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New Police Officer Hired in Loves Park
Margaret Downing, REPORTER
MARGARET DOWNING, PHOTO – The Journal.
Loves Park Police Department welcomes new officer – Deputy Chief Operations, Shane Lynch, left, Deputy Chief Administration, Mike McCammond, Chief Chuck Lynde, center, new Officer Mike Frederickson, and Mayor Darryl Lindberg. They are pictured prior to the start of the City Council meeting on Jan. 2.
Loves Park Aldermen got back to business in the new year with a Council meeting held Jan. 2. The last Monday in December no meeting was held, so officials had two weeks of business to catch up on. The City’s Police Department is now back up to a full staff of 34 Officers with the hiring of new Officer, Michael Frederickson at the Jan. 2 meeting.
Frederickson grew up in Elgin and is a graduate of that city’s Burlington Central H.S. and of Western Illinois University. He majored in law enforcement and criminal justice administration, with a minor in communications. His start date, Jan. 8, was also the date he was to report to the Basic Law Enforcement Academy in downstate Illinois.
Alderman Clint Little gave the weekly Police Activity Reports for the week of Dec. 18-24. He reported that 518 calls for service were received, 137 arrests made and 13 accidents responded to. For the week of Dec. 25-31, a total of 477 calls for service were taken, 156 arrests made, and eight accidents responded to.
On the weekly Fire Department Reports dated Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, eight fire alarm calls, one false fire alarm call, one public service, one rescue call, three carbon monoxide or gas leak calls, one wires down call, and two smoke or odor investigation calls were logged. Total fire calls for the past year came to 416 calls with a total dollar loss for the year coming in at $3,537,050 and 35 responses. The major portion of that dollar amount fell under the manufacturing and processing category. There were 153 responses to one or two-family dwellings, and 40 responses to multi-family dwellings. Restaurant or cafeteria total loss came to $120,000 for one incident.
In giving of their time for the Christmas holiday, Firefighters and Chief Phil Foley put in 258 man-hours over a 10-day period in picking up, sorting, providing and delivering toys, plus fixing a breakfast for needy children in the Loves Park and Machesney Park area.
Alderman John Pruitt gave the December Building Report in which 33 permits were issued and $4,949 in permit fees were collected. On the yearly Building Report for 2016, 982 building permits were issued and $105,517.25 in permit fees were collected for the year.
A resolution authorizing an “emergency purchase” of a replacement snowplow from Bonnell Industries in Dixon for the Street Department at a cost of $11,027.60 was approved.
An ordinance “regulating the reimbursement for all travel, meal and lodging expenses” for City officers and employees was approved. An ordinance, first reading, was passed authorizing disposal of surplus personal property owned by the City.
Water Department bills totaling $17,275.16 and general fund and all other bills amounting to $68,429.45, as presented Dec. 19, were approved for payment.
