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Oak Lawn reviews electric scooter rules; police chief says draft order coming
Summary
Trustees discussed electric scooter regulation and were told the police chief reviewed a new law and made recommendations to the village attorney, who is preparing a draft order for the board to review.
Trustees discussed how to regulate electric scooters as the community approaches spring and the board awaits a draft order from village legal staff. The village police chief said he reviewed a new law, made recommendations and provided them to the village attorney; the attorney is drafting an order the board will review.
Trustee discussion recalled a prior consensus to treat scooter requests differently depending on local conditions. Police Chief (name not specified) said, "I reviewed the new law, and I made some recommendations to Michelle from KTK. She said she was working on an order, and she did look at some other towns what they're doing. I gave her my recommendations on how we should handle it here in Oak Lawn. Still waiting to see a copy of the draft order, but I'm sure it'll be done shortly." The chief’s remarks followed a question from a trustee asking whether research had been completed and what other communities were doing.
No formal policy or ordinance was introduced at the meeting and trustees did not vote on scooter rules. The discussion closed with trustees saying they expect the village attorney’s draft order to return to the board for consideration before spring activity increases.
