After nearly four (4) years, the Village will present, “Donlea Road (Lacey Lake) Drainage Investigation Final Findings,” Monday night at the Board of Trustees meeting. Since the item precedes Public Comment, one can assume attendees will be afforded the privilege of asking questions and commenting.
A copy of the, “DRAINAGE INVESTIGATION FINDING,” report can be found here, and this topic is first on the agenda.
Last on their agenda Monday, after the Board meets in Executive Session, comes:
“[Vote] Ordinance Annexing Territory Commonly Known as 15 Old Sutton Road, 188 Old Sutton Road, 190 Sutton Road, 191 Penny Road, 193 Penny Road, 545 Penny Road, 545 Penny Road, and Identified Railroad Property to the Village of Barrington Hills Ordinance 24 –“
This seems like a chickenshit tactic since attendees will be compelled to stay until the end of the meeting and be required to exit the MacArthur room while the Board confabs. In a way, this is likely beneficial, though, since they wouldn’t want to exhibit their ignorance (any more than usual) in public session.
Documentation on the agenda for this item includes:
Interested parties are strongly encouraged to attend this meeting since the Village Zoom audio quality is pa-thetic and comment and question features are disabled.
I don’t understand, why is the vote on this important annexation issue not coming until after executive session? That was a Bobbaboobie trick. Keep the important decisions until after 10:00 p.m. and the concerned public will no longer be in attendance. Is Cecola following the lead of a former village pres?
When I first read this article I immediately thought the author was crass in their description of the BOT’s tactic placing the topic at the end of their agenda. Now I’m at a loss to find a synonym that better describes it!
You should all be ashamed!
Are they discussing the annexation in executive session or just holding their executive session before discussing the annexation? If the former, is discussing annexation an exception to open meetings under the OMA?