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Moderator highlights stepped-up enforcement on LaGrange Road and explains Palos Islamic Center parking arrangements
Summary
Moderator described traffic enforcement efforts on LaGrange Road (US 45), joint patrols with Cook County and forest preserve police, and said parking management for the Palos Islamic Center is privately funded with temporary no-parking signs used in nearby neighborhoods.
The Moderator emphasized safety on LaGrange Road (US 45), saying the village has increased police visibility on the corridor and uses joint patrols with the Cook County Sheriff's Police and forest preserve officers. She said the village tried a decoy car on the median but it was totaled "within 1 week" and reported that citations and warnings on the route have risen.
On enforcement goals, the Moderator said officials seek compliance rather than revenue, noting state limitations on pretextual stops. To highlight results she compared a recent Jan. 1–March 31 enforcement window: "we wrote over 300 negligence speeding tickets, and they only wrote 74," referring to a neighboring jurisdiction.
The Moderator also addressed parking complaints related to the Palos Islamic Center (PIC). She said traffic direction at services is a privately funded arrangement paid by the PIC, that the village is reimbursed when officers assist, and that temporary no-parking signs are installed on Fridays to prevent parking in residential lawns. She disputed a rumor that a local courtyard building would be an Islamic school, stating the permit on that property is "for office use only."
