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10 | February 8, 2018 | The Homer Horizon news
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Police Reports
Six bottles of liquor reportedly stolen by a man and woman at Meijer store
Six bottles of liquor were
reportedly stolen Jan. 17
from the Meijer at 14169 S.
Bell Road. A loss prevention
officer said that shortly
before 6 p.m., he observed
a woman and man inside
the store in the liquor department,
police said. He
reportedly observed the duo
placing six bottles of liquor
in a cart and then relocate to
a different aisle within the
store. He then allegedly observed
the couple removing
security sensors from the liquor
bottles and concealing
the bottles on their persons.
While the officer began
to approach the couple, they
exited the store, entered a
silver Chevy pickup truck
and exited the parking lot,
according to police.
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SUBURBAN SETTING.
Jan. 22
• Jose L. Guzman, 19,
of 835 Watson St. in Aurora,
was cited for allegedly
speeding and driving while
having a suspended license
at W. 143rd Street and S.
Saddle Brooke Lane.
Jan. 21
• A resident on the 17000
block of S. Robert Emmett
Drive said that after she
hired a painting company
to do work inside her home,
she realized that her wedding
ring and an anniversary
ring were stolen, according
to police.
Jan. 20
• A mail package that had
been delivered by UPS to a
resident’s front porch was
reportedly removed on the
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12000 block of W. Lake
View Drive. The resident
saw the UPS driver deliver
the package, but they left
it outside on the porch for
about an hour, and when
they went to retrieve it, it
was gone. Four pairs of
women’s shoes and a dress
were inside the packages,
police said.
• Jill C. Lynch, 37, of
19924 S. Hillgate Road in
Mokena, was charged with
driving under the influence
and having an improperly
stopped/parked vehicle at S.
Bell Road and W. Country
View Lane.
Jan. 18
• A $30 scratch-off ticket
was believed to be stolen
from the Speedway at 12502
W. 143rd St., according to
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police. An assistant manager
reportedly told police that an
unknown man — who they
described as white — entered
the store around 9:35
p.m. and asked the assistant
manager to check something
in the back room for him.
When the assistant manager
turned his back, the man reportedly
grabbed scratch-off
lottery tickets from the counter.
Upon confronting the
man, the man left the store
and drove off in a green
Mercury hatchback.
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Editor’s note: The Homer
Horizon’s police reports come
from the Will County Sheriff’s
Department’s online news bulletin
service. Anyone listed in
these reports is considered to
be innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.
Village gives update on strategic planning
Submitted by Village of Homer Glen
In October 2017, the Village Board approved
a contract with Northern Illinois University’s
Center for Governmental Studies to
provide facilitation for the strategic planning
process. Strategic planning is a process that
helps leaders examine the current state of the
organization, determine a desired future, establish
priorities and define a set of actions
to achieve the desired outcomes. Craig Rapp
from the CGS at Northern Illinois University
has led strategic planning processes in neighboring
communities, including Lemont, New
Lenox, Oswego, Shorewood and Joliet.
Village staff is currently working through
an environmental scan of the organization,
developing a summary of issues and conditions
that affect the organization. To understand
the perspective of key community
stakeholders, the Village held a Stakeholder
Forum Jan. 17 at the Village Hall. This meeting
was open to the public, and invitations
were sent directly to approximately 60 key
community stakeholders.
With assistance from the Chicago Metropolitan
Agency for Planning, the Village utilized
keypad polling software to gather candid
feedback on the current conditions and future
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priorities for the Village. This data will be utilized
in conjunction with the results from the
Village’s National Citizen Survey, which was
conducted in 2017.
A presentation of the environmental scan
will occur at a Committee of the Whole
meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 12, at the Village Hall.
On Feb. 21 at the Village Hall, the Village
Board and staff will partake in the first of two
strategic planning retreat sessions. This first
session will result in the development of a
comprehensive list of organizational challenges
and a series of strategic priorities. The second
retreat session will take place the following
day on Feb. 22. This session will focus on
the development of outcomes, indicators and
performance targets and their alignment with
the priorities established in the first session.
Both retreat sessions will take place from
4 to 8 p.m. at the Village Hall.
As a result of the two-day retreat session,
Village staff will develop strategic initiatives
and action plans for each priority in line with
the desire outcomes and targets, therefore establishing
accountability to the plan. A summary
report detailing the process and the action
plan will be prepared and submitted to the
Village Board for consideration in April 2018.
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