Homer Glen Voters Will Decide On License Plate Readers In The Village

HOMER GLEN, IL — Voters who live within the Village of Homer Glen will see an advisory question on their ballots asking whether the Village should install and use license plate readers.

The consolidated election is Tuesday.

The exact question reads: "Shall the Village of Homer Glen install and use license plate readers at public access roads designated by the Village Board to support public safety agencies provided the data collected is confidential and is destroyed within 30 days unless it is the subject matter of an ongoing investigation?"

The Homer Glen Village Board approved adding the advisory question to the ballot at a January meeting.

Several communities in the Chicago area have approved license plate readers at the main exit and entry points of their towns. Homer Glen doesn't have the readers currently, but nearby Lemont, Romeoville, the Will County Sheriff's Office, Joliet, Bolingbrook, New Lenox and Mokena do.

According to the Village website, if the referendum is approved by voters, then the Village will pursue bids for contracts for cameras. If it is not approved, then nothing will change, and the money allocated for the cameras will remain in the Village's general budget.

Polls will open across Will County at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, and will close at 7 p.m. Election results will remain unofficial until April 25 when the Will County Clerk's Office finishes counting vote by mail ballots and provisional ballots.