By Jake Griffin | Daily Herald
Article excerpt:
“…the property tax cost per resident in the Barrington Hills general fund dropped the most during that time with taxpayers there paying nearly $180 per resident less than 10 years ago.
‘We’re very proud of that,’ said Anna Paul, the village’s director of administration. ‘For the last decade, basically the board has deliberately tried to run the village as efficiently as possible, while still running services at the high level residents expect.’
Paul pointed to cost-cutting measures such as using technology upgrades to reduce personnel headcount, contracting work instead of hiring and reducing some posts to part-time positions.
‘It’s been the board and staff really looking at our budget and being very aggressive in terms of what we really need to spend,’ she said.”
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Editorial note: It should go without saying to most residents that the decrease costs to taxpayers cited is largely due to the efforts begun by Martin McLaughlin and Colleen Konicek Hannigan nearly eleven years ago when they first took office. Trustees that followed have since contributed to the cause, but no one worked harder than them to improve all aspects of Village government in their time in office.
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