R-1861 - 02/11/2020 - OBT REDLIGHT - Resolutions REVISED 2-11-20
THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK
COOK AND DUPAGE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION
2020-DMMC-REDLIGHT-R-1861
A RESOLUTION OF OPPOSITION TO FINANCIALLY DRIVEN
RED LIGHT CAMERA SURVEILLANCE OF ILLINOIS
MOTORISTS
GOPAL G. LALMALANI, Village President
CHARLOTTE K. PRUSS, Village Clerk
JOHN BAAR
PHILIP CUEVAS
MICHAEL MANZO
MOIN SAIYED
EDWARD TIESENGA
ASIF YUSUF
Village Board
Published in pamphlet form by authority of the
President and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak Brook
on this the 11th day of February, 2020
2020-DMMC-REDLIGHT-R-1861
A RESOLUTION OF OPPOSITION TO FINANCIALLY-DRIVEN RED LIGHT CAMERA
SURVEILLANCE OF ILLINOIS MOTORISTS
WHEREAS, THE DUPAGE MAYORS AND MANAGERS CONFERENCE (DMMC) is an
important mediating structure in which the Village of Oak Brook has participated as a key member, the
Board of which includes Village President Gopal Lalmalani and the various committees of which are
valuable forums for review and understanding of, among other things, pending legislation in Springfield;
WHEREAS, the DMMC has determined not to oppose the status quo of financially-driven red light
camera surveillance of Illinois motorists masquerading as high-tech law enforcement, in spite of Oak
Brook's clear and strong opposition to the status quo of the unjustified use of red light cameras by the
neighboring City of Oakbrook Terrace in connivance with lobbyists, red light companies, corrupted and
bribed legislators, and others all feeding off the structure of red light camera surveillance, which typically
is designed to create an ongoing stream of revenue to a red light camera company that pays off local
politicians for the right to place a money-making camera section at a busy intersection;
WHEREAS, the consequent millions of dollars generated by using high-tech surveillance
technology to nick a very small percentage of the large number of motorists passing through an
intersection have been misused by the vendors who receive usually 40% of that ticket revenue; creating
a pool of graft money rake-offs to fund kickbacks, bribes and luxury spending by a red light company to
their friends in political office, to plume those relationships for their own selfish benefit with no relation to
"safety" reasons Illinois law otherwise requires for the use of these cameras;
WHEREAS, the Village of Oak Brook has adopted an ordinance currently in force that bans any
use of camera surveillance of motorists in Oak Brook to generate funds to pay off legislators or to fund
pathetic luxury lifestyles of red light vendors;
WHEREAS, DMMC has failed to reach a consensus supporting legislation proposed by Illinois
Representative David McSweeney that would ban red light cameras in all non-home rule Illinois
municipalities, the McSweeney bill will attempt to safeguard the people of Illinois from future corruption
in other instances such as those brought forward by the clear admission of former State Senator Martin
Sandoval that a red light camera business has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with
perpetuating payments to him and his corrupt friends on the backs of$100 tickets applied by cameras to
Illinois motorists;
WHEREAS, The Village of Oak Brook is urging the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
to revoke the unlawfully issued permit to Oakbrook Terrace that established a criminal enterprise at the
corner of Rt. 83 and 22 Id Street, that produces $5 Million per year, 40% of which is rake-off by the corrupt
company that funded Sandoval's criminal activity in concert with other associates, allegedly including
now-resigned Oakbrook Terrace Mayor Tony Ragucci, now-indicted State Senator Tom Cullerton, and
several owners of SafeSpeed, the vendor currently making 40% of each $100 or $200 ticket
remorselessly applied by camera to Illinois motorists at perfectly safe intersections;
WHEREAS, the DMMC lobbying position contradicts the Village of Oak Brook's current efforts
with IDOT to root out specific instances of corruption in the red light camera, influence-sale industry in
Illinois, and strengthens our position against the very forces of corruption that Martin Sandoval used to
be so proud of, but has now landed him in federal court apologizing to a judge for his crimes;
WHEREAS, the McSweeney bill is only a first step to clean up the red light camera farce in Illinois,
and the Village of Oak Brook supports the McSweeney bill, as well as any efforts to prohibit private red
light vendor companies from receiving ongoing streams of percentage payments keyed to ticket revenue
produced by cameras; and
WHEREAS, for all of these reasons, the President and Board of Trustees express their
disappointment at DMMC's decision not to oppose red light cameras and corrupt revenue streaming to
continue criminal enterprises designed to make money out of the false idol of "safety," specifically, the
red light cameras by the City of Oakbrook Terrace and wish to make clear to IDOT and to the people of
the State of Illinois that the Village of Oak Brook stands with the motorists afflicted and harassed by this
industry, and will continue to oppose that industry, which must be taken down and eliminated as a stain
on the character and integrity of the State of Illinois.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of
Oak Brook that the McSweeney proposal has our full support, and ask that DMMC reconsider their
position on the McSweeney bill.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a duly certified copy of this Resolution be delivered to DMMC,
IML, IDOT, and the Governor of the State of Illinois.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak Brook,
DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois, this 11th day of February, 2020.
APPROVED. ATTEST:
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Gopal G. Lalmalani, Village President Charlotte K. Pruss, Village Clerk