Homer Township Pole Barn Referendum Projected To Pass

HOMER GLEN, IL — Results updated at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday.

An advisory proposition to pursue grant funding for a pole barn structure is projected to pass in Homer Township. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the "yes" vote has 12,902 votes, while the "no" vote has 7,386.

12,902 voters said "yes" to the following question:

Shall the Homer Township Board in accordance with its Open Space Program pursue grant funding WITHOUT increasing or adding any new real estate taxes, for the purposes of constructing a multipurpose, pole barn style structure to be used for educational, environmental, recreational and social community activities?

Pole Barn Referendum Results

100 percent of precincts reporting

• Yes - 12,902
• No - 7,386

Patch.com will be tallying results throughout the night. Be sure to check back as those results start to come in, and also keep in mind, it may be weeks before we know for sure who has been picked.

A deluge of mail-in votes cast this election amid the coronavirus pandemic — many of which will not be counted tonight — makes this election unlike any in the past. Officials have two weeks post-election to count all provisional votes.

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The proposition for a pole barn style structure is the less contentious of the two referenda from the Township. According to the township website, a petition was filed in August 2019 by Steven Balich to request a special town meeting to discuss not purchasing or leasing any property for an event center. A special meeting in September 2019 was held, and 15 were in favor of Balich's petition, while 30 opposed it.

Former Village Trustee Ann Holtz and Balich both filed petitions in January and February 2020 to again state that no property owned by the Township should be used as an event space. According to the Township website, the board decided that the petitions had already been addressed in 2019, and they were defeated.

The Chicago Tribune reported that the pole barn would be constructed on the Trantina Farm property, and would be used for community events.

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