First, Mike Walkup, not a member of the Finance Committee, asked that the Valley Hi levy be split from the others for voting purposes. Pointing out that he had served on the nursing home’s Operating Board for two years, Walkup … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller has apparently decided not to put next year’s levy ordinance on the Board Agenda without a positive vote from the Finance and Audit Committee. As you can read exclusively here, the vote was 3-3 … Continue reading
Led by McHenry County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller, thirteen members tacked the lid on the coffin of the township consolidation movement. During the lengthy public comment period, in which the opponents of township consolidation dominated the podium, County Board members … Continue reading
Wednesday McHenry County Blog ran a piece entitled, “Should Misdeeds Uncovered by Internal Audits Be Made Public?” There has apparently been double billing for providing dental care to Veterans. Both the Veterans department and the County Health Department have been … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member Andrew Gasser has posted the member comments from the last meeting. The article containing that may be found here. There addressed the topic of nepotism, which was introduced into the meeting by Joe Alger during the … Continue reading
It is not a secret that the McHenry County Board is split with a majority coalition having supported Joe Gottemoller for County Board Chairman and a minority having opposed his election. Gottemoller arranged committee appointments so that that majority is … Continue reading
Earlier this morning, McHenry County Blog reported on Marc Munaretto’s real estate firm being the only one to ask to represent the County in property purchases or sales. A Request for Proposal was sent to over a dozen firms, but … Continue reading
Newly-elected McHenry County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller has a chance to build a coalition for an at-large race for County Board in the fall of 2016, but he decided to please his current supporters instead. (See “Joe Gottemoller’s Quandary.”) Gottemoller … Continue reading
There was a very, very long McHenry County Board Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday. I went to encourage its members to encourage Governor Pat Quinn to veto the Pam Althoff-Karen McConnaughay-Mike Tryon bill to allow the McHenry County Conservation District … Continue reading
There are five new members on the McHenry County Board. District 1 – Andrew Gasser District 3 – Don Kopsell District 4 – Chuck Wheeler District 5 – Michael Rein District 6 – Larry Smith The five newcomers split 3-2 … Continue reading
By the time the McHenry County Board conducted its vote for the last Chairman to be selected by its members’ votes, there only two of the original five courting votes remaining as candidates– Joe Gottemoller and Jim Heisler both of … Continue reading
The following statement was released by District 3 County Board member Mike Walkup. He announces why he won’t vote for fellow District 3 Board member Joe Gottemoller for County Board Chairman. The vote for the next McHenry County Board Chairman … Continue reading
A number of candidates for McHenry County Board did not file reports with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Candidates are not required to file such reports unless they bring in or spend $5,000. Among those not meeting that threshold … Continue reading
Crystal Laker Donna Kurtz was up for her third election to the County Board in six years. She and Jim Heisler were unopposed so it is no surprise that campaign finances reported to the Illinois State Board of Elections was … Continue reading
First reports were that the race to win the top spot on the McHenry County Board was a three-way race. Incumbent Tina Hill was being challenged by Joe Gottemoller and John Hammerand. Now, there are five seeking the top post. … Continue reading
In District 1 after about 3,150 early and absentee ballots were added to in-person ballot results from last night, newcomer Andrew Gasser of Fox River Grove defeated incumbent Democrat Nick Chirikos of Algonquin by 382 votes. That increased his 169 … Continue reading
A second robo-call with pretty much the same message came as I was working on the article just below this one. My article on the first robo-call is here. The text was something like this: The McHenry County Board already … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board of Health is ready to offer its top job to Mike Hill. Hill is currently Executive Director of the Paso Del Norte Health Information Exchange. It serves nineteen counties in West Texas. Prior to that, he was CEO … Continue reading
In the 1960’s when one wanted to get from the northern termination of Randall Road at Algonquin Road, one had to go east and travel through the old section of Lake in the Hills to get to Crystal Lake. The … Continue reading
Hearing that State Rep. Barb Wheeler had endorsed McHenry County Board member Mary McClellan for County Clerk, I reached out for confirmation. Come to find out, it was easy to confirm because Wheeler’s name is right at the top of … Continue reading
