Posted in Animal Welfare, Aunt Blabby, Barrington Hills Polo Club, BraveHearts, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Equestrian Commission, FRVPC, HARPS, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Mane in Heaven, Politics, Resident Spotlights, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Springfield, Unions on March 5, 2025| 1 Comment »
“The fifth day of March of each year shall be designated as the Day of the Horse, to be observed throughout the State as a day to encourage citizens to honor and celebrate the role of equines in the history and character of Illinois, and to recognize the benefits of the equine industry to the economy, agriculture, tourism, and quality of life in Illinois.”
Posted in Agendas, BACOG, Board of Health, Building Department, Clown Car, Dumb and Dumber, Economy, Elections, ePacket Agendas, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Fat Bastard, Finance Committee, Financial Reports, Fundraisers, Heritage and Environs Committee, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Legal Expenses, Mówimy po polsku, OMA, One Barrington Hills, Pension Funding, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Politics, Property Taxes, Resident Spotlights, Riding Club Commission, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, Transparency, Unions, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village Government, Village President, Village Treasurer, Yabba Dabba Doo, Zoning Board on October 28, 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:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Posted in Agendas, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Commercial Horse Boarding, Don't Change Barrington Hills, Elections, Equestrian Commission, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Fundraisers, Horizon Farm, Land Use, Massbach Hounds, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Resident Spotlights, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Save 5 Acres, SOS Party, The Other Half, Transparency, Unions, VBHPD, Your Barrington Hills on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“The Riding Club of Barrington Hills is pleased to partner with the Barrington Hills Park District, The Fox River Valley Pony Club and The Fox River Valley Hounds to host a Halloween Horse Show and Community Celebration at the Barrington Hills Park District Riding Center.
In addition to mounted and unmounted competitions, we will have cider and chili for our guests ($10 recommended donation), Apple Bobbing for Horses and Horse Trailer or Trunk Trick ‘o’ Treat Parade. Horse & Kid Friendly Costumes encouraged for all in attendance.
NOTE: Classes may be split or combined based on entry numbers
Braiding and show attire optional. Helmet required.
$10 for day stall – must be cleaned before departure
Costume Class: open to ALL ages, mounted or lead line. Bring your Halloween spirit & creativity for fun prizes
Horse Husband: get your supportive partner in the saddle to show off what they know!! Fun flat class. 21+ prizes
Derby: consists of a mix of stadium and cross country jumps (class supported by FRVPC on the grass field)
Gambler’s choice: pick your fences with a pre-determined combined value (class supported by FRVPC on the grass field)
Trailer Trick-or-Treating: trick out your trailer with spooky, silly, or scary decor to lure horse & human treat seekers!!! Grand Prize given for BEST Trailer Turnout
Thank you to our Sponsors: Judge Aly St. Senatore (Poet’s Hill), Fox River Valley Pony Club, Fox River Valley Hunt, Barrington Hills Park District, Oakwood Farms, Sarah Carlson & Family”
More here.
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”
Posted in Agendas, Animal Welfare, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Clown Car, Commercial Horse Boarding, Cook, County, ePacket agendas, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Horse Boarding, Land Use, LeCompte/Anderson Commercial Horse boarding amendment, Mad Cows, Mówimy po polsku, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Hearing, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Save 5 Acres, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, Transparency, Unions, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, WTF, Zoning Board on August 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Our Zoning Board of Appeals will be holding their regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening beginning at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
Public Hearing
Public Meeting
A copy of the 100-page agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Editorial note: The two (2) public hearing notices published in the Daily Herald listed the PIN for 350 Bateman Road as 01- 07-200-001. The agenda for tomorrow’s meeting also states, “350 Bateman Road, PIN 01- 07-200-001.”
However, the notice sign (seen at top) on the subject property we photographed Friday clearly reads, “350 Bateman Road, PIN 01-06-401-014.” Not to pick at nits, but that isn’t even close.
Related: “Zoning Board Public Hearing (Take two) scheduled August 19th,” “Special Zoning Board of Appeals meeting tonight,” “Special Zoning Board Public Hearing scheduled for July 17th”
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Barbarian Migrants in Busses at the Gate, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, BCFPD, Board of Health, Commercial Horse Boarding, Contests, Don't Change Barrington Hills, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, FPDCC, Fundraisers, Horse Boarding, Insurance Committee, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Hearing, Public Safety, Resident Spotlights, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, The Other Half, Topics Of Interest, Traffic, Unions, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Government, Zoning Board on July 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The Village Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a special meeting this evening at 6:30 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
PUBLIC HEARING
An Application for an Amendment to an Existing Special Use, made by the Barrington Hills Polo Club for property located at 350 Bateman Road, PIN 01- 07-200-001.
PUBLIC MEETING
[Vote] An Application for an Amendment to an Existing Special Use, made by the Barrington Hills Polo Club for property located at 350 Bateman Road, PIN 01-07-200-001.
The key components of this Application for an Amendment to an Existing Special Use include:
A copy of the 152-page agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Related: “Special Zoning Board Public Hearing scheduled for July 17th”
Posted in Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Board of Health, Commercial Horse Boarding, Equestrian Commission, Fox River Valley Hunt, FRVPC, Goat Rodeo, Horse Boarding, Immigration, Insurance Committee, Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Politics, Privacy, Property Taxes, Public Hearing, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Traffic, VBHPD, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Government, Zoning Board on June 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“PUBLIC HEARING Before the Zoning Board of Appeals Village of Barrington Hills, Re: Barrington Hills Polo Club – Amendment of Special Use Permit 350 Bateman Road, Barrington Hills Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on July 17, 2024, at 6:30 PM by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Barrington Hills (“Village”) in the MacArthur Room of the Village Hall, 112 Algonquin Road, concerning the application for an amendment to an existing special use, subject to the provisions of Section 5-10-7 of the Zoning Ordinance, for the Oakwood Farms Polo Field, located at 350 Bateman Road. The amendment is sought to:
The special use being amended was granted by the Village Board pursuant to Ordinance 15-06.
The location and legal description of the Subject Property, otherwise identified by Property Tax Index Number of 01-07-200-001-0000 as set forth on the plat of survey to be found on file in the office of the Village Clerk.
A copy of the application for the Amended Special Use Permit is available for examination by appointment at the office of the Village Clerk at Barrington Hills Village Hall during normal business hours, Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 5PM. All interested parties are invited to attend the Public Hearing and will be given an opportunity to be heard.”
Posted in Agendas, Big Red, Building Department, Clown Car, Conflict of interest, Deception, ePacket Agendas, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, Financial Reports, Fundraisers, Insurance Committee, Mac's Property Management, Minutes, Mówimy po polsku, One Barrington Hills, Plan Commission, Police Pension Board, Police Reports, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Resident Spotlights, Riding Club Commission, Road construction, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, 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 June 24, 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:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Editorial note: This marks the 6,000th post to The Observer since this publication began in 2009.
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”
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Barbarian Migrants in Busses at the Gate, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Big Red, Commercial Horse Boarding, Countryside Elementary School, Deception, Equestrian Commission, Ethics, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Look For The Union Label, Mad Cows, Massbach Hounds, Plan Commission, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club Commission, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Roads & Bridges Committee, Special Use Permits, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Unions, Village Code on June 12, 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.
Their agenda this evening is boilerplate, which is often reason for concern. A copy of that agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.
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