SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois Senator Melinda Bush, (D) 31st District, apparently thinks more government secrets are better. Bush filed Senate Bill 0196 on January 30, 2019. This Bill would permit a public body to hire "independent contractors" in secret, outside the prying eyes of the public. It would...
DuPage Township (ECWd) - Q: When Township Supervisor resigns, who signs checks? A:Â Nobody. (is the short answer) Q: Then how do the township bills and payroll get paid? A: They don't get paid until the vacancy is filled. Such is the dilemma in DuPage Township after their now-former Supervisor...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Records recovered from a hard drive of the Road District reflect Anna May Miller, a former employee of the Road District and wife of the former Highway Commissioner Bob Miller, created documents tied directly to political work, to include campaigning.  Although the document...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Legal bills in the Township of Algonquin and its Road District have been a point of interest to residents and the local paper. In fact, today a comment was made by the local media that triggered us getting this article up today. "I...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Basic Math - 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 1+3=4, etc. According to the policy manual, the following apply to pay: if a person is "required" to work on a Holiday, they get paid overtime, (time and a half) for that work.  And you guessed it, Bob...
Will Co. (ECWd) - It appears the recently appointed Township Clerk, Kulsum Ali, does not understand her duties as Clerk and ignored proper requests for a meeting by two trustees while honoring a later request by two others. Trustee Alyssia Benford informed Clerk Ali that Trustees Benford...
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) - During the DuPage Township meeting last night, an agenda item for appointment of Trustee Burgess was a point of contention with the four trustees. Not for appointing him, but for appointing him without him first resigning as state law requires. First, let's review...
DuPage Township (ECWd) - We have reviewed a copy of the DuPage Township meeting agenda for the special meeting scheduled for January 29, 2019. Among the items on the Agenda are: Accept the resignation of Supervisor William Mayer Appointment of New Township Supervisor Ken Burgess While the first...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Anna May Miller began working at the Township Road District for her husband in August of 1998 according to records obtained from the Road District. August of 2013 is the fifteen-year mark putting her at an entitlement of four weeks vacation each...
Algonquin Township (ECWd) - When Algonquin Township Trustee Melissa Victor was contemplating taking an open position for another public body, she asked the Township Attorney for advice on any conflict of interest with serving on both boards (simultaneous tenure). On June 26, 2017, Algonquin Township Attorney James...
