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NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY BY THE VILLAGE OF BARRINGTON HILLS COOK, KANE, LAKE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES, ILLINOIS Pursuant to Section 7-1-13(b) of the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/7-1-13(b), notice is hereby given that the Village Board of the Village of Barrington Hills, Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry Counties, Illinois, at a meeting to be held on the 26th day of February, 2024, commencing at the hour of 6:30 p.m., at the Village of Barrington Hills Village Hall, 112 Algonquin Road, Barrington Hills, Illinois, will consider the annexation of properties commonly known as 15 Old Sutton Road, 188 Old Sutton Road, 190 Old Sutton Road, 191 Penny Road, 193 Penny Road, 545 Penny Road and certain segments of the existing railway right- of-way as it travels through properties identified by the common addresses: 15 Old Sutton Road, 188 Old Sutton Road, 190 Old Sutton Road, 191 Penny Road, 193 Penny Road, 545 Penny Road, all located in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois and legally described as: PIN 01-21-301-009 The South half of the East half of the South half of the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 42 North, Range 9, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois. PIN 01-21-302-008 The west 718.12 feet of the North 10 acres of the South 20 acres of the Southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 42 North, Range 9, east of the Third Principal Meridian, EXCEPT from said North 10 acres of the strip of land 100.00 feet wide conveyed to F.E. Worchester by deed recorded July 1, 1889 as document 1123172, in book 2038, page 103, in Cook County, Illinois. PIN 01-21-302-009 The west 813.50 feet of the South 10 acres of the South half of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 42 North, Range 9, east of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois. PIN 01-21-302-010 The South 10 acres of the South half of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 42 North, Range 9, east of the Third Principal Meridian, EXCEPTING THEREFROM the West 813.50 feet thereof, and ALSO EXCEPTING from said tract that part falling within the strip of land 100.00 feet in width conveyed to F.E. Worcester, as Trustee, by deed recorded July 1, 1889 as document 1123172, in book 2038, page 103 in Cook County, Illinois. PIN 01-28-102-015 That part of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 28, Township 42 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Northeast quarter of said Northwest quarter; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East along the North line of the Northeast quarter of said Northwest quarter, 180.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 51 seconds East, parallel with the West line of the Northeast quarter of said Northwest quarter, 190.00 feet; thence South 48 degrees 09 minutes 45 seconds East, 137.79 feet; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 43 seconds East, 84.26 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 51 seconds East, parallel with the West line of the Northeast quarter of said Northwest quarter, 190.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds West, parallel with the North line of the Northeast quarter of said Northwest quarter, 361.94 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 51 seconds West along the West line of said Northwest quarter, a distance of 476.60 feet to the place of beginning, in Cook County, Illinois. PIN 01-28-102-020 That part of the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 28, Township 42 North, Range 9, east of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter; thence North on the West line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest quarter, 413.13 feet for the place of beginning; thence continuing North along the last described line, 482.69 feet to a point, said point being 422.15 feet South of the Northwest corner of said Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter, as measured along said West line; thence Easterly 248.65 feet to a point on the Westerly line of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, said point being 594.78 feet Northeasterly of a point of intersection of said Westerly line; with the aforesaid west line of the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter as measured along said Westerly line; thence Southwesterly along said Westerly line, a distance of 531.24 feet; then Westerly 26.88 feet to the place of beginning in Cook County, Illinois. PIN 01-28-102-017 That part lying Southeasterly of the Northwesterly right-of-way of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad of the East half of the Northwest quarter of Section 28, Township 42 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of the Northwest quarter of said Section 28; thence South along said East line of said Northwest quarter, a distance of 891.00 feet to a point; thence West, parallel with the North line of the Northwest quarter of said Section, a distance of 538.57 feet to the right-of-way of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad, thence Northeasterly along the Southeasterly right-of-way of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad to the North line of the Northwest quarter of said Section 28; thence Easterly along the North line of said Northwest quarter to the point of beginning, (EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part of said tract taken and used for Penny Road AND EXCEPT that part taken and used for State Route 59), in the Northwest quarter of said Section 28, in Cook County, Illinois.

Also Existing Railroad Right-of-Way: a portion of PIN 01-21-500-003 and a portion of PIN 01-28-500-002, abutting PINS 01-21-302-010, 01-28-102-020 and 01-28-102-017. In addition, the annexation will include any roads and road right-of-way and will extend to the far side of an adjacent highway, except where the right-of-way is adjacent to Forest Preserve Property, where it will abut said land, and where it abuts New Sutton Road, which Road has already been annexed to South Barrington.

The meeting contemplates the passage and approval of an ordinance annexing the subject property into the Village limits and zoning the legally described property (other than the Railroad Right-of-Way) to the R1 Single Family Residential zoning classification of the Village upon annexation.

The proposed Ordinance and property to be annexed may be amended at the meeting. Consideration of the annexation of the properties may be continued to another date if discussion of the matter is not concluded on the scheduled date. All persons desiring to comment on the proposed annexation may do so at the meeting during the regular public comment period either, orally or in writing, or both.

Should you wish to provide comment on the proposed annexation in writing, comments should be submitted to the Village Clerk, 112 Algonquin Road, Barrington Hills, Illinois 60010, or via email at clerk@vbhil.gov no later than close of business Friday, February 23, 2024. Published in Daily Herald February 10, 2024 (4611767), posted 02/10/2024

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Capture

“At the Feb. 6 Board meeting, the Board approved the charge for its 2024 Referendum Advisory Committee. Over the next several months, committee members will meet four times to provide feedback about projects that should be included in a potential referendum question on the November 2024 election ballot.

Projects would include significant upgrades to the fine, visual, and performing arts spaces at Barrington High School. They could also possibly include additional projects that would impact all Barrington 220 schools.

In addition to feedback from the committee, the district will seek stakeholder feedback about a potential referendum question through phone surveys and community meetings. More information about this community engagement process will be shared later this month.

If the Board decides to place a referendum question on the November 2024 ballot, it must approve the question in August.”

Editorial note: BACOG’s membership of 9 have been designated to be members of the Committee.  We strongly suggest the Barrington Hills member be chosen very wisely.

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2024EconomicSummitflyerwithSponsor-FINAL

From the Village website:

“Barrington Hills Village President, Brian D. Cecola, will be joining area leaders in presenting the economic state of our area. This is an opportunity to hear first-hand updates about our area, as well as pose a question if time permits.”

Register today!

Related:Best acute hemorrhoids doctors in Barrington Hills, IL

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Barrington Hills

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.”

Read more here.

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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Change Petition

Property being considered for annexation by the Board of Trustees.

The recording of the January 22nd Board of Trustees meeting has been released. Once again, there are several items we would like readers to hear, but the, “Annexation of Contiguous Properties Discussion,” topic is one we recommend first.

Nearly half of the meeting was devoted to the annexation topic, and while much dialog is unintelligible due to poor sound quality, one can almost get the gist of what is being discussed.

The link to the recording can be found here, and the annexation discussion begins at the 26:20-minute mark.

Related: Village Board of Trustees meet tonight,” “A matter of trust,” “December Board of Trustees meeting recordings released,” “Change.org petition posted: ‘Why Barrington Hills should not annex Sutton and the Penny Road Properties.’

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BC 2

Monday evening’s Board of Trustees meeting includes a Public Hearing regarding the proposed 2024 Village Appropriation Ordinance. We have concerns and questions, not the least of which is our first one.

You see, for the fifth (5th) year in a row, the amount appropriated for “Snowplowing” is not disclosed. In 2019, the amount of $279,500 was appropriated, but since then that line has remained blank:

Blank Snowplowing

If President Cecola’s (alleged) business in Winter months includes snowplowing, are there implications of concern with our Village currently contracting with (alleged) friend(s) of his after he spearheaded the firing of Cuba Township Road District (Cecola abstained from that vote, by the way)?

Why has he chosen not to have the amounts published again in 2024 or previous years during his Administration? Further, why is the obsessively detail oriented Roads and Bridges Chair allowing this to proceed this far before a vote?

Following are some of the amounts appropriated to “Municipal Buildings & Grounds” as seen in the draft report:

Snow Removal

Question: Is “Snow Removal” separate from “Snowplowing”? In the copy of the draft linked below, an amount is listed for “Salt” ($1,100) under Roads and Bridges, by the way, but nothing for snow plowing.

There are other items of concern in the 2024 Appropriations Ordinance draft, which we’ve highlighted in a copy that can be found here.

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Barrington Village Hall

The Village of Barrington President and Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening starting at 7:30 PM. Their agenda includes:

“ORDINANCE #24- : Amending Title 6, “Motor Vehicles and Traffic”, of the Barrington Village Code Regarding the Regulations of Unscheduled Stops and the Unloading of Passengers by Intercity Vehicles Within the Village of Barrington, Illinois (Re: Chapter 3, “Parking Regulations” – New Section 6-3-13, “Regulations of Unscheduled Stops and Unloading of Passengers by Intercity Vehicles”)”

A copy of their agenda can be viewed here.

It makes perfect sense for Barrington officials to address this now, since they have a Metra Station in their village.  However, recent or upcoming meetings of some other nearby communities where there are not train stations (except for one) have included no such amendments to their ordinances.

Here are some examples:

  • The Village of Algonquin Village Board met on January 2nd, and they did not have anything related to unscheduled bus drop-offs on their agenda.
  • The Village of Lake Barrington Board of Trustees also met on January 2nd, and they included no amendments to their codes addressing bus drop-offs.
  • The Village of Fox River Grove Board met more than a week after, ”…a busload of migrants from Texas were dropped off at a Metra station,” on January 2nd.  In spite of this, they did not have any code amendments of this sort on their agenda.

This Tuesday, January 9th, the Village of Inverness Village Board will have their regular monthly, and the topic of migrants or busses is nowhere to be found on their agenda.

Also this Tuesday, the Village of Carpentersville Board of Trustees have their regular monthly meeting. Busses are absent from the agenda.

Clearly these villages are not alarmed by recent news reports and events, and they continue to conduct business as usual.

As we reported, our Board of Trustees called a Special Meeting Wednesday to pass a Ordnance to allow them to fine just about everyone involved in the unscheduled unloading of occupants of busses without Village permission. They can also impound the busses.

Recordings of the meeting can be found here.

Related: Busload of migrants dropped off in Fox River Grove, falsely told they were in Chicago,” “Special Board of Trustees meeting today,” “Special Board of Trustees meeting agenda updated,” “Palatine police turn away migrant bus at train station

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Change Prtition

Recording of the December 19th Board of Trustees meeting has been released. While there are several items we would like to weigh in on, the, “Annexation of Contiguous Properties Discussion,” topic* on the agenda is on top the list.

There were a few public comments addressing a property currently in the Village and one in unincorporated Cook County (pictured above). Both are off Old Sutton Road, and within roughly a mile of one another.

The property in the Village has been topic of multiple comments at Board of Trustee and Zoning Board meetings for some time now, yet nothing seems to have been done by the Village.

As for the unincorporated Cook County comments, President Cecola and the Board have approved taking steps to annex the property described by a Change.org petition as the, “Sutton and the Penny Road Properties.” One of the reasons for this apparently is the appearance of this property, and the belief our Village Code will somehow improve the situation. However, when traveling throughout our Village, numerous and obvious Code violations can be seen in plain view, and no corrective actions seem to take place.

Our President and Board are willing to spend our tax dollars to attempt to annex this property and improve the aesthetics of it presumably through Village Code enforcement. You decide if this makes sense, especially considering the number of Code violations in plain view from Village roads presently that are not addressed.

The December meeting recordings can be found here.

Related:Change.org petition posted: ‘Why Barrington Hills should not annex Sutton and the Penny Road Properties.’

* As has become the Cecola administration’s practice, no explanation of what this topic was about was provided to the public in advance of the meeting in the agenda.  Yet, as the recordings show, some privileged residents were informed in advance so they could prepare.

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head-shake

A special Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for today at 12:00 PM. The sole topic of discussion is:

[Vote] An Ordinance Amending the Village’s Municipal Code, Title 3 Business Regulations to Add a New Chapter to Create a License Requirement for Chartered Transportation Drop-Off Services; and Amending Title 9, Chapter 4 Providing Additional Regulations for Impoundment of Vehicles Ordinance 24 –

A copy of the agenda can be viewed and downloaded here, and it includes instructions for listening remotely. A copy of the proposed Ordinance Amendment language has not been made available to the public for review (Legal perhaps, but unethical).

Editorial note: Migrants have been dropped off at the Woodstock, Crystal Lake and Fox River Grove Metra stations, among others, for transport to Chicago recently. Last night, Fox 32 reported:

“On Tuesday night, Hinsdale, Joliet, North Chicago, Buffalo Grove, and Woodstock were set to hold council meetings to address the (suburban migrant bus battle) situation.” 

All five have train stations.

This morning it was reported that, “Woodstock, Buffalo Grove both approve ordinances aimed to curb unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs.

While we’re ever so grateful for Brian scheduling this special meeting so soon after the holidays, we have to ask why the rush? Does he suspect migrant drop-offs at the Barrington Hills train station or our bus depot are imminently, or could this have waited until the January 22nd Board meeting to allow residents to review the proposed Ordinance Amendment language?

So far, Barrington, Palatine and Arlington Heights officials have not commented on any plans in this matter.  But rest assured, if our Board approves whatever this Ordinance ends up being, some in the press might make light of it (“Thank heavens Mortimer and Muffy are now safe!”).

We’re not saying nothing needs to be done.  It’s simply the rushed manner in which the Cecola Administration seems to be handling this matter has us questioning why?

Related:Old Hillbilly Wisdom for the New Year

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Wisdom

Your fences need to be pig-tight, bull-strong, and horse-high.
Borrowing trouble from the future doesn’t deplete the supply.
Keep skunks, bankers, and politicians at a distance.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps.
Every path has a few puddles and bumps.
Hornets and wasps are faster than a John Deere tractor.
Silence is sometimes the best answer.

Words that sink in are whispered, not screeched.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
If you don’t take the time to do it right, you’ll have to find the time to do it twice.
The time you waste always has a price.

Don’t corner something that is meaner than you, and don’t pick a fight with an old man.
If he’s too old, killing you may be all he can do.
It don’t take a very big person to carry very big grudges.
If you think you are a person of influence, try ordering around someone else’s dog. See if he budges.

You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to pick up some muck.
Most times, it gets down to common sense, not dumb luck.

Don’t bang your shin on a stool that’s not in your way.
Most of the things people worry about ain’t gonna happen anyway.
Don’t interfere with something that ain’t bothering you none.
Good judgment comes from experience, most often from a bad one.

Don’t judge folks by a relative or two.
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, and speak kindly; the rest is not up to you.
If you’re in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging.
Letting the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than putting it back in.

The biggest troublemaker in your life looks at you in the mirror every morning.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older, and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it again.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
If you worry about what people think of you, you’re sure to be worrying a lot.

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