A press release from the McHenry County Board: Applications Sought for Vacancy on County Board McHenry County Board Chairman, Joe Gottemoller is seeking applications to fill a recently created vacancy on the County Board in District 2. The term of office … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller appointed McHenry County Board member Ken Koehler to replace Marc Munaretto on the Metra Board of Directors. Munaretto resigned, it seems because he liked living in the Villages in Florida better than living in … Continue reading
Below are the August 4th County Board minutes of the discussion of hiring a consultant to made recommendations on the future of Valley Hi. The County nursing home, an enterprise account (meaning it is separate from other parts of McHenry … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Township Consolidation Task Force Chairwoman Carolyn Schofield made her report to the County Board Tuesday morning. She presented fourteen slides, which you will see below. Not much of the information was new. She said the Task Force … Continue reading
There aren’t any strip joints in McHenry County right now, but note was made during the Unified Development Ordinance debate by Wonder Lake’s John Hammerand that it language was not good enough. Deputy County Administrator Scott Hartman brought up the … Continue reading
At nine months on the job, Sheriff Bill Prim is asking McHenry County Board permission for a six months longer to decide on whether to keep housing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees in the McHenry County Jail. He gained … Continue reading
Even though the McHenry County Nursing Home (Valley Hi) had $40.8 million in the bank at the end of July and a budget of only about $10-11 million a year, the County Board is moving toward taxing another $3 million. … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member Ken Koehler is the first politician in our look at local Political Action Committees who raised a significant amount of money during the first three months of 2015. He now has $8,284.81 in the bank, after raising … Continue reading
As of yesterday morning, there was $39,026,601.36 in the Valley Hi fund, according to McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller. Of that, only $12.5 million in invested in Certificates of Deposit. The following comment was written by former Valley Hi Operating … Continue reading
Let’s say you’re running a local governmental entity that is an enterprise fund. In other words, it’s supposed to break even. It’s supposed to bring in enough money in taxes and fees to prevent its needing a subsidy from another … Continue reading
The parcel of land on County Club Road north of Ridgefield that was once scheduled to become a Metra station is now up for auction, a sign on the property says. The last time I checked it was owned by … Continue reading
Currently the McHenry County Board is a parliamentary system. Its structure is more like the British Parliament than state or national government. Up to 2016, when a Board Chairman will be elected at-large, the Chairman has been elected from among … Continue reading
The following was written by District 3 McHenry County Board member Mike Walkup: Proposed changes to the County Board Rules will be debated and presumably voted upon at a Special Meeting of the County Board scheduled for this Friday, May … Continue reading
From the anti-gambling Illinois Church Action on Alcoholism and Addiction Problems (ICAAA): IDOT director calls for more reliable infrastructure funding Gambling revenues that have failed to meet expectation show the need for a more reliable, long-term source of transportation funding, … Continue reading
Earlier this month John Hammerand was denied the opportunity to participate by phone in a County Board meeting. Fellow member Ken Koehler asked whether Hammerand had handed in a note from his doctor, according to the Northwest Herald. Reading that, … Continue reading
The last article on McHenry County Board Committee assignments by newly-elected Chairman Joe Gottemoller focused on what those who supported his opponent Jim Heisler ended up. This will look at how the winners were rewarded. Again requests that were granted … Continue reading
State Rep. Mike Tryon has retired as Chairman of the McHenry County Republican Central Committee, but from the attendance at his Huntley Fish Boil. you couldn’t tell it. Tryon’s district stretches down the Randall Road corridor to St. Charles now. … Continue reading
I was going to get up early Thursday to attend the McHenry County Board’s Legislative Committee re-consideration of endorsement resolutions of Pam Althoff’s two bills to allow the Conservation District to raise taxes (one needing voter referendum approval, one not). … Continue reading
When candidates report receiving contributions from the International Union of Operating Eng Local 150 State County Local Area PAC, they uses different designations. Here is how it is listed with the Illinois State Board of Elections: Intl Union of Operating … Continue reading
McHenry County Board members get paid a salary of $20,815.86 a year. The average salary is almost $33,000 when health and dental insurance is included. And, even more if the County Board member is participating in the Illinois Municipal Retirement … Continue reading
