About two months have passed since Barrington Hills village attorney of more than 30 years resigned, but a replacement has still not been named, despite a plan to have that done at Monday night’s board meeting.
Days before the Aug. 26 board meeting, the law firm of Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella resigned at the request of Village President Martin McLaughlin, who cited the Illinois attorney general office’s finding that the village violated the Open Meetings Act in April 2013 under the firm’s watch.
“I’m actually going to do some deliberative review here [McLaughlin said]. At the end of the day I’m looking for municipal expertise at a municipal rate to protect our taxpayers from the village.”
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