County Board Gives SportsPlex, Baseball Stadium, Wonder Lake Dredging More Time to Borrow Money

Marc Munaretto

Led by Finance Committee Chairman Marc Munaretto, the deadline to have borrowed the money allocated by the McHenry County Board under the subsidized Federal Stimulus Program was extended until the end of December for three projects previously approved:

  • $15 million for the EquityOne minor league baseball stadium in Woodstock got a 16-7 vote.
  • $5,932,730 for Wonder Lake’s Master Property Owners Association of dredging purposes won 19-4.
  • $18 million for the McHenry County SportsPlex planned for Lakewood tallied 15-8.

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The eight voting “No” on the SportsPlex question were Yvonne Barnes, Randy Donley, John Hammerand, Jim Heisler, Mary McCann, Kathy Bergan Schmidt, Ersel Schuster, Paula Yensen (in whose district the project sits).

The seven voting against EquityOne’s minor league baseball funding were Randy Donley, Ed Dvorak, John Hammerand, Jim Heisler, Virginia Peschke, Kathy Bergan Schmidt and Ersel Schuster.

The vote opposing the Wonder Lake dredging financing were Randy Donley, John Hammerand, Virginia Peschke and Ersel Schuster.


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