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URBAN INNOVATION IN ILLINOIS

AWARD WINNERS RY CATEGORY, 1988

JOINT PURCHASING AND SERVICE AGREEMENTS:

Elk Grove Village
(A)

High level excess liability pool
(H.E.L.P.)

Contact Person: George Coney

Homewood (A)

Employee assistance program

Contact Person: Maureen Pelton, 663-5600
PA Officer: Elizabeth Ruyle, 957-6970

Homewood (A)

South suburban drug enforcement
program

same as above

Schaumburg
(HM)

Woodfield shoppers shuttle
program

Contact Person: Tom Dabareiner, 894-4500
PA Officer: Stuart Chapman, 894-4500 ext. 280

Schaumburg
(HM)

Kids-After-School-Program
(KASPER)

Contact Person: R. DuRee Bryant, 529-1505

CONTRACTING OUT:

Evanston (A)

Inspections of major building
developments

Contact Person: Robert Rudd, 866-2931
PA Officer: Sally Roethle, 866-2936

Evanston (HM)

In-house shoulder replacement
and crack-filling on state routes

Contact Person: Thomas Olkowski, 866-2940

La Grange (HM)

Joint paramedic program/
La Grange and La Grange Park

Contact Person: Scott Randall, 579-2318
PA Officer: Steve Stricker, 579-2318

Lombard (A)

Water meter reading program
with Northern Illinois Gas Company

Contact Person: Nicholas Narducci, 620-5700

Moline (A)

"No-cost" semi-automated refuse
cart system

Contact Person: William Tallman, 797-0463

Mount Vernon (A)

Wastewater treatment plant

Contact Person: James Bassett, 242-7265

Skokie (HM)

Community cholesterol screening/
education program

Contact Person: James Szczepaniak, 673-0500,
ext. 258

Skokie (A)

Damage recovery program

Contact Person: James Szczepaniak, 673-0500,
ext. 258

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

City of Chicago
(A)

Human resources management —
expanded automated data systems

Contact Person: Jesse E. Hoskins, 744-4966

La Grange (HM)

Five-year operating and capital
improvements budget

see above

Palatine (A)

Strategic plan — ?

PA Officer: Kathleen Lisiecki, 359-9006

Urbana (A)

Ten-year capital improvement
plan and fiscal strategy

Contact Person: Balbir Kindra, P.E., 384-2384

Urbana (HM)

Employee performance appraisal
program using measurable output

Contact Person: Ronald Gremore, 384-2458


January 1989 / Illinois Municipal Review / Page 21


COST OF SERVICE:

Arlington Heights
(A)

Village clerk information center

Contact Person: John Gross, 577-5633

City of Aurora
(HM)

Development fees to contract out
for review/inspectional services

Contact Person: John Savage, 844-3612

La Grange Park
(HM)

Computerized records management
system in the police department

Contact Person: John Dunlop, 352-2151

Niles (A)

Lock box for water utility
collection and reporting

Contact Person: Gary Karshna, 967-6100

Niles (HM)

Use of FAX machine to facilitate
daily banking activities

see above

Niles (HM)

Automated annual pension fund
investment reporting

see above

CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT:

Elmwood Park
(A)

Citizens' advisory committee on
the budget

Contact Person: Patricia Spade, 353-9729
PA Officer: Bonnie Gioffredi, 452-7300

Niles (HM)

Appeals committee for citizens'
complaints re user fee services

see above

Hazel Crest (A)

Creation of a 45-acre natural
passive recreation

Contact Person: Joseph Martin, 335-9600
PA Officer: Kimberly Neill, 335-9600

South Elgin (HM)

Cooperative clean-up of the Fox River

Contact Person: Berton Braun, 742-5780


(A) = Award
(HM) = Honorable Mention
PA = Public Affairs Officer

Page 22 / Illinois Municipal Review / January 1989


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