McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Education Leslie Schermerhorn is not a happy camper at McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks’ refusal to put a contract to hire a fingerprinting vendor contract on the Board agenda even though the Public Health … Continue reading
Category Archives: Agenda
The Committee then proceeded to complain about the lack of availability of meeting agenda packetĀ information to Committee Chairman Aavang . MIchele Aavang, chairing the meeting, agreed that agendas have not been readily availableĀ in a timely fashion. She also stated she … Continue reading
The monthly meeting of the Algonquin Township Board will be held tonight starting at 7. Last month the room was packed. Standing room only. I emailed Township Clerk Karen Lukasik asking if an agenda packet had been posted or, if … Continue reading
Most readers can’t afford to take off work to attend a day time McHenry County Board meeting. The next one is Tuesday, March 21st, at 7 PM. There is something you can do to familiarize yourself with what is going … Continue reading
A Friend of McHenry County Blog listened to the Internal Support and Facilities Committee meeting’s discussion about the trouble that County Board committee chairmen have had putting items on agendas. A transcript of part of the meeting is below: INTERNAL … Continue reading
After cancelling all McHenry County Board committee meetings for the first two and a half weeks of December, Jack Franks is dumping 721 pages of county business onto the Board’s Committee of the Whole Agenda. But, if you look for … Continue reading
Below are two agendas for McHenry County Board meetings. The first is from November 15th, when a majority of the Board voted to raise taxes about $3 million. It was prepared by County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller. The second agenda … Continue reading
Just took a look at the 708 Mental Health Board’s April 1st agenda. Notice anything a bit strange? Public comment is usually almost first on most governmental bodies’ agendas. The McHenry County Mental Health Board has put it last. Maybe … Continue reading
The Illinois Attorney General notified McHenry County late yesterday afternoon that it is investigating whether the County Board’s Transportation Committee operated within the limitations of the Open Meetings Act at its September 3rd meeting on Randall Road. The question was … Continue reading
Yesterday, I attended the Transportation Committee meeting of the McHenry County Board. That was where the Committee voted 3-2 to approve dropping the Continuous Flow Intersection in favor of a more conventional, yet innovative for Illinois, approach of three left … Continue reading
The McHenry County Mental Health Board posted its agenda Tuesday for Thursday’s 3:30 PM meeting, but the links to materials to be considered are barren. And, if you didn’t get an email with the agenda linked, here is what you … Continue reading
If you are interested in more than the agenda items for Tuesday night’s 6 PM special meeting, tough luck. Readers can see that a contract extension for President Vicky Smith and emergency repairs for storm and sanitary pipes are on … Continue reading
Someone seems to have stimulated a change in agenda the McHenry County Board’s Special Meeting on Tuesday night at 6 to extend President Vicky Smith’s contract for no-one-know-how-long-yet because the public has been given access to the document. Gus Philpott … Continue reading
In planning to attend the McHenry County Mental Health Board meeting Monday, I went to the County web site to check out the time. The Mental Health Board is a separate tax district and I’m glad that they are trying … Continue reading
This was going to be a story of praise for the new format of the McHenry County College Board Packet. You can see it above. Click to enlarge. Now there are shortcuts to the various items on the agenda. One … Continue reading
When you go to a meeting of elected officials, wouldn’t you like to know what they are looking at as they sometimes seem to use shorthand while discussing the public’s business? It costs some money, not to mention the effort … Continue reading
When you go to a meeting of elected officials, wouldn’t you like to know what they are looking at as they sometimes seem to use shorthand while discussing the public’s business? It costs some money, not to mention the effort … Continue reading