Comment on Report shows questions remain about McHenry County absorbing township government

With about a month before residents cast their votes deciding whether to consolidate one of the largest townships in McHenry County, several questions remain about how the county government could absorb the responsibilities of a dissolved township, according to an administrative report compiled in January. Under a township consolidation bill signed into law last year, a referendum to dissolve one of McHenry County’s 17 townships could be added to an election ballot by a majority vote from a township board of trustees or the collection of a mandatory number of signatures from township voters. McHenry Township voters gathered enough signatures to put the question up for a vote in the March primary.