Former Algonquin Township Assessor Bob Kunz, of whom I am a fan, having never seen him do anything unethical, wrote the following comment under the Illinois Leaks article about his using his township credit card for personal purposes: Bob Kunz’ … Continue reading
This article was published on Illinois Leaks and is re-published here with permission: Algonquin Township – Clerk Lukasik needs to resign immediately BY KIRK ALLEN ON MAY 7, 2018 • ( 1 COMMENT ) McHenry Co. (ECWd) –Last November the Algonquin Township Clerk, Karen Lukasik, denied my … Continue reading
The Edgar County Watchdogs will be in town tomorrow night. It seems as though the Edgar County Watchdogs are discovering more problems at Algonquin Township daily. This is the first time that Bob Kunz name has been mentioned by the … Continue reading
Found something new about the real estate assessment process. The McHenry County Supervisor of Assessments calculates margins of error and median average assessment levels for each township each year. They are recorded on an Illinois Department of Revenue form numbered … Continue reading
Algonquin Township Supervisor Chuck Lutzow emailed me the Township Board agenda and packet for tonight’s 7 PM meeting. Included were expenditures for the six months ending September 30th. Here’s what each official has spent: Supervisor – $21,454.00 Highway Commissioner – … Continue reading
Algonquin Township Assessor Bob Kunz, in his last term, having taken office in the mid-1970’s, comments on Realtor Terry Pounds commentary: 1) most people in McHenry County are not under assessed, as the equalization process corrects for that potential. 2) … Continue reading
Assessors use something called a “Coefficient of Dispersion” to measure the quality of assessments. It’s something like the margin of error used in political polls. The McHenry County Supervisor of Assessments has provided the following data from 2015. This is … Continue reading
On the first day of filing in Algonquin Township Republicans have come out in what is sure to be the bellwether Republican Primary Elections. As of 5pm here is who has thrown their hat into the ring: Algonquin Township Supervisor: … Continue reading
Bob Kunz, Algonquin Township’s Assessor since 1973, tolk his staff today that he was not running for re-election next spring. Kunz was Forrest B. Hare’s Chief Deputy when Hare retired in the middle of his second term. The Township Board, … Continue reading
This is getting depressing. Another McHenry County Blog reader just commented that she is planning to leave Illinois. Commenting under this article with property tax statistics compiled by Algonquin Township Assessor Bob Kunz, Gail writes: I was considering buying a … Continue reading
The Lakewood Village Trustees elected last month were sworn in Tuesday night. Re-elected were Carl Davis and Ken Santowski. They were joined by newcomer Paul Serwatka, who got more votes than any other candidate and did so without having his … Continue reading
Algonquin Township is in the spotlight (scroll down in linked page) in a recent Open the Books report. The not-for-profit is run by Adam Andrzejewski, a 2010 candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor and one who sought Bruce Rauner’s … Continue reading
Friday McHenry County Blog published the salary and pension information for Algonquin Township as seen on Open the Books. Thinking that there might be more recent information, a commenter looked at the compensation reported on the township’s web site. Required … Continue reading
All seventeen of McHenry County’s townships hold their meetings at the same time and date, but all townships’ officials don’t encourage people to attend. Not that regular folks have much power, but they did in Grafton Township when the members … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published the compensation of those in Nunda Township who have total compensation of more than $75,000. Today, you can read that information for Algonquin Township. If you would like to compare the highest paid folks in … Continue reading
New Chief Financial Officer of MCC Bob Tenuta offered up a levy increase half of his predecessor’s 9.99%. Tenuta suggested 4.99%–just 1/100 of a percentage point below the 5% figure above which tax districts have to publish their greed in … Continue reading
Since our American Revolution was stimulate by taxation, how about looking at the average McHenry County real estate tax rate calculations that Algonquin Township Assessor Bob Kunz has prepared. They can be enlarged by clicking on their images. A second … Continue reading
Only Township Assessor Bob Kunz and Road Commissioner Bob Miller managed to avoid a challenge in the late February Republican Party Primary Election. Township Supervisor Dianne Klemm is being challenged by Township Clerk Marc Munaretto. Two are running for the … Continue reading
I’ve been asking Algonquin Township Officials whether they are running for re-election or not. So far, those in the big three highest paying posts are planning to be on the ballot again in 2013. They are Supervisor Dianne Klemm Highway … Continue reading
“Traditional” might be the best way to describe literature being rolled out by the Algonquin Township candidates at the Crystal Lake Expo this weekend. It’s pretty much a straight name ID piece with a group photo of all the candidates … Continue reading
