Pictured above (L-R) Attorney J. Vasselli, Village of South Barrington; K. Saunders, Executive Director BACOG; K. Darch, Village President, Barrington; Representative Marty McLaughlin; Mayor P. McCombie; R. Alberding, Barrington Township Supervisor.
“Last week, I had the privilege of meeting with our area State Representatives and State Senator as part of outreach through BACOG (Barrington Area Council of Governments). South Barrington is a member of BACOG, which facilitated an in-person meeting with Representative Martin Mclaughlin and State Senator Darby Hills and a Zoom meeting with Representative Nabeela Syed.
We met as a group of leaders to express some of our priorities which are:
1. Protecting Local Government Revenues regarding pensions, unfunded mandates, and a return of local revenue;
2. Supporting Regional Public Transit to reflect the interests of residents across the region, and strengthening the RTA to achieve regional cooperation, and ensuring local government officials have a voice on transit governing boards and safeguarding local control over local development decisions;
3. Respecting and empowering local elected decision makers by expanding permitted use of Township general assistance funds to meet communities’ needs and reconsidering solar legislation to provide local governments with greater oversight and conditional control of solar farms within their respective jurisdictional planning areas.
We also asked them not to support several bills being worked on, one of which would contradict our zoning ordinances and provide a right to build a muti-unit building on a lot within a single-family neighborhood. We believe zoning decisions should stay within local municipalities, and we conveyed this position to our state officials.” (Posted 4.25.25)
Thank you Mayor McCombie.
