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Parents urge Elgin council to investigate Lexington Inn after police calls near EMSA
Summary
Parents and residents told the Elgin City Council the Lexington Inn — now housing people displaced from Tent City — has generated repeated police calls and safety incidents near EMSA school and urged the city to consider chronic-nuisance designation, install cameras and improve communications.
Parents and residents urged the Elgin City Council on March 26 to evaluate the Lexington Inn for chronic-nuisance status and to take quicker action after repeated police calls and on-campus incidents near EMSA (Elgin Math and Science Academy).
Nicole Fournell, an Elgin parent and resident, said she logged 14 police calls to or near the Lexington Inn between March 1 and March 25, including reports of criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct and theft. “These are not rumors. These are calls logged by the police,” Fournell said, and asked the council to “formally evaluat[e] the Lexington Inn for a chronic nuisance property designation” under the city code chapter 10.44.
The concern was echoed by other EMSA parents. “When you first come onto our campus, our front playground is the first thing you see. Someone is running from the law onto our campus, getting arrested and apprehended by the police,” said Rebecca Baumann, an EMSA parent. Baumann…
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