20180129 - McHenry Township officials skeptcal consolidation saves money (HRB)

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com McHenry Township Highway Commissioner Jim Condon walks through ne of the garage bays a the township facility in Johnsburg. State Rep. Steve Reick, R-Woodstock and officials at McHenry Township – where trustees are trying to give voters the power to elminate the road district at the polls in November – have called for township governments to pay for a cost study to determine whether consolidation would actually save taxpayers money.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com McHenry Township Highway employee Adam Vick makes road signs in the township garage on Monday, Jan 29, 2018. Proposed legislation allows township trustees to ask voters whether they want the road district abolished and its responsibilities given to the township supervisor.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com McHenry Township Highway employee Jim Puci finishes cleaning winter road grime from one of the snow plows on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 at the township garage in Johnsburg.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com McHenry Township Highway employees clear dead trees near the intersection of Ringwood Rd. and Flanders Rd. on Monday, Jan. 30, 2018. "If you're going to make any decisions, you do a financial study," McHenry Township Supervisor Craig Adams said. "I have to see the numbers to prove to me that it will save money over time. My gut feeling is that it won't."

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Jim Condon, McHenry Township Highway Commissioner.