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McHenry County businesses struggle to hire workers as reopening continues Kayla Caccamo, 18, of McHenry Township, left, is trained by cook April Etheridge on May 6, in the kitchen at Grinders Ale House in McHenry. Caccamo has reentered the workforce during the pandemic in hopes of paying for cosmetology school with her earnings. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Media
Updated 5/11/2021 3:02 PM John Macrito, the owner of Grinders Ale House in McHenry, had never considered offering hiring bonuses to employees who start work in his bar and restaurant. But he is thinking about it now, as it might be necessary to bring on more workers. ....
McHenry Township sues voter who moved to reinstate officials higher salaries at special meeting
Updated 4/14/2021 1:43 PM In a move meant to prohibit incoming McHenry Township trustees elected last week from reversing pay cuts for public officials, the township s outgoing board members on Monday filed a lawsuit against a voter who tried to circumvent the salary decreases. The litigation names Robert Beltran, the voter, as a defendant. It seeks to have a McHenry County judge declare the resolution Beltran wrote and received ample support for during a township special meeting last month as inapplicable and void.
The resolution, which was approved by 31 out of 36 township voters present at last month s special meeting, is aimed at overriding the significant slashes to compensation of the township s elected officials made last year by a majority of the current board of trustees, whose terms end next month. ....