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Do you trust our Board of Trustees? We don’t. But you decide for yourself once we have finished. (Part 3)

Posted in AI, Audio Recordings, Data Center, Ethics, FOIA, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Disconnection, Land Use, Minutes, OMA, OP/Ed, Plan Commission, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Simple Minds, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, Village President, Zoning Board on March 6, 2026| 2 Comments »

Source: Brennan Investment Group December 15, 2025 presentation to the Barrington Hills Board of Trustees

Last month during the February 23rd Board of Trustees meeting, Trustees and attendees heard public comments from:

  • Carson Rice
  • Karen Trzaska
  • Julie Becker
  • Austin Becker, and
  • Aaron Becker

This marked the second Board meeting since the now infamous, “110 Acre AI data center campus pitched to Village Board,” was made public and residents were afforded an opportunity to share their thoughts. To follow are the Public Comments of one resident who spoke after having benefit of the review of records received from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents related to the Data Center pitch:

“I’m Karen Traska… It’s kind of good that I’m following him because I might have a few of your answers.

You know, before I came here, I was pretty mad. And now I’m standing in front of you guys and I’m sad. Like, I’m really sad.

Last time I was standing up here, we were talking about this data center that came out of nowhere, right? It just sort of popped up. They just showed up like 5 minutes before the meeting. It wasn’t on the agenda because, you know, they just kind of showed up, and, the last time I was here, I was also waiting for my FOIA request, and I got my FOIA request.

So turns out, October 8th, our Village Administrator, Anna Paul, put a meeting in the calendar with the Brennan Investment Group and what seems to be their attorneys for the data center. October 21st, you guys had the meeting with Brennan.

…November 10th, Brennan followed up with Anna to see what the feedback was. A week later, November 17th, Board of Trustee meeting. It wasn’t on the agenda. It wasn’t brought up.

December 15th, 2 months after the meeting, Board of Trustee meeting again. It wasn’t on the agenda, but now, as we all know, a 25-minute presentation discussion, but apparently not even some of the trustees knew about it until that moment. Community didn’t know about it. We couldn’t show up to listen or engage. It wasn’t until mid-January that word really gets out to the community.

All hell breaks loose, right? We’re all here at the meeting, January 26th. And President Cecola, Brian, you sat here and repeatedly stated that no one, no one on this Board wanted a data center, right? No one wanted it. And nobody raised their hand, contradicted him. No one said, well, actually, no, I did.

Well, Tuesday, December 16th, the day after the presentation with Brennan, Trustee Strauss, who’s not here unfortunately, to Wes Levy, the Village Treasurer, and Anna Paul, the Village Administrator.

Wes, nicely done last night. Can you ask Anna to share the information we received last night from Brennan Investment Group about a possible data center development?

Levy responds, hi, Trustee Strauss. Anna brought this one to my attention a couple weeks ago. I am sure there will be concessions and property tax forgiveness as part of a deal to bring them in, but if they do come, it will be significant revenue.

Then Strauss emails Cecola,

Brian, my opinion is we need to take this very seriously. Opportunities like this do not surface often. We would need to make certain we can lock up the project and the necessary requirements short-term and long-term, but based on the location, I believe the developer is for sure going to be very open to making concessions.

Same time, Trustee Hoffman was sending an article citing energy usage concerns. Thank you.

And Strauss replied with an article of his own regarding some small town in Quincy, Washington, and how they love the data center. He shared,

I have done a lot of research the last 2 days, and these centers are legit. Below is a small community and the impact that I sent to Brian yesterday. And it was all these statistics. To which then Trustee Clarke responded, Thanks. I agree with Trustee Strauss.

That’s just what was sent to me. There were 2 emails with a staff member and the attorney not sent to me, apparently due to some attorney-client privilege, which I don’t understand because I thought the village was the client, like the residents were the client, but maybe not. I will be asking about that later.

Allegedly, other conversations were had off record with more than just Strauss and Clarke being in favor of the data center. Allegedly, allegedly, allegedly.

I do want to thank Trustees Ekstrom and Hoffman, whether in emails that I received or in public meetings in front of all of us, or both, for standing up for our Village and its unique character, as well as for calling for transparency, not just in the community but within your own Board. I hope in the future we can go back to the transparency that we had with our previous Village President.

Again, this whole thing makes me really sad. So that’s all I have to say. Thank you.”

A transcript of comments from the February 23rd Board meeting can be found here, and the audio recordings of the entire meeting can be found here.

The Village posted the following after the February 2nd Special Plan Commission meeting was cancelled:

“Based on initial feedback, the developer for a possible data center in the Village of Barrington Hills has decided not to go forward with a presentation at the informational Plan Commission meeting.

At this time, the Village considers this matter closed and does not anticipate any further discussion.”

Few if any believe the matter to be closed.

As an aside, the Plan Commission last met on October 2nd, 2025, just six (6) days prior to the Brennan meeting being scheduled by the Village Administrator, per FOIA documents obtained. See Draft Minutes of the October 2, 2025, Meeting.

We thought the timing to be interesting. We also find it interesting that the FOIA records show no evidence of contact between the Village and Brennan Investment Group in advance of October 8th, 2025, when the Village scheduled the October 21st, 2025, meeting. Nothing. No emails with introductory materials, no emails confirming the meeting.

Editorial note: In “Part 1” of our series we neglected to include the “Data Center Overview” posted by the Village on January 16th, 2026. This has since been corrected.

Related: “Do you trust our Board of Trustees? We don’t. But you decide for yourself once we have finished. (Part 2),” “Do you trust our Board of Trustees? We don’t. But you decide for yourself once we have finished. (Part 1),” “7 things to know about Illinois data centers,” “Data Center group concerned over pause,” “110 Acre AI data center campus pitched to Village Board”

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Do you trust our Board of Trustees? We don’t. But you decide for yourself once we have finished. (Part 2)

Posted in AI, Audio Recordings, Data Center, Ethics, FOIA, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Minutes, OMA, OP/Ed, Open Meetings Act, Plan Commission, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Simple Minds, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Village Board, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, Village President, Zoning Board on March 5, 2026| Leave a Comment »

On January 16th, 2026, more than a month after the surprise guest visitor appeared at the December Board Meeting, our Village announced a “Special” Plan Commission Meeting scheduled for February 2nd to, “Welcome Resident Input For the Consideration of a Possible Data Center Development.” That announcement was posted to both the Village Facebook Page and Website.

On January 26th the regular meeting of the Barrington Hills Board of Trustees took place. Minutes posted from that meeting include the following:

“Attorney Sean Conway thanked everyone for coming, and touched upon various points, including:

  • The Board originally scheduled the Plan Commission Special Meeting only as an informational meeting for the public.
  • The data center developer informed the Village that they are not interested in presenting or pursuing it at this time. Thus, the Plan Commission Special Meeting was cancelled.
  • No plans of any kind were submitted to the Village.

PUBLIC COMMENT

  • Mary Ellen Peterson regarding the data center
  • Aaron Becker regarding spot rezoning
  • Tony Bojiorno regarding the data center
  • Chris Yamamoto regarding land stewardship and the data center
  • Ron Barlow regarding data centers relative to horses
  • Karen Trzaska regarding the data center
  • Caitlyn Sieg regarding the data center
  • Representative Martin McLaughlin regarding the data center

President Cecola reiterated that to be transparent to the residents, the special meeting was scheduled (But NOT posted on his agenda) for informational purposes only. He shared there is a possibility this project might deannex from the Village. The Board has the Village’s best interests and continues to support residential 5-acre zoning, green space, and protecting its borders, providing the Penny Road Pub annexation as an example.

Trustee Hoffmann acknowledged Rep. Mclaughlin’s comment, highlighting the importance of the agenda are reflecting exactly what the Board will be discussing to ensure transparency and trust with the residents.

Trustee McClary agreed with Trustee Hoffmann’s comment, adding her concern if the data center does deannex, the Village may face negative impacts and not be in a position for mitigation.

Trustee Ekstrom concurred with Trustee Hoffmann’s comment and shared her concerns about the property disconnecting, touching upon noise mitigation, water recirculation, regulations and strategy to protect the land.”

We will share the transcript of all comments, but it is very important for people to read the comments made by the most experienced person in the room that evening regarding the, “110 Acre AI data center campus pitched to Village Board”:

“Good evening everybody. Uh, Martin McLaughlin… former President of Barrington Hills, currently State Representative in the 52nd District, where I serve 12 villages, up from 4,000 people to about 120,000.

I was called by a ton of residents regarding this issue, and I want to thank all the trustees for volunteers. I know these are all highly paid positions… just for the audience, you don’t get any money working in these positions, but you get a lot of this, which is trying to look down the road and protect what’s best for the village.

I have worked with some of these people professionally, the attorney, the administrator, the clerk, and I often said that their job is to put a 5-rail fence up so that the trustees know what they can and cannot do. You cannot have a presentation from an outside group with questions and answers in advance of a planning and zone commission.

How do I know this? Because former Village Attorney Pat Bond stopped us from doing exactly the same thing when someone wanted to come and develop Penny Road Pub into a retail center. We had a developer come with presentations, and we stopped them based on the attorney’s recommendation, and the village administrator. I was actually shocked to find out that that occurred prior to a planned committee meeting.

What I want to say about it is this, the history of this Village is we are constantly under attack for our zoning laws. This is not the first time this has happened. It will not be the last. But you need to be aware of this: A year ago and 2 months, East Dundee changed their zoning for the adjacent property to M1, M2 manufacturing industrial, manufacturing industrial light. That means that somebody a year and 2 months ago in East Dundee was aware that they were hoping that they could grab the adjacent land in Barrington Hills.

Here’s how this works for everyone in the audience. The 2-mile or 1.5-mile doesn’t exist, unless you have an intergovernmental agreement with East Dundee. Barrington Hills does not have an intergovernmental agreement for development with East Dundee. The reason? Our former President, before I was here, sued them so often, and they were so angry that they would never enter into an agreement with us. I would recommend that the Board do that immediately. I will do everything I can in my power to sit down with East Dundee to get a development agreement.

Further, I want to give a little history of the Village. The Iatarola property at 59 and 72 was disconnected prior to my time as Village President, and someday it’ll be high rises and retail center. Kennedy, Bill Kennedy, a developer in Carpentersville, had 300 acres a number of years ago. The village said, we’re not interested in doing feathered development. I call it the F word of Barrington Hills. They disconnected, and instead they put quarter-acre and eighth-acre homes there. My point is, you guys have an opportunity to work with your neighbors.

You have an opportunity to get out ahead of this. And the administration, the administrator and the attorney have an obligation to make sure that they keep these trustees out of trouble and make sure they do the right thing. And if that includes being rude to a developer that shows up here to speak beyond 3 minutes at this podium, I strongly urge that the professionals in this room do that.

Because I’ve been in that seat and I’ve often said, I’m not a professional politician. I manage a pension fund for a reason. So those of you that are paid to keep these guys out of trouble, please do your job next time. Don’t allow that to ever happen again. And please, Village President, communicate with me because I need to know what’s happening when I reach out to you. He did, he gave me communication, but I need details so I don’t have to come here and find out.

I appreciate all the work that you guys do. Thank you.”

A transcript of the proceedings from the January 26th Board Meeting, including all public comments described in the January Board of Trustees Minutes, voted on and approved by the Board, can be found here. The audio recording from the meeting can be found here.

Editorial note: We found the comments of Trustees Hoffman and Ekstrom, who each stated that they were unaware that the Data Center pitch and guest speaker would be addressing the Board at the December 15th Board Meeting, particularly interesting. McClary, in her agreement with Hoffman, appears to had been similarly left in the dark.

Related: “Do you trust our Board of Trustees? We don’t. But you decide for yourself once we have finished. (Part 1),” “7 things to know about Illinois data centers,” “Data Center group concerned over pause,” “110 Acre AI data center campus pitched to Village Board”

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Do you trust our Board of Trustees? We don’t. But you decide for yourself once we have finished. (Part 1)

Posted in AI, Audio Recordings, Data Center, Ethics, FOIA, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Disconnection, Land Use, Minutes, OMA, OP/Ed, Open Meetings Act, Plan Commission, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Simple Minds, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Village Board, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, Village President, Zoning Board on March 4, 2026| 2 Comments »

Village of Barrington Hills board members (l-r) JC Clarke, Laura AB Ekstrom, Brian Cecola, Marsha McClary, David Riff and Jessica Hoffmann. Not pictured: Thomas Strauss.

On December 22, 2025, the Observer posted an article: “110 Acre AI data center campus pitched to Village Board.” If you’ve not read the post, please do so before proceeding.

There are some points we should have included but didn’t because of our desire to post before the holiday. Those added points include:

  • Anyone, whether a Village resident or not, is allowed to make Public Comment at the beginning of Board meetings. The Board rules have limited these Public Comments to three (3) minutes (see December 15, 2025, Agenda & Notice of Meeting: “Be advised that public comment at the meeting is limited to three (3) minutes per person…”). There were no public comments that evening.
  • The twenty (20) minute “110 Acre AI data center” pitch was made following Agenda Item 6.1, Planning, 29 minutes into the meeting and well after Public Comment concluded. As such, no procedural rule limited the guest speaker’s time.
  • The “110 Acre AI data center” pitch was not identified anywhere on the December 15th In fact, just prior to the guest speaker’s introduction by President Cecola as a guest who “we invited to come speak,” the Planning Committee Chair reported that the Plan Commission had not met and she had nothing to report. (The Zoning Committee Chair similarly reported that the Zoning Board had not met and she had nothing to report.)

The Minutes from the December 15th meeting, which were approved and voted on unanimously by the Board at the January 26th meeting,  summarize the twenty (20) minute “110 Acre AI data center” pitch” as follows:

We have no doubt a significant amount of extra time, expense effort was devoted to this since the Observer provided residents a heads up in its article 110 Acre AI data center campus pitched to Village Board, and, before the December minutes were approved, the Village posted what follows on its Facebook Page and Website on January 16th:

“Special Plan Commission Meeting to Welcome Resident Input

For the Consideration of a Possible Data Center Development

A data center developer has approached the Village regarding a large property within the Village, at the edge of its southwest boundary (see figures A & B). As an informational step, the developer provided a brief overview presentation to the Board of Trustees at its December 15, 2025, meeting. The PDF of the presentation may be viewed by following this link: Data Center Overview

During the presentation, the developer stated that, if a data center were ultimately built, the Village would experience a significant financial impact, including increased annual utility tax revenue in the millions for the Village and a reduction in residents’ property tax contributions. The developer estimated that the site’s property tax could increase from approximately $3,000 annually to as much as $20 million annually after reaching full operation. These figures were presented by the developer and have not been independently reviewed or verified by the Village.

A data center is not a use contemplated in the Village’s Comprehensive Plan. The Board of Trustees believes that any consideration of such a proposal should begin with a public information session and meaningful input from its residents.

Importantly, no decisions have been made, and the Village is not endorsing or approving a data center development. At this time, the Village is seeking resident input. As a preliminary and exploratory step, the Board has asked the developer to make a public presentation at a Special Meeting of the Plan Commission.

Residents are encouraged to attend the presentation at a Special Meeting of the Plan Commission:

Monday, February 2, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
Countryside Elementary School
205 W. County Line Road
Barrington Hills, IL 60010

Questions or comments before or after the meeting may be submitted to datacenter@vbhil.gov.

The primary purpose of this meeting is to allow the developer to present its concept and potential benefits, and to give residents and the Plan Commission an opportunity to share their initial thoughts, questions, and concerns regarding whether the Village should consider this type of development.

Following the presentation, the Commission and members of the public will have the opportunity to make comments and ask questions. It is expected that many questions will require additional review and follow-up. Any responses would be provided at a future meeting or through other forms of communication.

If, after the presentation and public input, it is determined that the Village is willing to consider the proposal, the Village would then work to define a transparent process that will include additional opportunities for public engagement. The structure and scope of any such process have not yet been determined. The developer has committed to covering the costs associated with the review process, including the Village’s use of outside consultants, facilities, or experts, as such reviews may occur.”

The Village Website doesn’t allow for comments, but their Facebook post was commented on 56 times and shared 44 times.

With all of this unexpectedly hitting the fan for the most part in less than a month, one might assume many residents would appear at the January 26, 2026, Board of Trustees meeting. Well, they did.

In our next post we’ll share what those residents had to say.

Related: “7 things to know about Illinois data centers,” “Data Center group concerned over pause,” “110 Acre AI data center campus pitched to Village Board”

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7 things to know about Illinois data centers

Posted in AI, Ethics, Hoffman Estates, Illinois Policy Institute, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Disconnection, Land Use, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Transparency on March 2, 2026| Leave a Comment »

The state’s data center boom is reshaping energy, water use and taxes. Here’s what residents should know about the costs, jobs and incentives involved.

By Brennan Park | Illinois Policy Institute

Data centers are expanding across Illinois amid the tech industry’s rising demand for cloud computing. Supporters say the facilities bring investment and jobs, while critics worry about rising energy costs, environmental effects and tax incentives.

Illinois lawmakers are considering passing more stringent regulations on the growth and operation of data centers, with bills recently introduced in the House and Senate. These bills would require “hyperscale” data centers to expand renewable energy and “strengthen equity, transparency, and labor standards in clean energy initiatives,” among other new rules.

Here’s what every Illinoisan should know about the data center boom and tradeoffs the state makes to be a part of it.

1: Illinois is already a major data center hub, with the growth accelerating

Illinois boasts the fourth-highest number of data centers in the country, at 244 sites. That’s because the state provides much of what data center developers need: energy, environment and space.

These facilities need large amounts of reliable, clean electricity. They also require a cool, stable climate and ready access to water to prevent overheating. Illinois’ weather, rivers and proximity to Lake Michigan provide those conditions.

Flat land and industrial sites also make it easier and cheaper to build large-scale facilities. Illinois has a lot of both.

Most of the current development is concentrated in Chicago and its suburbs, with new projects from companies such as STACK Infrastructure, Prime Data Centers and Prologis.

Aurora is home to Prologis Project Steel, with 24 completed data center buildings, and Project Cardinal, with 14. Southern and central Illinois are also proving attractive. CyrusOne is slated to host a 600-megawatt data center campus in Springfield, one of the largest proposed in the state.

Article continues here.

Related: “110 Acre AI data center campus pitched to Village Board”

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McLaughlin’s press conference video recording regarding Pritzker’s proposed municipal zoning powers grab posted

Posted in BACOG, Commodius Maximus, Elections, FUBAR, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lennie, Plan Commission, Politics, Pritzker’s Rules of Order, Privacy, Public Safety, Real Estate, South Barrington, Springfield, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Village Code, Zoning Board on February 27, 2026| 1 Comment »

Screenshot via Facebook

“Rep. McLaughlin Hosts Press Conference with Northwest Suburban Mayors – February 26, 2026

Thank you to Mayors, Paula McCombie, Debby Sosine, Eleanor Sweet McDonnell, Dominick DiMaggio, Brian Cecola, and Richard Hayes”

The roughly sixteen minute recording can be found here.

Related: “‘It’s just a bad idea’: Suburban officials oppose Pritzker’s plan to reduce local control over residential zoning”

 

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Village Board of Trustees meets Monday

Posted in Aunt Blabby, Building Department, Dumb and Dumber, ePacket Agendas, Ethics, Finance Committee, Financial Reports, Insurance Committee, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Little Duck Butt, Minutes, Pension Funding, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Police Reports, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Hearing, Public Safety, Real Estate, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, 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 February 22, 2026| 1 Comment »

The Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening, February 23rd, beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:

PUBLIC HEARING

PUBLIC MEETING

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

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110 Acre AI data center campus pitched to Village Board

Posted in Audio Recordings, Aunt Blabby, BACOG, FPDCC, Hoffman Estates, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Disconnection, Land Use, Plan Commission, Plum Farm development, Taxes, Village Board, Village Code, Village Government, Village President, Well Water Quality, Zoning Board on December 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Courtesy Brennan Investment Group website

Our Board of Trustees had an unannounced guest speak last Monday evening at their regular monthly meeting. The unofficial transcript of what was discussed goes something like this:

Cecola: So, we have, um, somebody be the name, a guest in the audience out there, who somebody approached the Village regarding, um, data center, and we invited him to come and speak for about five (5) minutes, so (unintelligible) here. Um, there’s nothing to be voted on, there’s nothing to (unintelligible) the Trustees know the Village know (unintelligible with multiple people speaking).

Speaker: This doesn’t amplify, (unintelligible). To start I just wanted to thank everybody for your time (unintelligible interruption), oh sure, Jack Brennan, with Brennan Investment Group, and I just wanted to start by thanking you because I know I was squeezed in last minute here, so I’ll keep it very brief. 

Uh Brennan, we’re owner and operator of commercial properties throughout the US. We’re headquartered in Rosemont, but we have about nineteen offices across the US, and um, the purpose of tonight’s very brief presentation is, just was hoping to get some feedback on a proposed development in Barrington Hills.

We have a hundred and ten (110) acres site under contract roughly at the corner of Penny Road and 68, uh, in Barrington Hills that’s adjacent to, you know, the Palumbo tucking depot and all of that, and, um, our company over the last five years has done a lot on the, uh, Artificial Intelligence data center side. We’ve developed a number of campuses for Microsoft and a hand full of kind of third-party data center end users, and are working on one in Rolling Meadows right now.

Uh, I was introduced to this site through a friend of mine and, long story short, just given it’s proximity to the high voltage lines owned by ComEd, it makes itself a perfect powered land, so I, and um, you know our proposal for this, for this property here would, um, you know, would nbe to develop a data center campus.

The benefits, um, of this proposed development is first very low impact. Typically, these are fully enclosed with abundant privacy landscaping and walls and all the features so that it’s not a nuisance from a viewing standpoint. They also to emit very little noise. There’s virtually any (no) employees. There’s no burden on any roads.

Um, and then from an economic incentive standpoint, um, typically a project of this size would cost about two billion to develop, so from a real estate property tax you’d be looking at between twenty and forty million annually in real estate tax.  And then on top of that there’s a utility tax for the, uh, for the electric which goes to the municipality, and a project of this size would generate over ten million annually, in, um, utility tax, so anywhere from thirty to fifty million in revenue for a project such as this.

So, you know, first off I know this is out of character, uh, just for Barrington Hills in terms of the history, but you know I did think it in was kind of compelling we’re working on a number of these throughout the US, and, um, just kind of wanted to open up for feedback, because if it’s a quick no, I understand. Um, but at the same time, you know, I do think that it, um, it could be a great outcome, so, and, and, very feasible. We have end users that would move in quickly here, so just kind of wanted to open it up to any specific questions or any feedback you may have.

The discussion which ensued lasted twenty minutes. The presentation and discussion begins at the 29:10 of the meeting recordings found here. First, last and most frequent comments were made by Trustee Laura “AB” Ekstrom (She should seriously consider allowing that perpetual sunburn on her tongue heal one of these days).

The proposal may be brought before the Village Plan Commission in 2026, and there are some considerations residents should be made aware of.

The 110-acre property appears to border Barrington Hills and East Dundee. It is unclear if our Village still has a current Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with East Dundee. Given the magnitude of this development, we doubt if anything like this would have been foreseen or would stand up in court if Brennan wished to de-annex.

Our Village has boasted lower taxes and levies for over a decade, however that has likely come to an end. The Village Treasurer suggested that for a number of reasons, the Village reserves will require some attention. Any potential litigation would likely be costly and maybe even cost prohibitive.

If you are surprised by this news, we were too. Hopefully in the new year our Village Board will take a more proactive role in keeping residents informed if this proposal moves forward.

Related: “Hoffman Estates could see third data center campus with sale of Plum Farms property”

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Village Board of Trustees meet Monday

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The Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening beginning at 6:30 PM. A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.

 

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Riding Club fenagles private summit with IDOT Route 62 Study officials Tuesday

Posted in Algonquin Rd, Aunt Blabby, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Bicyclists, Big Red, Clown Car, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Don't Change Barrington Hills, Equestrian Commission, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Longmeadow Parkway, Massbach Hounds, New Normal?, Open Meetings Act, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Real Estate, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Road construction, Roads & Bridges Committee, SOS Party, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, Transparency, Unions, Village Engineer, WTF on December 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »

“The CAG is a collection of community representatives and serves as the focal point for the exchange of information between government entities and the local community. The CAG is made up of representatives of diverse community interests, local government officials, community representatives, property owners and residents, and stakeholders with technical expertise. The CAG assists IDOT in making better decisions on transportation related projects that benefit the community and environment. Members are invited based upon who they represent with the goal being an even distribution from each interest area.

The application window for the Community Advisory Group is now closed.

CAG Meeting #6 was held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 from 10am-12pm. Materials from CAG Meeting #6 are available below.

CAG Meeting #6

Exhibits

Presentation

Editorial notes: The reader who was kind enough to forward this tip noted: “Of considerable note are the currently proposed designs for the Bateman Road and Old Sutton Road intersections: non-signalized Right-In/Right-Out with a U-turn, as depicted (below):”

(Click on image to enlarge)

Also, to appease the Riding Clan, IDOT included a graphic of a, “Potential Pedestrian Underpass,” as seen below:

Last, it’s unclear if the current Village Roads & Bridges Chair (A.B.) was invited to the meeting. We highly doubt it (for obvious reasons).

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Barrington Hills Park District (Riding Club) meets tonight

Posted in Agendas, Animal Welfare, Aunt Blabby, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Big Red, BraveHearts, Commercial Horse Boarding, Countryside Elementary School, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Don't Change Barrington Hills, Ethics, Fools and their money, Fox River Valley Hunt, FRVPC, Goat Rodeo, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Look For The Union Label, Mad Cows, Open Meetings Act, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Save 5 Acres, SOS Party, Taxes, Transparency, Unions, Your Barrington Hills on December 10, 2025| 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 6:00 PM. Some topics on their agenda include:

  • Treasurer’s Report Review & Approval of the November 2025 Park District Financials
  • Riding Center Advisory Committee Report
  • In-District & Out-of-District Rental Agreements & Rates
  • Review of Cooperative Agreements
  • Facility Rentals (Carriage Club Rental)

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

Note: “Requests for a qualified interpreter require at least five working days advance notice.”

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