Facing off against Hartland Township Road District employee Rickland Rasmussen, incumbent Highway Commissioner Mike Murphy won re-election. The vote was almost 2-1 with one of the two precincts still not reporting having been counted as of 11 PM. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Road Commissioner
The Village of Schaumburg and the Schaumburg Township Trustees think the Township Road Commissioner should turn over a large portion–16 to 20 miles–of his roads to the village at a savings of $800,000 per year. According to a story in … Continue reading
The Naperville Sun, now a Chicago Tribune paper, has investigated the township credit card expenditures of Highway Commissioner Stan Wojtasiak from September, 2013. $3.500 was found spent on food and drink. “Meanwhile, the City of Naperville says it can maintain the … Continue reading
The following was written by Lisa Haderlein of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County. I saw it in the Woodstock Independent on the weekend of July 4th in an edition distributed to Wonder Lake and requested permission from Haderlein to share … Continue reading
Taking the shortcut to Woodstock I saw two cement trucks coming to and fro from the road building on Route 14 near McHenry County College. The maximum weight for them is 82,000 pounds, if memory serves me correctly. Somehow I … Continue reading
The McHenry County Transportation Committee has voted to budget $8,060,000 over the next five years to attack the problem of unincorporated subdivision roads. A memo explains what’s up: In accordance with Illinois Law, Motor Fuel Tax Funds are permitted to … Continue reading
McHenry County Auditor Pam Palmer conducted an audit of the grant to the Nunda Township Road Commissioner for Senior Bus Service. Since County government was responsible for awarding the money, it seems appropriate that the Auditor should see if it … Continue reading
I was reading an article Boone County Watchdog criticizing the Belvidere Township Assessor’s petty cash fund when I ran across the following in a referenced article in the Belvidere Daily Republican: “In addition, she [Assessor Diann Helnore] said she understands … Continue reading
The results for the $1 million were not even close in Dunham Township. 63% of the electorate voted to allow the Road District to borrow money to fix local roads. … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago news media unloaded the latest attack on township government. They were working from a Better Government Association report. Most of the attention was aimed at Cook County townships. That’s where most of the land is … Continue reading
Today let’s look at the cost of maintaining township roads. As you can see, the cost varies a lot,. So do the number of miles of roads for which the various township road commissioners are responsible for maintaining. The townships … Continue reading