Special Prosecutor Might Reveal Billing Rate
The Special Prosecutor in the Lou Bianchi Official Misconduct case says he might be willing to reveal how much he's charging McHenry County for his services. Henry "Skip" Tonigan makes no promises, though.
Tonigan and fellow prosecutor Tom McQueen have submitted bills for the first nine months of their year-long investigation of the State's Attorney totaling $109,000 but no one except Associate McHenry County Judge Gordon Graham knows what they did for it. About one third of the County Board expressed concern about that earlier this month since now they're going to have to pay …..
According to published reports Tonigan is currently the administrative hearing officer for at least 10 villages in Lake County where he renders decisions on things like red light camera cases and building code violations. That's two more villages than the total signed up by another area hearing officer who makes his living at it.
According to a survey conducted about a year ago, the average pay for municipal administrative hearing officers in the area was $150 per hour. That's the figure Tonigan accepted when he was appointed hearing officer in Gurnee three years ago.
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