Township voters called a Special Meeting on March 16th at which the following resolution was passed:
Under this resolution, salaries would be
- Supervisor – $68,677
- Highway Commissioner – $76,179
- Assessor – $67,677
- Clerk – $13,099
- Trustees – $100 per meeting
That conflicts with the salaries set by the Township Board in May of 2018.
Salaries of current McHenry Township officials are as follows:
- Supervisor – $68,677
- Highway Commissioner – $76,179
- Assessor – $67,677
- Clerk – $13,009
- Trustees – $100 per meeting
Those elected in April will receive the following:
- Supervisor – $45,000
- Road Commissioner – $45,000
- Assessor – $45,000
- Clerk – $10,000
- Trustees – Zero
Besides the state law that says such salaries must be set farther ahead of the start of their new terms than the March 16th meeting would allow, there’s another problem.
Neither Moderator John Macrito nor Clerk Dan Aylward have signed the resolution.
“Because I didn’t believe it was legal to do, I had told them that in public comment and voted no,” Aylward explained.
Adding to the situation is a Special Board meeting called by Trustees Bob Anderson and Steve Verr to consider, among other things
Discussion and possible action as to the possible illegal resolution approved at the purported McHenry Township Electors’ Special Meeting, which was held on Tuesday March 16, 2021 at the McHenry Township Hall, to abrogate McHenry Township Resolution 170521C Setting Compensation Of Township Officials for the term commencing on May 17. 2021, and all matters pertinent to the validity of said meeting and all other actions taken within, as well as action precedent and consequent to said meeting.
Said discussion and possible action to also include securing legal counsel in defending the Township Board’s afore identified compensation resolution and or invalidating all or certain action taken at said “Special Electors’ Meeting”.
How do a bunch of employees and family members overrule a sitting board.
What creeps.
Those jobs are part time anyway.
Why do we even need these townships?
These human leeches love spending money ON THEMSELVES.
As a tax payer we must fight them.
I notice that the above revolution continues a huge lie in paragraph 2.
The electors never ‘fixed’ the salary level that they are trying to Re-establish.
The current salary level was set by the prior township board.
The reduced salary for the next term was set by the current board.
That’s the law.
Salaries can’t be changed within 180 days of the new term (60 ILCS 1/65-20) and cannot be less than $100 for officers. It appears the Board adjustment and the elector adjustment are both at odds with IL state statute.
Similarly in Lakewood, we eliminated pay for the President and Trustees but the CAO pays them anyway.
The difference is, municipal officers do not have a required minimum salary in state statute.
They shouldn’t be paid but the State doesn’t care.
We have been told the States Attorney and Attorney General do not investigate violations of state statute.
It is basically a free for all because no one can hold them accountable.
Why should township hogs ever obey any laws? If McHenry Township issues those fattened checks there’s multiple felonies. If the officials keep that money, add some more felonies.
Those electors are township employees and their kin. Investigate who voted. It’s all illegal.
How can they justify townships now?
Just a lot of greedy, selfish losers.
You’re telling us your elected officials blatantly break the law and you don’t do anything about it???
lol
Jason McMahon is correct.
Subsection 65-20(a) of the Township Code (60 ILCS 1/65-20(a)) provides, in pertinent part, that “[c]ompensation of township officers shall be set by the township board at least 180 days before the beginning of the terms of officers.”
Two items of note.
First, the township board of trustees, not the electors, is statutorily authorized to establish such compensation.
I would welcome a citation to any statutory authority arguably conferring such authority upon the electors.
Second, such compensation must be established at least 180 days before the terms of office commence (so, at the latest, in early November of the year prior to the year when the terms of office commence).
In short, such purported elector resolution is ultra vires, as being beyond the powers of the electors.
And even if the electors had such authority, such resolution comes far too late to be legally effective for the upcoming terms.
(“Geez, I was elected ? How ’bout callin’ a meetin’ and settin’ my own compensation ? I wasn’t elected ? How ’bout callin’ a meetin’ and settin’ compensation at $ 0 ?”)
Have the Keystone Kops relocated to McHenry County ?