By Steve Balich
Voters in Homer Township must come to the Annual Town Meeting April 14th at 7pm located at the Old Town Hall 160th and Cedar across the Street from the Fire Dept.
The following questions for the April 14th Homer Township Annual Town Meeting were given to the Board at the January meeting with more signatures than needed by Steve Balich. In February Ann Holtz submitted Questions with more than enough signatures.
The Board voted at the March Board meeting to remove all the questions except #1 from the Annual Town Meeting saying they are not relevant.
So the Board determines what is and is not relevant? The voters that signed the petitions thought the questions were relevant, but township officials disagreed and removed all of the Holtz Questions and 11 of the 12 Balich Questions.
Homer Township has always brought any question forward submitted by the voters going back at least to 1996 when I first got involved. There was even a question brought for a vote 3 years ago that all elected officials will vote for any Bill that advances the climate change agenda. The words not relevant never came up, and if it passed it would have been not binding.
The Township regime does not want to be accountable to the voters. The Cabal wants to build an event center which could cause an .05% increase in property tax at any time by a vote of the Board.
IN ADDITION the Homer Township Board can’t even take care of the property they currently are responsible for, like the tower on the football field.
This is clearly the Homer Township Board calling the voters to stupid to ask relevant questions at the April 14th Annual Town Meeting.
60 ILCS 1/30-50 Sec. 30 -50 States “The electors may make all orders for the purchase, sale, conveyance,regulation, or use of Townships’ corporate property.
Many of these questions deemed not relevant are binding. I would file a writ of Mandamus to take this to court but there is not enough time. Please come to the Annual Town Meeting April 14th and make your voice heard.
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We, the registered voters of Homer Township demand the following items be brought forward for a vote at the Annual Township Meeting April 14, 2020
1. There will be No Homer Township property used for a new event center, multipurpose center, community room or any other new room or center that requires spending tax dollars from existing funds, new taxes, or New bonds.
2. Homer Township will Video Tape the monthly Township meetings. The videotape will be posted and accessible on their website within a week of the meeting.
3. Homer Township Supervisor will only serve 2, 4-year terms, or 8 years maximum. The Township will put this as a binding Referendum for the next election.
4. Homer Township will install KNOX boxes at the 32 unit, over 55 rental facility located 1 Block west of Bell and Martingale Lane in Homer Glen, (behind Pelican Harry’s Bar) to provide safety to the residents in case of a fire or other emergency. A Knox Box is a small, wall-mounted safe that holds building keys for fire departments, emergency medical services, and sometimes police to retrieve in emergency situations. This Knox boxes will be paid for by Homer Township.
5. No committee meetings shall start before 6pm. This includes the Open Space Planning and Operations, Parks and Recreation, Senior Citizens and Special Needs Advocacy and the Special Events Committees. Fund Balances will be posted on the Agendas.
6. Homer Township will VIDEOTAPE all Open Space Planning and Operations Committee meetings. The videotape will be posted and accessible on their website within a week of the meeting.
7. For the volunteers on the various committees, Not attending or missing more than 3 or 25% of the monthly committee meetings will result in a request by the Supervisor for that individual to resign. The Supervisor will post the open position on the Township website and request that the village places the position on their website.
8. Any and all Township open paid positions will be posted on the Township website and request that the village place the opening on their website, in addition to 2 local newspapers, (Daily Southtown and Homer Horizon)
9. Homer Township cannot spend over $10,000.00 of the Open Space Fund money without going to referendum or having a Special Town Meeting
10. The monthly bank statement of the Open Space Planning and Operations Fund will be posted every month along with the Open Space minutes.
11. Board Packets for their monthly meetings shall be posted on the Townships website 48 Hrs. before the meeting.
12. Township property, windows, roofs, walls, plumbing, etc. shall be maintained by the Township in a timely manner.
We, the undersigned registered voters of Homer Township, Illinois demand the following items be brought forward for a vote at the Annual Township Meeting April 14, 2020:
1. No property owned by Homer Township shall be used for a new event center, multipurpose center, community room or any other new room or center that requires spending tax dollars from existing funds, new taxes, or the issuance of new bonds. (Binding, 60 ILCS 1/30-50)
2. The Trantina Farm parcel located at 15744 W. 151st Street, Homer Township, and the Trantina Farm Dog Park parcel, located at 15717 W. 151st Street, Homer Township, which are both owned and operated by Homer Township, shall willingly annex into the Village of Homer Glen by the end of 2020.
