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Police quarterly report flags recurring code-enforcement cases and rising squad maintenance costs
Summary
The police department’s second-quarter report showed ongoing code-enforcement follow-up on at least one long-running property case and rising maintenance costs after multiple squad repairs; staff said some repairs occurred soon after warranty expiration.
Staff presented the police department’s second-quarter report and noted two items the board asked about: a recurring code-enforcement property on Graydon that has been under repeated enforcement actions since 2024, and rising costs for squad-vehicle maintenance.
A village staff member reported that the property on Graydon has been cited multiple times; the owner missed an initial court appearance, which prompted additional enforcement steps and a subsequent court date with a compliance deadline set by the village attorney. Staff said if the owner does not comply the village will resume enforcement action.
On fleet maintenance, a police representative said the department has incurred several large repairs in the first half of the year, including replacement of injectors or cylinders on a squad vehicle about 3,000 miles after it left warranty and a water-pump failure on another vehicle that carried high labor costs because of pump location. The presenter said two Ford squads had major repairs while newer Dodge Durangos have performed better in maintenance to date. The department expects to remove one older squad from service and reassign another as a school resource officer vehicle next year, which staff said should improve fleet reliability.
The board asked for continued monitoring of recurring code-enforcement cases and fleet maintenance and no formal board action was taken on the report.
