Comment on Algonquin Township Board postpones vote on consolidation referendum

The Algonquin Township Board plans to vote on a township consolidation referendum next month after it was taken off the agenda during its Wednesday night meeting. State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, introduced a bill giving McHenry County voters the option to dissolve all 17 McHenry County townships with a referendum, which was signed into law in August. This law allows voters to submit a petition of signatures – with at least 250 signatures or the signatures of 5% of the number of voters in a previous comparable election – requesting a referendum to dissolve their township. Township trustees also have the option to pass a resolution calling for a referendum asking whether the township should be dissolved.