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...
Algonquin Township, IL (ECWd) - When the rights of the people to petition their government for redress are met with fierce opposition by the very institutions whose livelihood is dependent upon that right, we find ourselves in the unenviable position of taking up the pen and...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Over fifty Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to Algonquin Township & Road District from the local paper and not a single request for records pertaining to Bob Miller, the former Road District Highway Commissioner. That is based on records provided through an...
ALGONQUIN TWP (ECWd) - Is Trustee Victor intimidating Gasser using threats of police action and the withholding of official action? According to the executive session minutes of a recent special meeting, the Township presented the Road District with a settlement offer in which the township and road...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Paper trails are like bread crumbs and while the birds may have eaten most of them during this cold snap,(or was it a rag that wiped the computer hard drives?), James Kelly has left one crumb the size of a loaf of...
