The Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
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August Board of Trustees meeting recording released
Posted in Animal Welfare, Audio Recordings, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Building Department, Clown Car, Conflict of interest, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Elections, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Goat Rodeo, Land Use, OMA, One Barrington Hills, Open Meetings Act, Organizations, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Resident Spotlights, Riding Club Commission, Road construction, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, TMI, Transparency, 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 September 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The recording of the August 26th Board of Trustees meeting has been released. The link can be found here.
Public comments begin at the 9:50-minute mark. Village Board comments and vote begin at the 1:01:35-minute mark on topic of, “Agritourism as a Special Use.”
Related: “Village Board votes down ‘Agritourism as a Special Use’,” “Village Board of Trustees meet Monday,” “Sitting ducks,” “Special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled Tuesday”
Village Board votes down “Agritourism as a Special Use”
Posted in Board of Elections, Building Department, Clown Car, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Elections, Land Use, Mad Cows, OMA, Open Meetings Act, Plan Commission, Police Reports, Politics, Property Taxes, Roads & Bridges Committee, Special Use Permits, Topics Of Interest, Unions, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Engineer, Village Government, Village President, Village Treasurer, Zoning Board on August 27, 2024| 8 Comments »
Attendees of last night’s Board of Trustees were treated to a very rare experience: all seven (7) members of the current Barrington Hills Board of Trustees were in attendance up close and personal. The last time a sighting like this occurred was the May 8, 2023, BOT meeting to certify results of the April 4, 2023 Consolidated Election (a photo of the event captured above).
Last night, the board unanimously voted to approve Kyle Murphy as the next Chief of Police for the Village of Barrington Hills. The board also voted 6-0 against a proposed ordinance amendment to a allow Agritourism as a special use. President Cecola did not cast a vote.
Recordings of the meeting will be posted when they become available.
Related: “Village Board of Trustees meet Monday,” “Sitting ducks,” “Special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled Tuesday”
Village Board of Trustees meets tonight
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, BACOG, Barbarian Migrants in Busses at the Gate, Big Red, Building Department, Clown Car, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Dumb and Dumber, Elections, ePacket Agendas, Ethics, Financial Reports, Land Use, Mac's Property Management, Mad Cows, Mówimy po polsku, OMA, One Barrington Hills, Police Pension Board, Police Reports, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Public Safety Committee, Real Estate, Roads & Bridges Committee, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, Transparency, 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 July 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The 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 Execution of a Contract with Corrective Asphalt Materials LLC (CAM) for Pavement Rejuvenation Application on Select Village Maintained Roads Resolution 24 –
- [Vote] An Ordinance Amending the Village’s Municipal Code Concerning Fireworks – Title 8, Chapter 2, Section 8-2-13 Ordinance 24 –
- [Vote] An Ordinance Granting a Special Use Permit to Allow an Elementary School at 160J Bateman Road Ordinance 24 –
- [Vote] Resolution of Proclamation Commending Police Chief Joseph Colditz on his 25 Years of Dedicated Service to the Village of Barrington Hills Resolution 24 –
- [Vote] A Resolution Appointing David Kann to the Position of Interim Police Chief for the Village of Barrington Hills Resolution 24 –
- [Vote] Personnel Manual Revisions
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Village hosted Riding Club meeting recordings released
Posted in Agendas, Barbarian Migrants in Busses at the Gate, Barrington Hills Park District, Clown Car, Deception, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Fox River Valley Hunt, Fox River Valley Libraries, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Land Use, Look For The Union Label, Mad Cows, Massbach Hounds, OMA, OP/Ed, Open Meetings Act, Plan Commission, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Roads & Bridges Committee, SNAFU, Transparency, Uncategorized, Unions, Village Attorney, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village President, Your Barrington Hills on June 21, 2024| 1 Comment »
On June 10th, members of the Riding Club of Barrington Hills met at the Barrington Hills Village Hall. The agenda may have read it was a meeting of the Equestrian Commission, but the audio recordings prove otherwise.
After voting on a temporary chair for the meeting, the public was invited to comment, which is relatively standard. Next, there was confusion as to who actually called the meeting. That determination was never made, but it was agreed the one purpose was to hear what the Village attorney had to report.
With that, Mary Dickson stated:
“At the last meeting of the Equestrian Commission, one primary question arose which is can the Village actually mandate as part of this subdivision process that equestrian trails be dedicated, easements be dedicated, and the Village authorized me to research that and a result of the research that I did, my conclusion is cannot author…, we cannot demand a subdivider provide a trail easement as part of the subdivision process. And this is predicated on a review of both federal law and state law.”
Dickson’s comments continued, but this was the most important to convey to readers. Her comments begin at the 9:45 mark in the recording.
It should be noted that prior to Dickson’s statements, some present were under the impression that when a parcel was subdivided, the Village would somehow require easements be dedicated for the private use of the Riding Club of Barrington Hills only.
Commission members had questions and comments, but then attendees in the audience began chiming in with their own comments. Commission members let this continue for roughly ten (10) minutes before one said audience members would have to wait until public comment at the end of the meeting (that began with public comment).
Midway into the meeting, a commission member asked if they could vote on recommending action be taken on a specific property in the Village. When the answer was not what she wanted to hear, here’s what came next:
Commission member: “Why can’t we talk about this property?”
Village Administrator: “Because that was not the agenda item”
Commission member: “Well, I don’t think you can tell us what we can and can’t discuss.”
To heck with Roberts Rules of Order, apparently.
Then, the Equestrian Commission liaison (and conversational narcissist), Trustee Laura Eckstrom, just had to weigh in on the conversation. This, despite the fact it was not her place to do so (really, Brian, you need to get her to stifle!).
Toward the end of the meeting, Commission voted to reopen public comment (third time), and two people who had previously commented were invited to speak again.
The link to the recording can be found here.
Editorial note: In the last two club/commission meetings, members discussed involving the Barrington Hills Park District in this matter. When the District convened two days later on June 12th, their Zoom remote participation app was turned off, despite the fact it was posted as available for the meeting.
Clearly, this was a private Riding Club meeting and outsiders were not permitted to listed in (pay your taxes, though).
As for the property owner caught in the middle, we suggest they carve out a minimal easement for the use of the Riding Club for a nominal fee of $1,000 per month (in advance, of course).
Related: “Special Plan Commission meeting this evening”
Fuhgeddaboudit
Posted in BACOG, Barbarian Migrants in Busses at the Gate, Big Red, Clown Car, DARCHED, Deception, Ethics, Immigration, Land Disconnection, Land Use, MOOBS, Newsletters, OMA, One Barrington Hills, OP/Ed, Organizations, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Road construction, Roads & Bridges Committee, SNAFU, Transparency, VBHPD, Village Code, Village Government, Village President, Zoning Board on May 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Current Barrington Hills President Brian Cecola
Our Village recently posted their ”Spring 2024” newsletter. This issue includes:
- President’s Letter
- Police Chief Colditz Retires in July
- HAVE A CUP O’ “JOE” WITH CHIEF COLDITZ
- Police Department Earns Reaccreditation
- Lunch with a Cop
- Arbor Day and Earth Day! How did you observe these days?
- Road Program 2024
- Soon to make an appearance…2024 Cicadas, and
- June 29 Land We Love Run
What the newsletter lacks is a considerable number of updates from Q-1 2024 that residents should be aware of, including:
- In a special meeting January 3, the Board voted to amend our code to, “Create a license requirement for (migrant) chartered transportation drop-off services (no doubt to prevent the godless hoards if immigrants from soiling the new floor in the lobby of Village Hall)).”
- Increased penalty amounts for Code violations.
- Any information whatsoever on the Board’s vote in February to annex seven (7) parcels of land into Barrington Hills.
- The Village is purchasing and replacing security video recording and management systems in Village Hall, and
- The Zoning Board is reviewing significant updates and addition to codes including fence/berm allowed heights, regulations for roof and/or ground mounted solar panels and wind energy systems and codes covering anything mobile residents might store on their property.
Further, minutes from the February meeting of BACOG include, “Cecola reported the Village recently annexed two landscaping businesses.” Why didn’t “Cecola” bother to drop this and other meaningful nuggets content into his message to residents?
The answer is simple. The Cecola administration does not want informed residents. Sure, this publication and others have done their best to inform residents. But clearly when it comes what we share with our readers, our president would rather you just fuhgeddaboudit.
A copy of the newsletter can be found here.
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.
Barrington Area Council of Governments meets today
Posted in BACOG, DARCHED, Deception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Ethics, FUBAR, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Meeting Minutes, New Normal?, OMA, Open Meetings Act, Politics, Property Taxes, Real Estate, School Districts, South Barrington, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, Well Water Quality on April 23, 2024| 2 Comments »
Illinois State Representative Nabeela Syed will be speaking at tonight’s BACOG meeting.
The Barrington Area Council of Governments (BACOG) is scheduled to have multiple meets today at the Barrington Hills Village Hall.
The first is a meeting of the BACOG Connectivity Committee originally scheduled for March 20, 2024, but postponed until today we believe at 5:30 PM. Topics include:
- Current and Potential Projects, and
- Coordination with Lake and Cook County 5-Year Road Programs
The BACOG Finance Committee meets at 6:40 PM to cover:
- (Approval) Minutes of May 23, 2023*
- Proposed Budget for FY 24-25*
- Adjustments for FY 2023-24, and
- Use of Business Partner Contributions
At 7:00 PM, the BACOG Executive Board meets. Topics on their agenda include:
- Discussion with Invited Guest Illinois State Representative Nabeela Syed
- Public Comment
- (Approval) Minutes of March 20, 2024*
- (Approval) Treasurer’s Report for April 2024*
- Committee and Liaison Reports
- Connectivity Committee (President Rusteberg)
- Legislative Committee (President Darch)
- Northwest Water Planning Alliance (President McCombie)
- Member Updates, and,
- Director’s Report (Executive Director)
We’d be happy to post copies of these agendas. However, BACOG does not post them on their website. They simply print and tape them to the windows of member offices, despite the following:
“Public bodies that have a website must post the agenda of any regular meetings of the governing body (i.e. County Board, Board of Trustees, Board of Commissioners, School Board, etc.) at least 48 hours prior to said meeting. Any agenda of a regular meeting that is posted on a public body’s website shall remain posted until the regular meeting is concluded.”
Further, the last time BACOG posted any meeting minutes was in January, and:
“Any public body that has a website must post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body (i.e. County Board, Board of Trustees, Board of Commissioners, School Board, etc) on the website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Public bodies must approve the minutes of the previous meeting either by the next meeting or within 30 days, whichever is later. These minutes must stay on the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting.”
So much for compliance and transparency.
* Attachment follows the agenda
Village Board of Trustees meet tonight
Posted in Agendas, Barbarian Migrants in Busses at the Gate, BCFPD, Board of Health, Building Department, Clown Car, Conflict of interest, Cuba Township Road District, Deception, Dumb and Dumber, ePacket Agendas, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Financial Reports, Insurance Committee, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Legal Expenses, Mac's Property Management, Minutes, OMA, OP/Ed, Pension Funding, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Club Commission, Roads & Bridges Committee, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, 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 January 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Our Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting this evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
- PUBLIC HEARING: Village of Barrington Hills Annual Appropriation Ordinance for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2024, and Ending December 31, 2024 Appropriation Ord FY 2024 – Draft.pdf
- [Vote] Annual Appropriation Ordinance for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2024 and Ending December 31, 2024 Ordinance 24 –
- [Vote] Resolution for Use of Motor Fuel Tax Funds on Snow Removal 2024 Resolution 24 –
- [Vote] Ordinance Amending the General Penalty of the Village Code Adjusting the Maximum Fine Ordinance 24 –
- Annexation of Contiguous Properties Discussion
The fourth item on the list amending the amount(s) of, “General Penalty of the Village Code,” reads:
“Any person convicted of or found liable for a violation of any section of this code shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for any one offense, excepting any specific section of this code wherein the maximum fine is limited to a lesser amount.”
Both amounts are too low, especially the $100.00 amount. By the time all the costs, from start to finish, are aggregated to collect $100.00, the Village will likely lose money (and no doubt has been for many years).
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Related: “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.’”
Village Board of Trustees meet tonight
Posted in Agendas, BACOG, Big Red, Building Department, Conflict of interest, Deception, Entertainment, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Finance Committee, Financial Reports, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Mac's Property Management, Minutes, OMA, One Barrington Hills, Pension Funding, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Police Reports, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Road construction, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village Government, Village President, Village Treasurer, Zoning Board on October 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Our Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
- [Vote] A Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance of a Quote for Repair of the Cement Driveway on the Grounds of the Village Hall for the Village of Barrington Hills Resolution 23 –
- [Vote] Resolution Adopting the 2017 McHenry County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan by the Village of Barrington Hills Resolution 23 –
- [Vote] Remote Participation Rules (Primarily applies to Strauss and Hills)
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
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