Here’s what happened Tuesday night
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
Campaign finance reform was defeated. Council members Cagley and Robinson voted against it and Councilman Voigts was absent for the vote.
TERM LIMITS
Council decided to put a term limit of no more than 8 years on the November ballot.
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COUNCIL COMPENSATION
Council decided to table the idea of raising compensation and it will not appear on the November ballot.
REDISTRICTING
Council is to return at the next meeting and discuss principles of districting, and possibly alter the existing districts. Also under consideration is when to initiate the districts. In 2020 we will have a new census and in 2022 we will have to re-draw districts based on the 2020 census. Based on this, we may have to change districts in 2018, again in 2020, and again in 2022, which may be far too confusing for many.
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CENSURE
The censure hearing for Councilman Voigts was tabled following Councilman Voigts’ agreement to retract his comment about a resident.
CAMERAS FOR VETERANS PARK
The idea of installing cameras on Veterans Park was raised and will come back to Council during the budget talks.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Jim Gardner is on the City Council for Lake Forest where he serves as Mayor. You can check him out on LinkedIn and/or Facebook and you can share your thoughts about the City at Lake Forest Town Square on Facebook. His Twitter handle is @DrJimGardner. His comments are not meant to reflect official City Policy.
Dr. Gardner has office hours every Tuesday from 4 pm to 6 pm at the City Hall. In addition, he holds a town hall meeting every quarter. The next meeting will be May 17 at 7 pm at the Lake 1 Clubhouse (Ridge Route).
