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Upcoming Meetings/Events
  

Date	Time	Meeting
December 24 & 25	All day	City Offices Closed for Holidays
Wednesday, January 1	All Day	City Offices Closed
Monday, January 6	7:00 p.m.	City Council Meeting
Monday, January 20	7:00 p.m.	City Council Meeting

 
Community Development
 
KM Construction of Illinois located at 5000 Elm Street received a certificate of occupancy.    
 
Hidden Pearl, 1250 Green Street
The Hidden Pearl Coffee shop is expected to open in the next week or so, fire alarm tests, final building inspections and health department approvals are all underway.
 
Trio Gas Station
Trio Gas station is expected to open next week pending State Fire Marshal approval.
 
919 Front Street
919 Front Street is a single family home just to the North of B&B auto, this property has recently been purchased by B&B auto and a permit for the demolition of the property has been submitted. Plans are to expand the customer parking for the B&B auto store.
 
4410 Elm
4410 Elm is a vacant office building east of the gas station located at Ramble and 120, an agreement between the City of McHenry and Graham enterprises required this property to be demolished, a demolition permit has been issued for this property and work will begin Monday December 23^rd.  
 
Public Works
Projects—

• Pearl Street Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program Improvements – The contractor has provided temporary backfill adjacent to the sidewalk for safety reasons.  Due to weather, that area will be fully restored in the Spring. All street lights have been installed.  The contractor will continue wiring.  Final connection will be performed by ComEd.  The RE and contractor have been in contact with ComEd for service.  All road construction signs have been removed.  The contractor will provide construction signs only on the days that they will be working from this point forward.  The project is 95% complete.

 

• Curran Road Highway Safety Improvement Program Project – There are two sections of guardrail that need to be installed.  The contractor was able to field verify that the AT&T phone cable is in direct conflict with the guardrail.   Per our franchise agreement with AT&T, the utility will relocate and/or abandon the line at AT&T’s expense.  They are currently working on a plan and should schedule the work in February or March.  The guardrail installation will commence thereafter.  The contractor is currently grouting the previously installed culvert liner.  That work will be completed by December 20^th with periodic lane closures.  The project is 95% complete. 

 
Street Division—

• The Street Division and additional Public Works’ personnel responded to a ½” snow event on Monday, December 16^th, using 82 tons of salt.

 
Utility Division—

• On Wednesday, December 18^th, personnel repaired a water main break at 418 Kensington Drive. There was no disruption in service during the repair. 
• On Wednesday, December 18^th, personnel repaired a water main break at 4014 Lillian Street. During the repair, a water main valve near the intersection of Kane Street and Front Street also required repair.  Water service and supply was disrupted from 909 Front Street to Lillian Street and west to the railroad tracks for approximately 2 hours.  A boil order was issued for affected customers and Public Works is currently waiting for water sample testing results.  The boil order is in effect until 12:00 PM on Friday, December 20^th.  

Water Division—

• Water Treatment Plant #4’s filter repairs have been completed as of Wednesday, December 18^th, afternoon. The water plant is fully operational at this time.

 
Economic Development

Economic Development Commission
The Economic Development Commission met and discussed details about establishing a Small Business Grant Program.  Additionally, the Commission established priorities for attracting new businesses, retaining existing  businesses and recognizing businesses.
 
Planning and Zoning Commission
The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval of a zoning map amendment from E-Estate to RM-1, Low-Density Multi-Family Residential upon annexation to the City for the property located at 1208 Charles Street.
 
 
Police

McHenry Police Department Weekly Brief
Time Period: Thursday 12/12/2019 thru Wednesday 12/18/2019
 
During this time period the McHenry Police Department:

• Handled 443 calls for service
• Investigated 24 Motor Vehicle Accidents
• Conducted 118 Traffic Stops
• Conducted over 74 Business Checks and Foot Patrols
• Handled 6 calls for service involving Domestic Disputes
• Handled 3 calls for service involving crisis intervention
• Arrested 5 individuals on State criminal charges

 
Personnel:
 
The following personnel have recently completed the respective years of service with the McHenry Police Department:

• Officer Matthew Schmitt – 12 Years

 
Calls of Note:
 
On Thursday, December 12^th, 2019 a Burglary to Business was reported at Merlin 200,000 Miles Shop (3926 W. Elm Street).  During the previous overnight hours, unknown person(s) forcibly entered the business and removed United States Currency.  This incident is being investigated by the department’s Criminal Investigations Unit.
 
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, December 15^th, 2019, officers responded to the area of Green Street and Ellen Road for a reported vehicle crash.  Officers discovered a vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole causing the pole to fall into the roadway.  The damage to the utility pole affected power to numerous residences in that area.  Due to this location being in the jurisdiction of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department, MCSO deputies responded to the scene and investigated the traffic crash.  McHenry officers protected the scene until ComEd could remove and replace the utility pole.    
 
Public Relations:
 
Mayor Jett, Chief Birk and police department staff members had the honor of participating in McHenry Sunrise Rotary’s Secret Santa program.  Many families in McHenry County are desperately struggling due to unexpected job loss, death of a wage earner, divorce or abandonment, illness, disability or other crisis.  Children in these families might not otherwise experience the joy of a gift to unwrap on Christmas.  MPD staff members helped wrap and deliver donated gifts throughout McHenry County.