Randy Donley first advanced the idea of term limits for the McHenry County Board Chairman.

At its meeting earlier this week, the McHenry County Board shot down two “reform” measures and supported one.

The movement to limit the number of terms that a County Board Chairman can serve, started by Union’s Randy Donley in his nomination speech of Mark Munaretto for County Board Chairman, failed 13-11.

Those 13 voting against term limits were

• Robert Bless
• Scott Breeden
• Mary Donner
• Sue Draftkorn
• John Hammerand
• Tina Hill
• John Jung
• Mary McCann
• Pete Merkel
• Anna May Miller
• Robert Nowak
• Nick Provenzano
• Ken Koehler

Supporters of the concept were

• Randy Donley
  

  Kathy Bergan Schmidt (D-Crystal Lake)



Paula Yensen (D-Lake in the Hills)

• Diane Evertsen
• Jim Heisler
• Donna Kurtz
• Marc Munaretto
• Virginia Peschke
• Sandra Salgado
• Kathy Bergan Schmidt
• Ersel Schuster
• Barb Wheeler
• Paula Yensen

The two Democrats voted for term limits, potentially setting up an issue for the 2012 elections, when all County Board seats are up for grabs.

Two other recommendations from the Management Services Committee were rejected.

The first would have allowed the public to speak after the meeting was completed, much as they can in the Huntley School District. It went down 13-11. The roll call was the same, except Donley, Peschke and Wheeler supported removal while Hill, Jung and Munaretto did not.

The final vote was on whether the County Board Chairman and Vice Chairman would be allowed to serve as chairmen of committees. The measure passed on a 13-11 roll call.

Those 11 voting against the measure follow:

• Robert Bless


McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler (R-Crystal Lake)

• Scott Breeden
• Diane Evertsen
• Jim Heisler
• Tina Hill
• John Jung
• Pete Merkel
• Anna May Miller
• Nick Provenzano
• Ersel Schuster
• Ken Koehler

The 13 supporters of spreading the power around were

• Randy Donley
• Mary Donner
• Sue Draftkorn
• John Hammerand
• Donna Kurtz
• Mary McCann
• Marc Munaretto
• Robert Nowak
• Virginia Peschke
• Sandra Salgado
• Kathy Bergan Schmidt
• Barb Wheeler
• Paula Yensen

In the three votes, Board Chairman Ken Koehler won two out of three tests of his strength.