Posted in Agendas, Meeting Minutes, Plan Commission, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Village Code on April 12, 2021| 1 Comment »
The Plan Commission will be holding their quarterly meeting this evening at 6:30 PM. In addition to two appointments, members will be discussing and perhaps voting on a recommendation on, “Lot Consolidation Process.”
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be held at Village Hall, but residents can try to listen in to the meeting proceedings by dialing 508-924-1464.
Posted in Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Roads & Bridges Committee, VBHPD, Village Clerk, Village Engineer, Village Government, Village Treasurer, Zoning Board on March 29, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The Village Board of Trustees will be holding their monthly meeting this evening at 6:30 PM. Some of the topics for discussion and/or vote include:
A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. The meeting is open to those wishing to attend or readers can listen in by calling 508-924-1464.
Posted in 2021 Elections, Barrington Area Library, Barrington Hills Farm, Barrington Hills Park District, Commercial Horse Boarding, Equestrian Commission, Going green, Horizon Farms, League of Women Voters, Lighting Ordinance, Organizations, Plan Commission, Politics, Property Taxes, Real Estate, Riding Club of BH, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Village Board, Village Code, Village Government, Village President, Well Water Quality, Zoning Board on March 8, 2021| 4 Comments »
Posted in Agendas, Building Department, Conflict of interest, ePacket Agendas, Finance Committee, Financial Reports, Minutes, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Police Reports, Roads & Bridges Committee, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Engineer, Village Treasurer, Zoning Board on January 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The Village Board of Trustees will be holding their monthly meeting this evening at 6:30 PM. Some of the topics for discussion and/or vote include:
A copy of the agenda can be viewed here. Those wishing to try to listing in on the meeting can phone 508-924-1464.
Posted in Agendas, Audio Recordings, Building Department, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Minutes, OMA, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Real Estate, Road construction, Roads & Bridges Committee, Special Use Permits, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village Treasurer, Zoning Board on October 29, 2020| 1 Comment »
The recordings from October 26th Board of Trustees meeting have been released. Click here to access the link from the Village website.
Posted in Audio Recordings, Building Department, Crime, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Police Reports, Roads & Bridges Committee, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Engineer, Village Treasurer, Zoning Board on March 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Recordings from the remotely orchestrated Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday night have been posted and can be accessed for your listening pleasure by clicking here.
At the beginning of Trustee Brian Cecola’s Public Safety report, he read a letter he entered in to the record that we felt we should post now in light of the events on Old Sutton Road three weeks ago today.
His letter reads as follows:
“I want take this opportunity as public safety chair to personally thank our officers for the fine work they did with this recent incident. I also want to thank our surrounding communities police tasks force without their assistance and support it would be impossible tb investigate and handle situations like this.
As the public may or may not be aware when we have incidents, we rely upon intergovernmental agreements with surrounding communities to support each other in investigations.
In a recent meeting with the village president and administrator and in conjunction with the treasurer and the Police Chief I am advocating to move forward with presenting the· costs associated with this investigation for immediate reimbursement from the property owner the rental company agencies and the responsible party who rented this property.
As you may all be aware this village board tasked our Village attorney with notifying the owner of their non-compliance which they did promptly days prior to this incident.
It appears the property owner and rental agencies ignored our Instructions even after they agreed days prior that they were in violation.
They did so at their peril and if we do not recover our taxpayer’s costs then I suggest we take immediate legal action to do so.”
Hopefully Police Chief Joseph Colditz will have much more to report on this incident very soon.
Posted in Cook, County, Crime, Land Use, Plan Commission, Police Reports, Real Estate, VBHPD, Village Code, Zoning Board on March 21, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Sean Patton Jr., 28, was shot and killed March 7, 2020 at a party held at a rental home in the 300 block of Old Sutton Road in Barrington Hills. – Original Credit: Family of Seah Patton Jr.(Family of Sean Patton Jr. / HANDOUT)
When Litita Herrod’s daughter woke her up in the early morning hours of March 7, she said she just knew something bad had happened.
But soon she learned her worst fear had come true. Her son, Sean Patton Jr., 28, had been shot and killed hours earlier at what authorities called a “large party” held at a big, ranch-style rental home in Barrington Hills.
According to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, Patton’s death was determined to be a homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds.
Barrington Hills Police Department spokesman William Walsh said Wednesday no arrests have been made. He said investigators are following leads but have not publicly identified any suspects.
Walsh also said that multiple people were shot during the incident. He said authorities are working to identify the others who were shot.
Read the full story here.
Posted in Audio Recordings, County, Crime, Ethics, Land Use, Plan Commission, Property Taxes, Real Estate, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Government on March 12, 2020| 2 Comments »
A flyer advertising the rental home at 346 Old Sutton Road in Barrington Hills is pictured March 10, 2020 outside the business where Cook County treasurer’s office records show the property’s tax bills are sent. The home became a crime scene after a Chicago man was shot and killed there March 7.(Pioneer Press / Pioneer Press)
Less than two weeks before a Chicago man was shot and killed at an Airbnb rental home in Barrington Hills, village officials discussed at a meeting the issue of short-term rentals.
Village officials discussed the issue at the Feb. 24 Village Board meeting, according to an audio recording of the meeting.
They mentioned nearby Lake Barrington’s decision a few years back to ban short-term rental after an early-morning shooting in April 2016 that left two people injured.
Ultimately, the Barrington Hills Village Board decided to wait for more information and research on what other communities have done.
According to village attorney Mary Dickson, the village code does not explicitly address short-term rentals, but it says that property in the residential district is only allowed for residential use, not commercial use. She said the fact that the owner did not live in the house and was only going to use it as a rental violates the code.
Dickson said the property owners were made aware of this violation prior to March 6.
Read more from the Chicago Tribune here.
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Posted in BACOG, BACT, Citizens for Conservation, Community Alerts, EJ&E/Canadian National, Flint Creek/Spring Creek Watersheds Partnership, FPDCC, Horizon Farms, Horse Boarding, IDOT, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Disconnection, Land Use, Longmeadow Parkway, Plan Commission, Real Estate, Traffic, Uncategorized, Village Government, Well Water Quality on June 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
In May of last year, the Board of Trustees directed the Plan Commission to review the Village Comprehensive Plan and make recommendations for any changes they saw fit for the Board to adopt. The last time the Comprehensive Plan was updated was 2005 and amendments were approved in 2008.
After nearly a year of work and meetings, the Plan Commission has agreed to the changes they would like seen in the Plan. A copy of their proposed 2019 Village Comprehensive Plan can be viewed and downloaded here.
A public hearing is scheduled for July 8th at 6:30 PM to allow residents to voice their comments, or feedback can be provided to the Village Clerk at clerk@vbhil.gov.
Posted in 220, Barrington 220 Foundation, Board of Education, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Organizations, Plan Commission, School Districts, Village Board, Zoning Board on May 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »
A private foundation supporting Barrington Area Unit District 220 has agreed to help fund a proposed outdoor education initiative and expansion of an entrepreneurship program into the middle schools.
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Mary Dale, executive director of the Barrington 220 Foundation, said the nonprofit will provide a to-be-determined donation for the district’s proposed outdoor science laboratory off Hart Road. The lab would be on part of an undeveloped 67 acres the district owns, and officials say it could cost up to $750,000 to build.
Dale said the foundation also will donate $27,000 to District 220 for creation of the business incubator for eighth-graders at the two middle schools, allowing those students to have a “bridge” between similar programs in fifth grade and high school.
She said the two major projects were recommended for the funding after a vetting process by a committee that included residents and foundation officials. Foundation board trustees gave the final approval, with the selections revealed at a recent soiree at Barrington’s White House.
Read more here.
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