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Village Board of Trustees meets tonight

Posted in Agendas, Animal Welfare, Appointments, Audio Recordings, Barbarian Migrants in Busses at the Gate, Big Brother, Big Red, Clown Car, Dumb and Dumber, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Financial Reports, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Legal Expenses, Mac's Property Management, Minutes, Newsletter, OMA, One Barrington Hills, Open Meetings Act, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Police Reports, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Public Safety Committee, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Road construction, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Unions, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village Government, Village President, Village Treasurer, Zoning Board on April 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Village of Barrington Hills Board of Trustees (L-R): JC Clarke, Darby Hills, President Pro Tem/Trustee David Riff, President Brian Cecola, Laura Ekstrom, Thomas Strauss, Jessica Hoffmann

Our Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:

  • [Vote] A Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of Notice of Award for the 2024 Road Program Project by the Village of Barrington Hills, Illinois Resolution 24 –
  • [Vote] An Ordinance Amending the Village’s Municipal Code Title 8 Police Regulations, Chapter 4 Animal Regulations
  • [Vote] Plan Commission Appointments: 3-year term
    • Curt Crouse
    • Maggie Topping
  • [Vote] Equestrian Commission: 1-year term
    • Jane Clement, for both Chairwoman and Member
    • Jeryl Olson
    • Tricia Wood
    • Jill Zubak
  • [Vote] Police Pension Board Trustee: 2-year Term
    • George Panos
  • [Vote] Zoning Board of Appeals: 5-year Term
    • Arnold Cernik
  • The Land We Love Run – 5K/10K + 2-Mile Walk – Saturday, June 29

A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

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Bid Notice – Tennis Court Repair and Maintenance Project The Barrington Hills Park District 

Posted in Agendas, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Countryside Elementary School, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), FRVPC, Massbach Hounds, Politics, Property Taxes, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Unions on April 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“The Barrington Hills Park District, Cook County, Illinois (“Owner” or “Park District”), invites bids for the following project:

Tennis Court Repairs/Maintenance

Bid Documents, including Instructions to Bidders, Drawings, technical Specifications, General and any Special Conditions and Bid Forms including required Contractor certifications, and Prevailing Wage Determination and Supersedes Notice are available electronically by contacting the Barrington Hills Park District at 847-783-6772 or by email at office@bhillsparkd.org  

A pre-bid meeting will be held at 361 Bateman Road, Barrington, IL 60010 at 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. on April 30, 2024.  This meeting will be used to review the Specifications and give any Bidders the opportunity to discuss any concerns with the Owner.

Each bid shall be placed in a sealed envelope and clearly marked “Sealed Bid: Tennis Repairs/Maintenance.”  The envelope shall be addressed and delivered to and received by the Park District at the following location: Barrington Hills Park District, 364 Bateman Road, Barrington, Illinois 60010 or in person at the bid opening at Barrington Hills Park District Riding Center Meeting Room, 361 Bateman Road, Barrington, IL 60010.  No responsibility shall be attached to any person for premature opening of a bid not properly identified. 

Bids shall be received until 1:00 p.m. on May 7, 2024  Immediately thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.  Bids received after that time or at a different location will be rejected.

The Barrington Hills Park District reserves the right to waive technicalities, to accept or reject any or all bids, or to accept only portions of a bid and reject the remainder. Owner will award the Contract to the lowest most responsible and responsive Bidder, as determined by Owner. In considering the Bidder’s responsibility, the Owner may evaluate, among other factors, the ability of the Bidder to provide experienced labor sufficient in numbers to timely and properly complete the services, the financial capability of the Bidder, and the performance of the Bidder on other projects.

Bids shall not include federal excise tax or state sales tax for materials to be incorporated in, or totally consumed in the prosecution of the Work.  A tax exemption certificate will be furnished by the Park District at the request of the Bidder. The District’s tax exemption number shall only be used by the successful Bidder for the Work of this Project.

No bid may be withdrawn and all bids shall remain firm for sixty (60) days after the bid opening.

The Work of this Project is subject to the current Illinois Prevailing Wage Act,  A prevailing wage determination has been made by the Park District, which is the same as that determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for public works projects in Cook County. The Contract entered into for the Work will be drawn in compliance with said law and proposals should be prepared accordingly and provide for payment of all laborers, workmen, and mechanics needed to perform the Work at no less than the prevailing rate of wages (or the prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work) for each craft, type of worker, or mechanic.

The Contractor(s) selected will also be required to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and executive orders, including but not limited to those pertaining to equal employment opportunity. All bids must be accompanied by cashier’s check or bid bond payable to the order of the Barrington Hills Park District for ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as provided in the Instructions to Bidders. No proposals or bids will be considered unless accompanied by such bond or check.

By Order of the Board of Park Commissioners of the Barrington Hills Park District Dennis Kelly, President”

Sources: Barrington Hills Park District Website and Daily Herald Marketplace

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Barrington Hills Park District Board (RCBH) meets tonight

Posted in Agendas, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Big Brother, Big Red, Cell Towers, Countryside Elementary School, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Don't Change Barrington Hills, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Financial Statements, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Immigration, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Look For The Union Label, Mad Cows, Open Meetings Act, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Transparency, Well Water Quality, Your Barrington Hills on April 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Barrington Hills Park District Board/Riding Club of Barrington Hills will hold their monthly meeting this evening in person and via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Some items on their agenda include:

  • Administrators Report:
    • Replacement computer for Administrator
    • MAG purchase
    • Tennis bid dates chosen
    • Storing statues
    • New Locks for Tractor Shed
    • Labor to install camera focusing on Tractor Shed (camera & equipment purchased last year)
    • Organizing the Tractor Shed; approve labor cost for Octavio & Kim to organize
    • Pony Club’s items in Tractor Shed organized or taken to different storage area
    • BHPD trailer cleaned and parked outside with sale sign and price posted
    • Manure spreader cleaned and stored in public area with sale sign and price posted
    • Mice nesting in the tractors
    • Make large “Horse Show” sign portable by installing wheels
    • Purchase tennis court drying roller
  • Tractor purchase review
  • Project Requests to review and policy for submitting requests
  • Advisory Committee Report
  • Rental Requests
  • Review Rental Agreement Forms, with costs added for dressage arena and round pen rentals
  • Review Riding Center Rules

A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.

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Some enlightening history on the Riding Club of Barrington Hills, the Barrington Hills Park District and the Riding Center

Posted in Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Commercial Horse Boarding, DARCHED, Don't Change Barrington Hills, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, HARPS, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, LeCompte/Anderson Commercial Horse boarding amendment, Lighting Ordinance, Look For The Union Label, Mad Cows, Massbach Hounds, Organizations, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Resident Spotlights, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, SOS Party, The Other Half, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Unions, WTF, Your Barrington Hills on April 5, 2024| 1 Comment »

Following are minutes from a March 6th, 1971 Riding Club of Barrington Hills board meeting. Handwritten notes title the topic as:

Meeting of RCBH to discuss donating the RC to the District

“Owen Fairweather: outlined the impact of the heavy tax load on the economy of the financial operations of the Club. He demonstrated how the adoption of the proposed plan to place the Center under the aegis of the Park District would free money that could then be used to expand the facilities of the Center property, adequate paddock areas, for example and make the Center a more attractive facility for larger numbers of the area people. He said the officers and directors had studied every aspect of the proposal together with the conceivable alternatives for a long time and that he and they would welcome dialogue hopefully to gain the permission of the Club membership to finalize the arrangement with the Park District.

Owen presented and read three items pertaining to the proposed transfer:

Item one – a letter to the members of the Board of the Park District of Barrington Hills;

Item two – a proposed resolution that might be adopted by the Park District to implement the formal transfer and

Item three – a “reverter clause” limiting use of the Center facility to “horseback riding purposes and, for purposes of Boarding horses only”.

Two aspects rendering such a transfer desirable are:

a) an end to our tax load with the added and also very desirable possibility that gifts to the Center operation could be tax deductible. This would attract substantial amounts from persons in this area, Owen added.

b) perhaps the tax remission could be made retroactive for the past year leaving us some $7,000 to the good.

Owen averred that without the tax relief promised by the Park District our path leads nowhere but downhill into the hands of the professional tax buyers.

Discussion ensued as to the degree to which the actions of current Board of the Park District might bind future Boards. Fear was expressed that in years to come should the complexion of that Board shift away from an understanding and appreciation of the horse in the community emphasis might be directed into other types of activity (i.e. tennis courts etc.) deleterious to the interests of the horse-oriented groups. Owen said that some latitude must be allowed to make room for future understanding by all parties but that in any dire event our aforesaid “reverter clause” stands as our protection to any radical deviation from the riding and boarding concepts for the entire operation. If plans are announced for undesirable uses of the property we can, under the clause, recover our property.

Mr. Holtzer asked what the reaction of the part of the community not interested in horses might be to having their Park District invest their funds in a horse-oriented activity. Owen explained that the Park District will, undoubtedly be faced with choices among a variety of interests as time goes on and will accommodate and help these interests in the order of their desirability and interest in the community in a balanced deployment of available money. The Park District, he said, is less a politically oriented body than the Village Board and less vulnerable to shifting tides of pressure from different groups.

There will be no major change in the operating procedures involving Jack as the Management Committee consisting entirely of people related directly to horsemen and their activities will work with him, honor his contract and protect his administration of the Center. (The proposed member of the Management Committee from the Park District Board is a well-known horseman and member of the Mounted Patrol to boot).

In the event that the Center should through some disaster cease to exist in its present form details of settlement would depend upon the insurance and encumbrances effective at the point of transfer.

Some confusion seemed to exist about the relationship between the Riding Club and the Riding Center as separate entities. It was explained that the Park District proposal relates only to the Center property. The Riding Club would continue to be an entirely separate organization with its dues income, trail maintenance and other activities separate from Park District control.

Discussion returned via a question from Ed Holtzer as to the possible future change in personnel on the Park District and the impact inherent in the appearance of a person or persons not horse oriented. Julian Hansen that the reverter clause would be binding but that no political body could possible, agree to certain nominees being selected down through all future years. Owen added that a certain amount of reliance on the honest intentions of the Park District spokesman must be entertained as their commitment has to be an implied one not a legal one. However, once again, the reverter clause is a legally binding and viable barrier to any deviation from the exclusiveness of horse related use of the Center property.

It was explained that the Park District will have no control or relationship to our riding trails; just to the barn and the surrounding fifteen acres of land.

Rob McCullagh noted that Park District ownership of the Center would be a valuable protective feature. The Center is surrounded entirely by the Forest Preserve who might undertake to acquire it from the Riding Club. Or the Forest Preserve might install a large public parking lot or other unwelcome public activity proximate to the Center property and the Riding Club as such might find it difficult in a political atmosphere to defend against such encroachments on our environment. The Park District being a politically oriented entity would be in a much more feasible position to erect defenses against such moves. A tentative plan for a Forest Preserve parking area is considering (installation of) a parking area about two years from now.

Mr. Scott asked if Riding Club dues automatically entitle one to use of the Center facility. No-such usage is arranged for by payment of use fees.

Ralph O’Neil outlined the clearly individual segments of the Riding Club/Riding Center relationship:

a) The Center will be on its own, the property of the the Park District of Barrington Hills, operated by Jack Arnold and administered by the Management Committee as defined and peopled in Item 2, Section 7 on page 2 (of the item) where the committee makeup is set forth.

b) The Riding Club of Barrington Hills as we have always known it with its own dues income, Horse Show, trail rides and other activities and the riding trail system. Riding Club income will continue to be applied to Riding Club debts, mortgages and other obligations.

Rob added the observation that the Center is not supported by Riding Club dues–many members do not use the Center and such support would be unfair to them, for one thing.

Owen felt that the people on the Park District Board are all dedicated to the concept of providing healthy, recreational activity facilities for the people of Barrington Hills. In any form of such activity they will play a major role in providing for the people facilities for the type of activity for which a demonstrable need and demand exists. As time goes. on this might include any of a number of activities in various parts of the area. In this particular instance an arrangement is contemplated around a demonstrated need and demand for a financially viable horse riding and horse boarding center and the desires of that segment of the population will be met.

In the process and to insure the proper control and management in a type of activity demanding great expertise, experience and understanding it is arranged through a management group made up of representatives of the established horse clubs to provide the proper control of the activity. In other areas of activity it is presumed that similarly sophisticated control groups will serve in like capacity.

Owen explained that in fact the same individuals will be managing overall affairs at the Center that are now performing that function and that Win Alberts, of the Park District Board, is of the same ilk.”

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We’ll have some thoughts to share on this at a later date.

A copy of the minutes can be found here.  A copy of the deeds that resulted can be found here.

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Equestrian club embarks on roadside beatification initiative 

Posted in Algonquin Rd, Equestrian Commission, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Going green, Organizations, Real Estate, Resident Spotlights, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, TMI, Topics Of Interest, Village Government on April 1, 2024| 2 Comments »

Nepenthes holdenii

Long known for their roadside cleanups on Spring and Summer weekends, an equestrian group recently began planting, “Nepenthes holdenii,” seedlings along Algonquin and Bateman Roads as part of a roadway beautification initiative.

“The nepenthes holdenii’s (also known as pitcher plants) were our first choice to plant since they remind us so much of horses,” one group member said. “We’re hoping drivers of these roads will slow down and take a moment to appreciate horses and our proud equestrian heritage.”

The Village Roads & Bridges Committee chair and liaison to the Equestrian Commission added she plans to speak with the Village Board about planting nepenthes on Village Hall grounds.  “Ever since I saw the nepenthes, I simply could not get it out of my head.  We simply must have them at the entrance to Village Hall to let visitors know they have arrived at someplace very special!”

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‘You found my brother’: Man’s torso found 44 years ago in Barrington Hills now identified

Posted in Cook, County, Crime, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, VBHPD on March 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

By  ,  | WGN News

BARRINGTON HILLS, Ill. — The torso of a man discovered 44 years ago in Barrington Hills has been identified thanks to new technology from a private company.

The torso was found on Aug. 5, 1979, in a quiet neighborhood by a boy horseback riding in a wooded area about a mile down from Route 59 and Dundee Road.

Officers found the decapitated body, of a man who was 27 at the time, had been burned. His head and arms were missing.

“It was on a Sunday,” former Barrington Hill Police Chief Al Schuld said. “I was cutting my lawn at the time when I got the call and I come out and it was just chaos right after that.”

Schuld was police chief at the time of the discovery.

Former Barrington Hills Police Department Chief Al Schuld at the scene where a torso was found burned on Aug. 5, 1979, by a boy horseback riding.

“It was hard to recognize for one thing because it was burnt,” Schuld said. “I can still remember the smell. The upper torso, then the bottom part of the torso and then the legs were there but there were no hands or head or nothing like that. The whole area was checked but we never did find that.”

After an examination, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office estimated the man was around 30 years old and about 5 feet 8 inches tall.

“It was like, oh my god, why would, how could somebody do that to a human being?” Schuld said.

Police at the time combed through missing persons reports trying to find a match.

“Cause of detectives, they worked constantly on it,” Schuld said. “Lead after lead after lead, and you’ve got to check every lead you get.”

But without any identifying characteristics, the body remained a John Doe.

It turned out this wasn’t the first time investigators unearthed remains like this.

News articles included in the Barrington Hills police investigation showed this was the fifth torso found in Cook County over the span of 16 months.

Barrington Hills Police Department Evidence/Provided

Barrington Hills Police Department Evidence/Provided

Barrington Hills Police Department Evidence/Provided

Of the five remains, only one person was ever identified.

Barrington Hills police kept going back to an evidence box filled with things collected back in 1973.

Of the five remains, only one person was ever identified.

Barrington Hills police kept going back to an evidence box filled with things collected back in 1973.

Last year, officers turned to Othram, a private company that uses genetic genealogy to try to find a match.

“The first private lab in North America that exclusively generates human ID from forensic evidence,” Michael Voegn, director of account management for Othram, said. “So we specialize in taking crime scene evidence, be it DNA from unidentified human remains like this case, or suspect DNA from criminal cases.”

Voegn said Barrington Hills police sent some items containing genetic material to their Dallas lab.

While the FBI utilizes the Combined DNA Index System, known as CODIS, the system only contains profiles from convicted offenders, unsolved crimes and missing person cases.

“A lot of folks, particularly unidentified human remains, are not going to be in CODIS, unless you have a very close relative in CODIS, like a parent, child or sibling,” Vogen said. “Those 24 markers, that’s what they’re going to pick up are very close relationships.”

Vogen said scientists successfully extracted enough DNA to build a genetic profile.

Using larger databases with public profiles, genetic genealogists were able to build a family tree.

They traced relatives to narrow down a possible identity for John Doe.

Not too long after, Linda Gressick’s phone rang.

“And all my husband said was ‘It’s the Barrington Hills Police Department.’ I just got a chill.”

Gressick said she knew right away why they were calling.

“I said right away to the detective, ‘You found my brother, didn’t you?’” Gressick said.

For the past 45 years, Gressick held on to her memories and the small hope she’d find out what happened to her half-brother.

Joseph Caliva, December 1978

Joseph Caliva disappeared in August 1979

At the time, he worked for Chicago Streets and Sanitation.

“He was gone for about four days when we started to realize something was wrong, my dad started to realize something was wrong because he didn’t show up at work,” Gressick said. “It was four days past his paycheck, which would have been on the first.”

Gressick said her family searched for her brother and didn’t immediately fear the worst.

“I would say at least two or three weeks after he disappeared, they probably were holding out hope that he was staying with a friend or something like that because that was his nature,” she said. “He might have stayed at a cousin’s house, or something. They probably held off and then finally filed a missing person’s report.”

Read more here.

Related: “‘John Doe’ identified nearly 45 years after being found murdered, dismembered in Barrington Hills,” “Barrington Hills Police Department Teams with Othram to Identify 1979 John Doe”

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‘John Doe’ identified nearly 45 years after being found murdered, dismembered in Barrington Hills

Posted in Crime, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, VBHPD on March 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Police investigate a homicide scene where a male victim (Joseph A. Caliva) was found dead with traumatic injuries along Old Dundee Road in Barrington Hills on August 5, 1979. | Photo: NamUS

By Sam Borcia | Lake & McHenry County Scanner

Investigators announced they have identified a “John Doe,” a 27-year-old man, who was found murdered and dismembered on the side of the road in Barrington Hills in 1979.

A horseback rider discovered the remains of a person on August 5, 1979, in a grassy area along Old Dundee Road in Barrington Hills.

Officers arrived and located the partially charred torso of a white male victim, according to Barrington Hills Police Department Press Information Officer William Walsh.

The legs had been severed and found near the victim. His head and arms were never located.

At the time, crime scene investigators determined the homicide occurred at a separate location, Walsh said.

The identity of the man could not be established due to no identifying characteristics available.

Walsh said the case went cold despite the efforts of investigators and the man was classified as “John Doe.”

The Barrington Hills Police Department last year partnered with Othram to determine if advanced DNA testing could help to identify the homicide victim.

Read more here.

Related: “Barrington Hills Police Department Teams with Othram to Identify 1979 John Doe”

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Barrington Hills Park District Board (RCBH) meets tonight

Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Barbarian Migrants in Busses at the Gate, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Bicyclists, Big Brother, Big Red, BraveHearts, Clown Car, Conflict of interest, Countryside Elementary School, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Don't Change Barrington Hills, Dumb and Dumber, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Goat Rodeo, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, LeCompte/Anderson Commercial Horse boarding amendment, Lighting Ordinance, Longmeadow Parkway, Mad Cows, New Normal?, Open Meetings Act, Organizations, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, The Other Half, Transparency, Unions, Village Code, Your Barrington Hills, Zoning Board on March 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Barrington Hills Park District Board/Riding Club of Barrington Hills will hold their monthly meeting this evening in person and via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Some items on their agenda include:

  • Review the Rental Agreement Forms
  • Review Riding Center Rules
  • Electrical Quotes
  • Tennis Court Repair/Maintenance Bid
  • Village Zoning Changes(?), and
  • Equestrian Commission(?)

A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here

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Riding Club makes their anual pitch for renewing

Posted in Animal Welfare, Barrington Hills Farm, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Bicyclists, Big Red, Commercial Horse Boarding, Deception, Don't Change Barrington Hills, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Unions, Village Government, Well Water Quality on March 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Editorial note: The last time the Village Equestrian Commission met was September 7, 2022, and they have operated with one unfilled seat for years. To our knowledge, no one has volunteered for that appointed seat, or if they did, they were not welcome.

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Convicted ex-utility boss wants to pause SEC civil case

Posted in ComEd Four, Crime, Resident Spotlights, Riding Club of Barrington Hills on March 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Anne Pramaggiore, ComEd senior vice president of regulatory and external affairs, left, and Bob McDonald, CFO of ComEd, speak to reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Springfield, IL, Tuesday, May 8. 2007. | AP Photo/Seth Perlman

By Brett Rowland | The Center Square

A former Illinois utility boss convicted of public corruption last year has again asked a judge to put the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil case against her on hold.

Former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore was convicted in May 2023 of bribery-related charges as part of a multi-year scheme to corruptly influence longtime former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for favorable legislation in Springfield. Prosecutors said that the utility paid out $1.3 million in jobs, contracts and payments to associates of Madigan over eight years.

Pramaggiore has not yet been sentenced in that case and is appealing the criminal conviction.a

She’s also fighting a civil case filed last year by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC wants to bar her from serving as an officer or director of a public company, among other civil penalties.

In the SEC case, Pramaggiore wants to put everything on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court decides a case focused on the federal bribery statute.

The SEC’s complaint against Pramaggiore alleges she participated in, and in some instances directed, the bribery scheme. The complaint alleges that Pramaggiore did not disclose the bribery scheme and instead misled investors when she characterized ComEd’s lobbying activities as legitimate. The complaint also alleges that, as part of the scheme, Pramaggiore lied to Exelon’s auditors and filed false certifications.

Pramaggiore’s defense team previously asked for a stay in the SEC case, citing in part her “strong likelihood of success” in overturning her conviction. Pramaggiore also recently got a reprieve from her sentencing in the federal criminal case while the U.S. Supreme Court takes up a case focused on the federal bribery statute she was convicted of violating.

In December 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take up the case of James E. Snyder v. U.S.

Read more here.

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