The Village recently released audio recordings from the July Village Board meeting.
Four residents made public comments before the board. The first speaker provided some ideas on how Barrington Hills might better recognize veterans who participate in the upcoming annual Barrington Honor Ride & Run scheduled for August 16th, and we believe his perspectives warrant listening to by clicking here.
The public session business before the board was covered in about an hour. This is the second month in a row where our trustees have effectively and efficiently addressed many items on their agenda in a timely manner.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the executive session, since we’re told it lasted about two hours. When the public session was reopened sometime after 9:30 PM, President McLaughlin summarized three actions agreed upon during the closed session, including one matter in particular pertaining to the potential settlement of a suit filed against the Village related to the Commercial Horse Boarding (Anderson/LeCompte) text amendment passed in February of this year.
The Village Board has directed the village attorney, Patrick Bond, to explore settlement options in the case before incurring any unnecessary legal fees in defending the Village in the case. McLaughlin’s comments on the matter can be heard here.
Before the meeting adjourned, President McLaughlin announced the decision by the Deer Park Village Board to withdraw from BACOG, and his perspective can be heard here.
The complete menu of edited audio recordings, by agenda topic, from the meeting can be accessed here.
Why doesn’t former VBH Pres. atone to residents for his own “unilateral actions”, like the Schuman Letter issued 34 days after a $15,000 campaign donation by Oakwood Farm to his trio of Save 5 Acre slate of candidates for VBH BOT.
The Schuman Letter which was admittedly issued by former VBH Pres. overturned, albeit illegally, a cease and desist order by VBH ZBA, trial and appellate court decision holding “large scale” horse boarding operations at Oakwood Farm was being done in violation of VBH Village Code.
Former VBH Pres. authorized (with the vote of his obedient board) expenditure of $182,000 in legal fees to [former] village attorney Burke-Warren to shut down illegal boarding operations at Oakwood Farm only to do a 180 degree about-face 34 days after Oakwood Farm made a secret campaign donation to his Save 5 Acre candidates, Messer, Meroni and Selman.
Why didn’t the [objective] former VBH Communications Committee report to VBH residents on this most serious issue and demand accountability from former Pres. to VBH taxpayers? Could it be the same reason former VBH Communications Committee never reported on former VBH Pres. and BOT support of LMP and backroom deal by VBH with President of Algonquin recently disclosed by BOT member Gohl?
“Objective and informative” would be the last words I would use to describe former VBH Communications Committee. A committee which never existed in VBH until former Pres. took the reigns of office. “Pravda” would have been a more appropriate name for this committee.
Former VBH Pres. calling Pres. McLaughlin on the carpet for dismantling a segment of his propaganda machine as if it is an issue of ethics is certainly “the proverbial pot calling the kettle black”. I wish former VBH Pres. would have shown this concern about the “rule of law” and “ethics” when he made the 34 board appointments during his lame duck session which were subsequently found to be without legal merit by IL. Attorney General’s office.
At least VBH Pres. McLaughlin has the courage to publicly put his name next to his actions. Former Pres. attempt to act indignant at a VBH board meeting about highly appropriate and necessary action to disband a meaningless committee is so transparent.
Come on Bobby, who are you crapp’n!