For perhaps the last time, the Barrington Hills board on Monday voted against paying the village attorney, which the board has refused to do for eight months now because of a dispute with Village President Martin McLaughlin.
Last August, McLaughlin appointed the law firm of Bond Dickson and Associates to serve as temporary village attorney after he asked its predecessor, the law offices of Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, to resign.
McLaughlin cited the Illinois attorney general office’s finding that the village violated the Open Meetings Act in April 2013 under the firm’s watch as one reason he asked for the resignation.
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