Clerk Position Filled

At the first meeting of 2012, the Village Board of Trustees accepted the nomination of the Village President for Dolores G. Trandel to serve as the Village Clerk. Dolores had previously served as Deputy Clerk for the last five years working with former Clerks of Elaine Ramesh and Karen Selman. It is a paid position and Dolores' office remains at the front door of the Village Hall as well as taking minutes for the Board of Trustees meetings among other duties for the Village. As a long term employee of the Village, Dolores can help answer most questions or email them to clerk@barringtonhills-il.gov.

Communication In The New Year

Audio recording improvements continue with the first trial of the digital microphone system in the MacArthur Room of the Village Hall at the January meeting of the Board of Trustees and Zoning Board of Appeals. A sample of the recordings can be heard here.

January 18, 2012 Zoning Board of Appeals, Agenda Item 1

The recordings made by the original system of the Board of Trustees meetings from 2011 are still on line and can be heard by visiting their web page.

Web Portal Gateway To Info

Under Village Links there is a tab called Village Home that takes one directly to the Web pages for Government, Community and Police. It is a good starting place to find a high quality of communication and information between the elected and elector and the services of the Village. But most of all it is intended to foster community awarness and involvement.

Print Media Still Around

An information brochure prepared by residents is an useful reference as issues occur throughout the year. It contains the who, what and more importantly contact for those questions that occur throughout the year, whether a new resident or one that has seen several seasons in the Village.

The Fall Newsletter of 2011 is still available at the Village Hall. For non-residents, copies will be mailed by request upon contacting the Village Hall, (847) 551-3000 or posting an email request from this page to the Village Clerk. A digital copy is available in pdf format [1 Mb]. Your comments regarding the newsletter would be appreciated at clerk@barringtonhills-il.gov.

McHenry County Transportation Plan Needs Input

McHenry County planning process is the opportunity for Barrington Hills residents of the County to tell the planners, engineers, and leaders what you think about transportation in the County. Whether it’s a road that you think needs to be improved, or how transit service could be improved, or what could be done to make it easier to walk and bike in the County, this is your time by filling out the following survey at http://www.2040mchenrycountyplan.org/survey

2010 Census Results

The official count by the US Census in April 2010 has the Barrington Hills population at 4,209 a seven percent increase from 3,915 as tabulated in the year 2000. When last posted over 81% of the questionnaires were returned by residences, a credit to the Complete Count Committee.

Demographic details from the 2010 Census can be found in the U.S. Department of Commerce Report: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 & 2010 Census of Population and Housing as reported for Barrington Hills.

Library Book Drop at Village Hall

Barrington Hills residents may take advantage of expanded service at the Barrington Hills Village Hall. A second library book drop has been installed inside the Village Hall for residents to return library materials. The Barrington Area Library will retrieve the library materials on a regular basis, and the materials will be checked in effective the date they were placed in the book drop. Most types of library materials may be returned in the book drop including books, videotapes, audiotapes, and CDs. Materials deposited in the book drop from other libraries will be returned to these libraries through a regional book delivery system.

The Barrington Area Library, located at 505 N. Northwest Highway in Barrington, is the geographically largest library district in Illinois. The library serves the residents of Barrington, Barrington Hills, Lake Barrington, North Barrington, South Barrington, Deer Park, Tower Lakes, and a section of Hoffman Estates. For more information about the book drop service, call the Barrington Area Library at 847-382-1300.

ComEd Information

1-800-334-7661 Dial (1-800 EDISON 1) for all calls except Police or Fire emergencies in which case dial 9-1-1. When calling ComEd you will be speaking to a Customer Service Representative at one of their Call Centers. The Service Representative will enter your request or problem into an automated dispatch system which will create a Customer Ticket. This ticket is printed to a remote receiving department where a response is created. Please note the system is driven by addresses not location. The street address allows the dispatch system attach a variety of information to the Customer Ticket that will be needed by the responding department of ComEd. If a street address cannot be given, inform the Service Representative of the best possible location of the problem in the Village.

To learn more about ComEd and its services in the Chicago Metropolitan area one can visit its web site at www.exeloncorp.com.

Equestrian Highlights

The Equestrian Commission meets the first Monday of each month. The Village provides trails and services for the equestrian community. The Commission works to provide optimal conditions for equestrian activities and strives to build a strong partnership with Village offices, including training.

Landscape Maintenance

Annual landscape maintenance and spring clean-up are apparent around Village Hall. The photo shows a controlled prairie burn of the fire station prairie under cultivation along the west side of the fire station. If you are a resident and would like to participate through volunteering your time this coming Spring in landscape efforts of the Village property, please contact the Village.