Improve Quality of Life of Hanover Park Citizens

• Strengthen and Improve the Identity of Hanover Park (click here to read more)
  
  • Support the beautification of Hanover Park
  • Increase accessibility of assistance programs for home renovation 
  • Ensure maintenance of foreclosed homes
  • Bring together the multitude of taxing bodies to ensure that services are efficiently delivered to the residents of Hanover Park
  • Establish commercial code enforcement to ensure business properties are well-maintained 
  • Address parking concerns to establish workable regulations
• Improve Public Safety (click here to read more)
  • Provide adequate police staffing that brings Hanover Park Police staffing levels up to level of neighboring communities
  • Support the efforts of the Mayor Craig's Crime Prevention Advisory Board
  • Support the enforcement of the new housing (rental residential)  ordinances
  • Support continued progress of CERT Team
  • Emphasize community policing efforts by re-establishing the Neighborhood Watch Program, block leaders, "Officer Friendly" program & DARE program in our schools
• Support Cultural Inclusion & Diversity (click here to read more)
  • Support Hanover Park's Cultural Inclusion & Diversity Committee by reaching out to all members of the Hanover Park Community
  • Support Hanover Park Community Resource Center (DuCAP Initiative) to ensure that all people have opportunities for success in Hanover Park
  • Hold Diversity/Cultural Forums with the Mayor by reaching out to all groups and communities in Hanover Park
  • Make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an Official Holiday of the Village of Hanover Park
• Support Hanover Park Businesses (click here to read more)
  • Support the Hanover Park Business Community
  • Seek new ways to invest in our Business Community and seek new business growth
  • Establish a Commercial Code Enforcement Program
  • Support the Chamber of Commerce
  • Promote Hanover Park businesses by creating an Economic Development Program that works
  • Insure that residents are aware of new bids so that they can enter the process
  • Improve attractiveness and pursue burial of power lines & addition of lights on Irving Park Road and Barrington Road
• Connect Educators, Volunteers, & Residents to Use Their Assets and Strengthen Hanover Park (click here to read more)
  
  • Ensure a village official will attend PTA/PTO meetings at Hanover Park's schools
  • Host a yearly education summit where the Village Board meets directly with the school administrators, educators, and parents
  • Liaison with our public libraries to promote services and provide activities to citizens
  • Encourage youth involvement in sporting teams and community groups

Improve Fiscal Responsibility by Conserving Resources (click here to read more)

• Government Responsibility
  
  • Actively engage and support the Environmental Committee
  • Bring together homeowners, business community, and Village staff to create a  comprehensive plan for sustainability into the future
  • Explore Wind Generator as a tax savings approach
  • Act upon Mayors' Caucus Sustainability Initiatives
  • Conduct a "Green" audit of Village practices to cut costs by reducing waste
  • Move village communications online to save costs
  • Provide oversight to ensure that Mallard Lake Landfill cleanup continues to be successful
• Support Citizen Conservation
  
  • Support the PACE plan to create new bus routes through Hanover Park
  • Encourage water conservation to protect resources and save taxpayers' money
  • Support use of rain barrels for outdoor water usage
  • Support communication and education initiatives to reduce waste
  • Involve Environmental Committee in the process for making recommendations to Village Board

 Create an Open and Transparent Village Government (click here to read)

• Return Accountability to the Hanover Park Government
  
  • Return Effectiveness to the Village Board by providing new leadership within the village
  • Create and enforce yearly goals and performance expectations for Village staff
  • Establish a Finance Committee
  • Make recordings of meetings available on Village Web site or public television
  • Create an email newsletter to send to citizens
• Return Leadership to Hanover Park Government
  
  • Resume the practice of training for staff and elected officials
  • Establish Trustee liaisons to Village Departments
  • Increase participation by Hanover Park in the regional activities
  • Promote involvement by elected officials in regional and national organizations
• Establish a Strategic Planning Process that Sets Priorities
  
  • Use a budgetary process that actually matches needs to resources
  • Establish a competitive bid process that identifies the best deal on services for the Village
  • Remove personal agendas and take politics out of Village Government