Articles filed under Wauconda Township

• Gary Thompson: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Gary Thompson, running for Wauconda Township Board (4-year Terms)
  

   

• Mary Schorr: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Mary Schorr, running for Wauconda Township Board (4-year Terms)
  

   

• Sheryl Ringel: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Sheryl Ringel, running for Wauconda Township Board (4-year Terms)
  

   

• Kevin McKernan: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Kevin McKernan, running for Wauconda Township Board (4-year Terms)
  

   

• Joe Munson: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Joe Munson, running for Wauconda Township Highway Commissioner (4-year Term)
  

   
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  Patricia Oaks: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Patricia Oaks, running for Wauconda Township Assessor (4-year Term)
  

   
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  Christine Rowe: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Christine Rowe, running for Wauconda Township Clerk (4-year Term)
  

   
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  Glenn Swanson: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Candidate information for Glenn Swanson, running for Wauconda Township Supervisor (4-year Term)
  

   

• Dial-a-Ride bus service expands in Wauconda, Fremont townshipsJan 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  Dial-a-ride bus service has been expanded in Wauconda and Fremont townships. Wauconda and Fremont joined four northern townships that began offering similar service about three years ago in what is known as the Northwest Demonsration Project. Limited service in the two townships began last fall but the number of specific stops and opportunity for connections increased this month.
  

   
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  Kildeer District 96's $4,281 board meeting with $7 sodas Dec 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  The $350 officials from Kildeer Countryside District 96 spent on the meeting room at Chicago's InterContinental Hotel would be one of the cheapest expenditures for the school board's Nov. 16 meeting. Taxpayers living in the Buffalo Grove-based school district also covered $988 for 26 continental breakfasts, $1,638 for 26 lunches, $72 for nine bottles of iced tea and $392 for 2½ cases of soda. That's $7 per soda.
  

   
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  Officials in 31 suburban townships get automatic raisesAug 29, 2012 12:00 AM
  While most American workers have spent the past four years getting by with stagnating wages, or making even less than in years before, a segment of government employees is doing just fine. Elected officials in 31 suburban townships combined to make $661,387 more this year than they did in 2009. In many cases, they gave themselves the raises -- and they're getting ready to do it again.
  

   

• Referendum not on Wauconda Township ballot Aug 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  Wauconda Township voters will not be asked to decide if the township supervisor, assessor and road commissioner should pay 85 percent of their state-supported benefits out of their own pocket. Residents decided during a special township meeting Thursday night that a nonbinding referendum question on the issue should be not put on any election ballot as written because the wording was too confusing.
  

   

• Wauconda Twp. man wants vote on officials’ benefitsAug 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  A Wauconda Township man, who wants to get a question placed on the ballot so taxpayers could weigh in on whether township officials should start paying for part of their benefits, complained Saturday that the township is missing a chance to get the issue on the November ballot. But the township supervisor said if the issue doesn't get on the November ballot, it could go to the next election in April.
  

   

• Wauconda Township may get vote on benefits Aug 15, 2012 12:00 AM
  A Wauconda Township letter to the editor: Wauconda Township has posted a notice of a special meeting, Aug. 23, 6 p.m. at 505 Bonner Road to vote on inclusion of a referendum question for the November ballot to reduce benefit cost of three elected officials.
  

   
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  20% pay hike for Wauconda Twp. supervisor draws fire Aug 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  A move to raise the Wauconda Township supervisor's salary by more than 20 percent next year is drawing fire from other township officials and residents who say it's inappropriate given the state of the economy and small raises for others. The township board, including current Supervisor Glenn Swanson, voted 3-1 last month in favor of the pay raise, which would increase the position's salary from $54,277 to $65,504 effective in May 2013, according to documents obtained by the Daily Herald under the Freedom of Information Act.
  

   

• Wauconda Township to discuss future of free spouse, child insurance coverage Jun 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Wauconda Township trustees plan to discuss an idea of ending free medical coverage for employee spouses and children, as provided under a current insurance plan. Officials have listed the benefits discussion on an agenda for a meeting that'll start at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at township headquarters, 505 W. Bonner Road in Wauconda.
  

   
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  Wauconda Township evolves as electronics recycling center May 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  The monthly electronics collection event hosted Saturday by Wauconda Township is marking a milestone. Five years ago, it became the first township highway department to partner with the Solid Waste Agency of Lake Couinty to offer what then was an emerging service.
  

   

• Your chance to scrutinize townships Apr 5, 2012 12:00 AM
  Some township governments are trying to make it difficult, but you have a chance Tuesday to have a direct voice in some local township issues. A Daily Herald editorial encourages you to take advantage..
  

   
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  Hoffman Estates fire pension board delays buying iPads Apr 3, 2012 12:00 AM
  A suburban firefighters pension board voted themselves new iPads on taxpayers' dime, the Secretary of State won't accept Visa cards at driver's license facilities, and Wauconda Township finds a way to keep a citizen's petition off the annual town meeting agenda. Catch up on some odds and ends that your tips dredged up in this latest Suburban Tax Watchdog column.
  

   

• No comparison for candidates’ credentials Feb 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  A Wauconda letter to the editor: When it comes to representing the Southwestern portion of Lake County in District 17, I want someone with proven experience and leadership.