With the resignition of Algonquin Township Trustee Rachael Lawrence, the remaining three Board members healthy enough to attend meetings will have to agree on a replacement.

When Trustee Melissa Victor resigned to step over to the Cary Park Bard there were thirteen applicants.

This number was winnowed down to the following four:

• Elaine Marie Ramesh, Barrington Hills, patent attorney, former BH Village Clerk and Trustee, member of the McHenry Countu Republican Women’s Club, member of McHenry County Conservation District Advisory Committee, equestrian advocate, raised $40,000 local private match to Federal Recreational Trails program grant to install a horse trailer parking lot to support five miles of multi-use trails.
• John Angelo Leonardi, Fox River Grove, former Trustee and Audit Committee member of Local 1487 Machinist Union, former driver for FedEx and heavy equipment operator for Flying Tigers/FedEx ORD, seeks more accountability for the Road District, advocates changing state law to require presence of Highway Department official at Township Board meetings.
• Brian Daniel Floyd, Crystal Lake, Mt. Prospect Police Officer, former Police Pension Fund Trustee and MAP Chapter #84 Patrol Union Board Officer for six years.
• Robert Lee Bragg, Cary, truck driver and operator for Roesner Trucking with a background in construction and management in former positions, including Holiday Inn in Florida, former Cary Village Trustee, serving with Karen Lukasik and Dave Chapman

Ramesch was appointed to replace Victor.

Those who did not make the cut for an in-person interview follow:

• Robert Fred Becker, Lake in the Hills, Elgin Recycling Manager, brother-in-law of McHenry County Board member Jim Kearns
• Peter Suffield, Cary, paralegal, Northwestern Health Sevices, Master of Public Administration from NIU, Republican Precinct Committeeman in Algonquin 34, former AFSCME Union Local 31 Steward, favors putting the Road District under the Township Board,
• George W. Lowe, Jr., former President of the McHenry County College Board and McHenry County Board, the Cary Village Board and GOP Precinct Committeeman, repeatedly Lowe says he wants to be “frugal.”
• Teresa Steph, Cary, co-owner and manager of real estate management company Brzica Farms, LLC, in Wauconda, supervising over 20 people, former office manage for The Knowles Foundation, former personal injury attorney with Salvi & Maher, question asking if a Repblican unanswered
• Nick Chirikos, Algonquin, semi-retired construction manager, BA from University of Denver in Political Science and Interpesonal Communications, although a former Democratic Party member of the McHenry County Board, Chirikos states he is a Republican as evidenced by a letter from the Republican National Committee “detailing my support for certain Republican candidates in the mid-term 2018 election,” past Chairman of the McHenry County Historical Preservation Commission, recommendations from Robert and Anna May Miller & Joe Gottemoeller, fired by Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser upon assuming the Office of Highway Commission
• Linda H. Cools, Barrington Hills, Citizens Advisory Group for IDOT re widening of Route 62, advocates lowering the required bid level for Highway Department, advocates countering negative publicity, ran twice for the BH Village Board, advocate of transparency, records and posts BH Village Board meetings on Facebook, endorsed by BH Trustees Fritz Gohl and Robert Zubak.
• Robert Craig Gibbons, Crystal Lake, Public Relations Manager of the McHenry Champber of Commerce, Managing Director of Gibbons Consulting, LLC, Executive of marketing and a volunteer of Young Associates Board, lists having been Jack Franks campaign assistant in 2014 following a 2013 summer internship.
• John A. Bobryzke, Cary, successful salesperson for Charles Industries, among others, former owner of Cary Coffee Station, former candidate for Republican Precinct Committeeman.
• Amanda Jean Walczak, Algonquin, Principal and Senior Vice President of Invisible Benefits, empoyee benefits advisor and insurance producer.
• Robert Lee Bragg, Cary, truck driver and operator for Roesner Trucking with a background in construction and management in former positions, including Holiday Inn in Florida, former Cary Village Trustee, serving with Karen Lukasik and Dave Chapman.