Politics & Government

Boots and Towing For Three Tickets on the Way (Live Blog Transcript)

The Orland Park Village Board met Monday night, as well as the development services, public works and public safety committees. Read our live blog transcript of the meeting.

Update: 11:45 p.m., Monday, June 18, 2012

People with three traffic tickets from might be facing a big inconvenience soon, if those tickets remain unpaid.

In 2011, the Orland Park Village Board gave the go-ahead for police to tow or boot a vehicle with three unpaid tickets, .

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During Monday night's Public Safety Committee meeting, Chief Tim McCarthy told the trustees that the three-ticket rule will now be going into effect.

By the end of the month, all Orland Park residents with three outstanding tickets will receive a letter from the MCA collection agency, letting the registered owner know that their vehicle will soon be towed or booted.

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Residents living outside of Orland Park with three unpaid Orland Park tickets will be notified by letter later in July, McCarthy said.

"We won't be pursuing vehicles that are physically outside of Orland Park," McCarthy said after the meeting. "But if they are in town, they are fair game."

Information for people to either pay the ticket, or set up a hearing to disputre them, will be included with the letter.  

Original Post: 5:55 a.m., Monday, June 18, 2012

Orland Park's Public Works committee will meet Monday night to discuss possible funding increases to projects underway around 143rd Street and LaGrange Road.

An additional $27,556 is asked for to cover added landscaping for businesses around the intersection affected by the construction.

"Other additions include adjustments to the traffic signal and lighting plans to meet IDOT requirements," according to the committee media packet.

Read packets for the public works, public safety and development services agendas, as well as for the attached to this article.

Orland Park Patch’s live blog through Cover It Live will provide minute-by-minute updates from the meeting on this page starting at 6 p.m. Look in the Cover It Live window, and you’ll see an area where you can join in and offer your comments and questions. The same rules apply as on finished articles on the site.

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