Yesterday, we took a look at what school districts requested to be collected last year and this year. Today we’ll look at municipalities. A number of McHenry County municipalities overlap into adjacent counties. If you see “McH only,” that is … Continue reading
Apparently, it is not just local municipalities that have lost money by investing in the Illinois Metropolitan Investment Fund. The Chicago Tribune reported yesterday that the Harvard Savings Bank “lost $18 million on the soured repurchase agreement. The article says … Continue reading
Saturday, I extracted the loses of McHenry County tax districts from the front page article in Sunday’s Chicago Tribune. As I was reminded by Pete Gonigam of The First Electric Newspaper, I missed Algonquin. His article from December 10, 2014, … Continue reading
A press release from the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County: Algonquin Talks Trash: A COMMUNITY RECYCLING EVENT Algonquin, April 30, 2015: The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County and Teagen Andrews Commercial Recycling Program Advocate from Ecossential Solutions Inc. are hosting … Continue reading
A press release from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Department: Residential Fire On Thursday morning, April 9, 2015 at 6:50 a.m. the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District was dispatched for a structure fire at 27 Circle Drive, Algonquin, … Continue reading
The Unified Development Ordinance was passed by the McHenry County Board last year. It apparently allows electronic billboards in unincorporated areas. I’m not sure what the limitations are. Perhaps someone will look them up and post them in a comment. … Continue reading
The McHenry County Council of Governments (McCOG) has calculated how much money each village and city in the county would lose in state subsides should Governor Bruce Rauner’s budget recommendations be enacted. The Govenror suggests cutting the subsidy in half. … Continue reading
I’ve finally pinned down all who are running for municipal office in cities and villages having all or part of their boundaries within McHenry County. The names have been listed in ballot order. That makes little difference unless there are … Continue reading
A press release from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Department: Residential Fire On Thursday morning, December 25, 2014 at approximately 4:06 a.m. the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District was dispatched for a structure fire at 400 Winding … Continue reading
Here’s my best effort to find out who filed for village and city offices in McHenry County’s thirty municipalities. Most who didn’t file last week probably waited until late Monday afternoon. Why? Best place on the ballot is first. With … Continue reading
With the Crystal Lake City Council again being courted by local liquor serving establishments for permission to install slot machines, the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems organization sent me gambling losses from December, 2014, though May, 2014. … Continue reading
Hearings on what to do with the intersection of Routes 31 and 62 (Algonquin Road) started after the 1998 primary election. State legislators were reduced to spectators by the McHenry County Board, even though State taxpayers were expected to pick … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office about one of the borrowers who helped destroy Amcore Bank: BANKRUPT DEVELOPER OF ALGONQUIN PROJECT SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR $1 MILLION BANK FRAUD CHICAGO — The former owner … Continue reading
A press release from the Alqonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Department: Fox River Dam, Algonquin, Illinois, Water Rescue Incident At 7:18 a.m., July 25, 2014 the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District responded to a report of a boat … Continue reading
Algonquin was one of several local towns that had problems with prostitution at message parlors. Because Algonquin is a Home Rule Unit, it is allowed to pass local ordinances that are not in conflict with state law. It has done … Continue reading
A press release from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Department: Route 62 Bridge at Fox River Dam, Algonquin, Illinois – Swift Water Incident At 12:17 p.m., June 25, 2014 the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District responded to a report … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi: FABIAN TORRES SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR ARSON AT JOE CAPUTO & SONS GROCERY STORE Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 27 year old Fabian J. Torres pled … Continue reading
A press release concerning future electricity costs for most of those in McHenry County whose municipalities are buying it in bulk (think “aggregation”), which are going up almost 54% from 4.169 to 7.2 cents per kilowatt hour: NIGEAC ELECTRIC AGGREGATION … Continue reading
In 2012, there were many referendums asking whether residents wanted to have their municipalities or McHenry County to buy electricity for them, rather than take the power directly from Commonwealth Edison. The article Electric Aggregation Referendum Results Decidedly Mixed explains … Continue reading
Municipal elections were last spring. The next ones are not until next spring. Perhaps that explains why the City of Crystal Lake decided to hike taxes so much this year–a non-election year. There will go up 9.8%. McHenry, on the … Continue reading
