Commuters travel on a highway. The Tinley Park, Illinois, Village Board voted to end its registration sticker requirement Feb. 21. | Julie Tupas/Unsplash
Commuters travel on a highway. The Tinley Park, Illinois, Village Board voted to end its registration sticker requirement Feb. 21. | Julie Tupas/Unsplash
The Tinley Park Village Board voted to end its registration sticker requirement Feb. 21.
The board considered approving an ordinance that would end the village's requirement that residents purchase official Village of Tinley Park stickers, according to a video of the meeting posted to YouTube. Under the ordinance, however, the stickers would continue to be available free of charge to residents who want to display them on their vehicles. Tinley Park residents can pick up registration stickers at Village Hall beginning April 1.
Board Trustee, Diane Gallante, opposed the ordinance and said she was concerned about the loss in capital from these stickers and fees, especially considering their impact on Tinley Park's road funds. While she didn't want to force additional taxes on residents or have the police department spend time enforcing the mandate, she asked the board to table the ordinance until a satisfying alternative could be found.
The board rejected Gallante’s request and moved forward with their plan to vote on the ordinance during the meeting.
Tinley Park Mayor, Michael Glotz, as well as other board members, said they have found methods for covering approximately $1 million in fees from the sticker program and that the methods used to continue and enforce it would be too complicated and use too much time and money.
The board voted to end the sticker mandate, which was over 55 years old and viewed as an “annoyance” by many residents.
"I just want to say I think this is getting way overcomplicated," said Board Trustee, Colleen Sullivan. "It's simply eliminating a village sticker, a fee that a lot of people don't pay. This has been a topic on different social media platforms. I've been following along. Most comments made are 'I've lived here for 20 years. I've never bought one.' So, you know, that's great. You know, if you didn't, you didn't. But you know what... there are elderly people, our seniors, that typically play by the rules. And they have you know, they pay for their stickers. They could be on a fixed income. It's going to help the people."
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