The Barrington Area Council of Governments (BACOG) recently elected Cuba Township Supervisor Michael J. Kainz as Chairman of the Executive Board for 2018-19 and elected Barrington Township Supervisor Amy Nykaza as Vice-Chairman.

Chairman Kainz said, “It is quite an honor to have the opportunity to serve as the chairman of the BACOG executive board this coming year.  Continuing the four-plus decades of inter-governmental cooperation and leadership that BACOG represents is more important now than ever before.  Given our state’s precarious financial situation, and the ever-rising level of taxation in Illinois, it is imperative that local governments are part of the solution in government management.  The collective voice of all BACOG member communities is a fine example of democracy working as our founders envisioned.”

BACOG is a voluntary association of elected officials that represents nine municipal and township governments.  BACOG facilitates cooperative regional strategies on emergency management, groundwater research and environmental conservation, legislative advocacy, as well as member communications and training for communities in the greater Barrington area.  In the past year, for example, BACOG brought local government officials to Springfield to communicate directly with legislators, facilitated multiple private well water testing events, expanded its aquifer water levels monitoring and sustainability program, and brought together local government officials and community organizations to plan better protection of residents in the event of a natural disaster.

The Barrington Area Council of Governments is a regional membership organization that plans for development, legislation, environmental protection and services through intergovernmental cooperation. BACOG’s government members are the Villages of Barrington, Barrington Hills, Deer Park, Lake Barrington, North Barrington, South Barrington and Tower Lakes and the Townships of Barrington and Cuba.

For more information about BACOG, contact Executive Director Janet Agnoletti at 847-381-7871 or visit www.bacog.org, BACOG’s page on Facebook, or on Twitter.