Editing Barrington, Illinois (section)

==Government==
[[File:Barrington Village Hall 1.jpg|thumb|Barrington village hall, located on South Hough Street ([[Illinois Route 59]]) in downtown Barrington. [[Cornerstone]]s on either side of the entrance commemorate the year the building was originally constructed, 1898, and the year it was nearly completely rebuilt, 2000.]]

The Village of Barrington is a [[home rule]] [[municipality]] which functions under the [[council-manager]] form of [[government]] with a village President and a six-member [[board of trustees]], all of whom are elected at large to staggered four-year terms.<ref name="VilBarGovrnc">{{cite web| title=Village Board| url=http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/Departments/VillageBoard/index.html| work=Government| publisher=The Village of Barrington, Illinois| access-date=May 8, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309110341/http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/Departments/VillageBoard/index.html| archive-date=March 9, 2009| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="VilBarInfoGen">{{cite web| title=General Information| url=http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/ExploreBarrington/Community/GeneralInformation.html| work=Community Information| publisher=The Village of Barrington, Illinois| access-date=May 8, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407034758/http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/ExploreBarrington/Community/GeneralInformation.html| archive-date=April 7, 2009| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The current Village President is Karen Darch.<ref name="VilBarEAO">{{cite web|title=Elected & Appointed Officials|url=http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/Contact/eao.html|work=Contacts|publisher=The Village of Barrington, Illinois|access-date=May 8, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309163622/http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/Contact/eao.html|archive-date=March 9, 2009}}</ref> There are six current members of the Board of Trustees<ref name="VilBarEAO"/><ref name="BarTrustees">{{cite web|url=http://www.barrington-il.gov/index.aspx?page%3D30 |title=Village of Barrington, IL : Village Board |access-date=May 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905015918/http://www.barrington-il.gov/index.aspx?page=30 |archive-date=September 5, 2011  }}</ref> in addition to a village treasurer.<ref name="VilBarEAO"/> The village clerk, also an elected position, is responsible for taking and transcribing minutes of all Village Board and Committee of the Whole meetings along with other municipal clerk duties.<ref name="VilBarGovrnc"/> The current village clerk is Adam Frazier, and the deputy village clerk is Melanie Marcordes.<ref name="VilBarEAO"/><ref name="BarTrustees"/> A village manager currently Jeff Lawler <ref name="CourierActing">{{cite web| title=Lawler, Libit Promoted |url=http://www.pioneerlocal.com/barrington/news/1941884,barrington-boardmeet-121709-s1.article| publisher=Barrington Courier-Review| access-date=December 18, 2009}}</ref><ref name="VilBarDirStf">{{cite web |title=Staff Directory |url=http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/Contact/staffdirectory.html|work=Contacts|publisher=The Village of Barrington, Illinois|access-date=May 8, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309103852/http://www.ci.barrington.il.us/Contact/staffdirectory.html|archive-date=March 9, 2009}}</ref> assist the President with local operations and projects.<ref name="VilBarOrgChrt">{{cite web| title=Village of Barrington Organization Chart| url=http://www.barrington-il.gov/Government/orgchart.html| work=Government| publisher=The Village of Barrington, Illinois| access-date=May 8, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060930070914/http://www.barrington-il.gov/Government/orgchart.html |archive-date = September 30, 2006}}</ref>

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! Name<ref name="BarTrustees"/>
! Title<ref name="VilBarGovrnc"/><ref name="VilBarEAO"/><ref name="VilBarDirStf"/>
! Term Notes
|-
| Karen Darch
| Village President
| First elected April 2005, re-elected 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021<ref>http://www.voterinfonet.com/abstract/040709.asp?cat_ID=1&race_nbr=18{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| Jason Lohmeyer
| Village Trustee
| Re-elected April 2019<ref name="Barrington Village Board">{{Cite web|url=https://cms2.revize.com/revize/barringtonil/government/village_board/index.php|title = Welcome to Barrington Il}}</ref>
|-
| Todd Sholeen
| Village Trustee
| Elected April 2017<ref name="Barrington Village Board"/>
|-
| Jennifer Wondrasek
| Village Trustee
| Elected April 2017<ref name="Barrington Village Board"/>
|-
| Kate Duncan
| Village Trustee
| Elected April 2019<ref name="Barrington Village Board"/>
|-
| Emily Young
| Village Trustee
| Elected April 2019<ref name="Barrington Village Board"/>
|-
| Mike Moran
| Village Trustee
| Appointed April 2019<ref name="Barrington Village Board"/>
|-
| Tony Ciganek
| Village Clerk
| Re-elected April 2019 <ref name="Barrington Village Board"/>
|-
| Scott Anderson
| Village Manager<ref name="CourierActing"/>
| Appointed by Village Board
|}

===Relationship with Cook County===
In April 2009, in a non-binding [[referendum]], village residents voted in favor of permitting [[Barrington Township, Cook County, Illinois|Barrington township]] officials to begin looking into [[secession|seceding]] from [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]].<ref name="BarCourRevElctn"/><ref name="Chicago Tribune">[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-secession-08-apr08,0,1752295.story] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411024252/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-secession-08-apr08%2C0%2C1752295.story|date=April 11, 2009}} "Cook County secession: Townships vote selves out of Cook County," Chicago Tribune April 8, 2009. Retrieved 09-04-09.</ref> The referendum, entitled "Barrington Twp – Disconnect from Cook County," asked, "Should Barrington Township consider disconnection from Cook County, Illinois, and forming a new county if a viable option exists for doing so?"<ref name="Cook County">{{cite web| title=April 2009 Referenda| url=http://www.voterinfonet.com/sub/view_all_referenda.asp| publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office| access-date=May 8, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409124433/http://www.voterinfonet.com/sub/view_all_referenda.asp| archive-date=April 9, 2009| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The referendum came in response to Cook County's increased sales tax, now the highest in the country, and increased tensions between the county and towns neighboring [[Lake County, Illinois|Lake County]].<ref name="HoffPstSecd"/><ref name="Chicago Tribune"/> [[Hanover Township, Cook County, Illinois|Hanover]] and [[Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois|Palatine]] townships, as well as the Village of [[Tinley Park]], (already partially located in [[Will County]],) also passed similar measures.<ref name="HoffPstSecd"/><ref name="Chicago Tribune"/>