violation, which may include a billing for the cost of excessive police services and 2) the citation for violation. Dachel stated this gives the violator the opportunity to correct their actions before a citation is issued. Committee members discussed the ordinance and were in agreement something needed to be done to stop the incidences of disorderly conduct. Committee recommended the Board proceed with a first reading of the ordinances. 6. Adjourn:  MOTION (Strasburg/Kaatz) @ 6:25 p.m. PASSED, without negative vote. Karen Strasburg, Recording Secretary Village of Fall Creek Minutes of Public Safety Committee Meeting March 18, 2020