This is the fourth installment of what people wrote on note cards at the McHenry County Township Consolidation Task Force Open House.

Public Comment Cards from 8/18/15 Township Consolidation Open House

Another view of the Township Consolidation Open House.

• I don’t see how consolidation will save a meaningful amount of money without reducing services. The same miles of road will need to be maintained and the same number of parcels will need to be accessed. It will take the same people and equipment to do that regardless of how many townships there are. So expenses will be the same unless service are reduced. My local assessor and road commissioner know the local properties and roads. I won’t have that with the consolidated townships.
• Voted down 2 times this is the 3rd time. Don’t you people get it. Lead that is what you are elected for.
• What was the “criteria” for combining townships? –EAV? –miles to be maintained? – assessment units? –There is not apparent plan just coloring in different divisions. I wish this had been seriously looked at. There is a lot of work, but could be large benefits. The groups formed to do this work seems to be political and not a very representative unit.
• Thomas Jefferson had a good idea and it works. Don’t mess with success. Consolidating services on the other hand does.
• Scenairo 2&3 brings Coral Township into a much larger area of population and land area which will be unmanageable.
• Leave well enough alone
• This is a bad idea. No proof it save money.
• Live in Coral well run with 87 miles of road to play and maintain. All options will at least double our tax levy. No thank you.
• I believe that the consolidation of townships is a bad concept if any creates big government.
• Keep like with like- i.e. farmland with farmland. Not farms with towns.
• Consolidation will not serve the local citizens as well as the current tried and true- serving local people. The cost to bring all up to speed should be totally on the individuals who think this is more efficient.
• If this were a debate over whether to keep township government that would be worth the time. This consolidation proposal however, is a waste of time. No proposal will pass.
• Combine Algonquin and Grafton. Very similar communities served, less split of towns and 1 assessor.
• Reduce township government. Don’t need to document savings. Smaller is better.
• I am all for efficient government. Try consolidation on a smaller scale i.e. Richmond/Burton, Greenwood/Hartland, Seneca/Door,  Alden/Hebron, Chemung/Dunham, Marengo/Riley, Grafton/Coral. If approved by township residents.
• I get excellent service from Algonquin road district now. I don’t want it to change.
• Cut legislations, cut district reps, cut conservations power of buying.
• I strongly believe that townships should be less of them than what we have now. Reduce the number to scenario #3. Thank you.
• Very bad idea. No savings.
• Abolish townships and go to city and county.