$170,000 granted to fund innovative safety
initiatives
In support of innovative public safety initiatives that are
essential to local communities across northern Illinois, ComEd and
the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus today announced grants of up to
$10,000 each to 21 communities to fund local public safety
projects.
Each of the 21 projects to receive a Powering Safe Communities
grant proposed a unique way to improve the efficiency and delivery
of public safety programs, increase community resiliency, and
address unmet safety needs. The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus — a
council for Chicagoland’s chief elected officials to collaborate on
public policy issues — reviewed all applications.
"At ComEd, safety is our number one priority — not just for our
employees and our customers, but for the greater communities where
we live, work, and play,” said Terence R. Donnelly, president and
COO of ComEd. “For the last few years, we’ve delivered on that
promise by partnering with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus to carry
out the Powering Safe Communities Program. We are pleased to see
proposals from this year’s grantees to invest in innovative
technologies that will strengthen their response to critical safety
and health concerns.”
ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus share a commitment to
ensuring that residents of northern Illinois are protected in their
communities. Working together through the Powering Safe Communities
partnership, they have put this commitment into action, delivering
more than $500,000 in funding to 70 public safety projects in the
last three years. ComEd has provided funding for the program since
its inception four years ago, and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
has served as the program administrator for the last three grant
cycles.
“The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus knows that we are stronger as a
region because of the tireless work of our public servants. That’s
why it’s so important to us that our local municipalities have the
resources they need to keep both our public servants and the
community members they protect safe and secure,” said Joseph
Mancino, Mayor of Hawthorn Woods, Ill., and Chairman of the
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. “Thanks to ComEd’s generous support, we
are once again able to realize this goal and assist over 20 local
communities as they pursue tailored public safety solutions.”
Information on the Powering Safe Communities Program can be
found here:
http://mayorscaucus.org/initiatives/environment/psc/.
The 21 Powering Safe Communities grant recipients for 2018
are:
Village of Alsip
This grant helps fund equipment, goods, and services for the
recently approved volunteer Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) run by the Village of Alsip’s Department of Emergency
Preparedness (DEP). CERT educates individuals about disaster
preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them
in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light
search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical
operations.
Village of Arlington Heights
This grant allows the Village to purchase a Smart Board display
to enhance disaster preparedness and community resiliency. In
combination with other equipment that will be funded by the
Village, the Smart Board display will augment the decision-making
process in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
Village of Barrington
This grant funds the purchase of two Lucas CPR mechanical assist
devices. These battery-powered units enhance paramedics’ lifesaving
efforts for cardiac arrest patients through automated chest
compressions, allowing paramedics to concentrate on more advanced
resuscitative skills, such as IV access, medication delivery,
defibrillation, and advanced airway management.
Village of Bull Valley
This grant helps purchase a front-end loader, a tailgate mounted
salt spreader, and a ditch bank mower, three pieces of equipment
that will improve the safety of Village roads. Funding from the
Village will also aid in the purchase and provide safety training
for employees who use the equipment.
Village of Cary
This grant allows the Village to purchase two solar-powered
RADAR message signs with trailers. The Village currently possesses
only a single arrow board that does not have the capability to
display other messages. The new units will serve as replacements
for both the arrow board and radar trailer, providing greater
flexibility for the Public Works and Police Departments.
City of Countryside
This grant helps purchase and install high-definition video
cameras at the City’s most attended parks, Ideal Park and
Countryside Park. This modern equipment will capture vital evidence
in the event of a serious criminal incident, while bringing a
heightened sense of safety and security to the neighborhood.
Village of Crete
This grant supports the purchase of three Thermal Imaging
Cameras, two for the Police Department and one for Crete’s
Emergency Management Agency (EMA). The cameras will be installed on
specific patrol vehicles to greatly enhance the ability to see at
night by combining night optics with heat sensing ability.
City of Crystal Lake
This grant enables the City to install electronic speed limit
displays along Country Club Road to aid in calming traffic. The
road, which is in a residential area, currently experiences a high
incidence of speeding, with measurements at various locations
showing speeds between 36 and 39 miles-per-hour (mph) when the
posted speed limit is 25 mph.
Village of Elburn
This grant assists in purchasing traffic speed monitoring and
safety signs. The signs will be used in neighborhoods, business
areas, and around schools in the Village to monitor speeds and
provide visual reminders to motorists.
City of Elgin
This grant allows the Elgin Police Department to equip two parks
that experience a high level of youth engagement with pole-mounted
security cameras. The new cameras will improve the overall safety
and security of the area for teens and young children, as well as
disincentivize activity in the parks after they close.
Village of Flossmoor
This grant funds two portable, programmable, and
energy-efficient speed display signs to be used at multiple
locations throughout the Village. The signs will allow the Village
to set sign configurations, schedule operating modes, and gather
traffic data for analysis. The Village’s goal is to increase
motorists' awareness of their traveling speed in school zones and
achieve better adherence to speed limits on residential
streets.
Village of Glendale Heights
This grant funds the purchase of a portable 10-print
fingerprinting system, which will allow the Glendale Heights Police
Department to provide safe and private fingerprinting services to
community members, local businesses, and school districts. It will
also provide a private, secure location for juvenile offenders to
be printed. Currently, the Department has only one stationary
fingerprinting machine located in the adult section of its holding
facility.
Village of Hebron
This grant allows the Village to purchase a new squad car to
provide full-time police protection coverage. The Village recently
added two full-time officers and made the chief of police a
full-time position; however, its current squad cars are not
reliable and break down often. With the grant, the Village will
purchase a new 2018 Dodge Charger Pursuit through the NWMC Suburban
Purchasing Cooperative.
Village of La Grange
This grant helps fund the purchase of four solar-powered speed
display signs to be placed throughout the Village of La Grange. The
display signs will not only provide a visual reminder to drivers of
their current speed, but they also can be used to determine the
amount of traffic in an area so that the La Grange Police
Department can deploy its officers more efficiently.
Village of Minooka
This grant funds the purchase of a speed display sign and LED
school zone sign. The signs will be used in conjunction to visually
notify vehicle drivers of their speed and alert drivers that they
are entering a school zone by displaying bright LED blinkers.
City of Northlake
This grant aids with the installation of a backup, natural gas
fired, electrical generator at the public works facility. The
generator will allow the facility to operate during power outages.
It is the last City-owned building that does not have a backup
power source.
City of Oak Forest
This grant helps expand the City’s AED (automated external
defibrillator) program from nine to 20 units to help diagnose and
treat community members suffering from life-threatening cardiac
arrhythmias. The City will replace existing AED units and deploy 11
AEDs in public buildings and on the street in police, fire, EMA,
and public works vehicles.
City of Polo
This grant allows the City to update the electrical services at
Millard Deuth Park, as the City is a small community that does not
have a park district to cover the costs. The update will turn off
electrical currents when the breaker is shut off, decreasing the
likelihood of a dangerous fire outburst.
City of Rolling Meadows
This grant helps fund the City’s Automated External
Defibrillators (AEDs) Acquisition project through the purchase of
six LIFE PAK CR Plus Semi-Automatic AEDs. Currently, none of the
City’s patrol squads are equipped with AEDs. The grant will help
enable patrol personnel of the Rolling Meadows Police Department to
safely, effectively, and quickly administer and deploy life-saving
external defibrillators to anyone suffering from cardiac
arrest.
Village of Willowbrook
This grant funds the purchase and installation of 12
solar-powered LED stop signs at specific locations throughout the
Village to improve the safety of both drivers and pedestrians. The
12 locations, including two near elementary schools, currently have
traditional, unlit stop signs and are in need of upgraded
signage.
Village of Worth
This grant funds the replacement of 12 tower type computers for
the Worth Police Department. The new computers will allow the
Department to effectively communicate with other public safety
agencies in the region using a new “Superion Public Safety Records
Management System.” The enhanced technology, through the speed and
accuracy of data acquisition, will also improve the Department’s
ability to comply with its mission of serving and protecting
community residents and visitors.
About ComEd
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation's leading competitive
energy provider, with approximately 10 million customers. ComEd
provides service to approximately 4 million customers across
northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state's population. For
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About Metropolitan Mayors
Caucus
The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus is a membership organization of
the Chicago region's 275 cities, towns and villages. Founded in
1997 by then Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and leading mayors from
nine suburban municipal groups, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
pushes past geographical boundaries and local interests to work on
public policy issues. The caucus provides a forum for metropolitan
Chicago's chief elected officials to collaborate on common problems
and work toward a common goal of improving the quality of life for
the millions of people who call the region home. For more
information visit http://mayorscaucus.org/.
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