Barrington Hills trustees voted Wednesday to approve the hiring of a village attorney selected last August by Village President Martin McLaughlin, ending a long dispute over the appointment.
The village board voted 4-2 to name the law firm of Bond Dickson & Associates as village attorney, removing the “temporary” tag from the firm which had served in that capacity for 10 months. Trustees Fritz Gohl and Michael Harrington voted against the appointment.
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Thank you to the new trustees who care about our reputation and actually did something about it. Bond is a fine attorney and Lord knows why he would want to represent this dysfunctional former board. But he saw the forest through the trees and all is well now. Maybe we can get some actual work done now!