McHenry Times

Approximately half of the donations to the re-election campaign of Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Bob Miller have come from municipal highway vendors, a McHenry Times analysis reveals.

Thirty-five of the 172 contributions from vendors total $74,275.

The Times analysis tracked 356 individual donations to Miller since 2002 and found that 172 of them, or 48 percent, came from municipal highway vendors.

Algonquin Township declined to provide the Times with vendor information to match highway department spending against contributions to Miller’s campaigns, but village treasurer’s reports show that many of the highway vendors who donated to Miller have rich government contracts in McHenry County and across the Chicagoland area. The reports are published as public notices in state newspapers.

Miller, who has been in office since 1993, faces Andrew Gasser in the Republican primary on Tuesday.

Gasser is a former Air Force manager and a current McHenry County Board member.

In 2015-16, civil engineering firm and Miller supporter Baxter & Woodman of Crystal Lake earned $334,978 from the City of Crystal Lake, $115,629 from the Village of Bull Valley, $78,282 from the City of Woodstock, $61,625 from the Village of Prairie Grove, $60,762 from the Village of Island Lake, $3,653 from the City of McHenry and $2,656 from the Village of Ringwood.

Miller supporter Geske & Sons, a Crystal Lake asphalt contractor, earned $910,750 from the City of Woodstock, $188,230 from the Village of Prairie Grove, $30,622 from the City of McHenry, $16,684 from the Village of Island Lake, $15,650 from the City of Crystal Lake, $14,757 from the Village of Bull Valley and $6,257 from Village of Cary.

Miller supporter Standard Equipment of Chicago earned $16,602 from the City of Woodstock, $14,129 from the City of Crystal Lake and $9,775 from the Village of Algonquin.

Trotter & Associates of St. Charles earned $144,184 from the Village of Algonquin and $26,457 from the Village of Union. It has given Miller $2,590.

Miller supporter H.R. Stewart, a Cary HVAC and plumbing contractor, earned $11,819 from the City of Crystal Lake, $4,525 from the Village of Cary and $2,800 from the City of Woodstock.

Miller supporter H.R. Green, a civil engineering firm based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, arned $84,000 from the Village of Cary, $8,496 from the City of Crystal Lake and $3,984 from the Village of Ringwood.

Miller supporter Alexander Equipment of Lisle, which sells tree service equipment, earned $8,327 from the Village of Algonquin.

Miller supporter Alliance Contractors of Woodstock works for the City of McHenry.

Vendor contributions to Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Bob Miller:

Alexander Equipment Company

Lisle

Tree service equipment

Four donations, $1,000

Alliance Contractors, Inc.

Woodstock

Concrete contractor

Four donations, $950

Allied Benefit Systems, Inc.

Chicago

Employee benefits

Four donations, $2,250

American Asphalt Surface Recycling, Inc.

Orland Park

Asphalt profiling and recycling

Seven donations, $1,400

Amwood Contracting, Inc.

Sleepy Hollow

Electrical contracting

Four donations, $1,200

Baxter & Woodman, Inc.

Crystal Lake

Civil engineering

Six donations, $2,929

Bedrock Stabilization

Ringwood

Asphalt pulverization/road stabilization

Two donations, $500

Behm Pavement Maintenance

Crystal Lake

Paving, seal coating

Nine donations, $2,550

Includes donations from William Behm, Principal

Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc.

Wauconda

Excavating

One donation, $250

Bollinger Lach & Associates, Inc.

Itasca

Land surveying

Nine donations, $4,250

Bonnell Industries, Inc.

Dixon

Road maintenance equipment

One donation, $200

Corrective Asphalt Materials

South Roxana (Madison County)

Asphalt contractor

One donation, $300

Chadwick Contracting, Inc.

Lake in the Hills

Concrete contractor

One donation, $250

Chimel & Matuszewich LLP

Municipal law

Five donations, $2,150

Curran Contracting Company

Crystal Lake

Asphalt paving

Three donations, $835

Fiji Construction, Inc.

Cary

Roofing contractor

Two donations, $1,266

Fox Mechanical, Inc.

Fox River Grove

HVAC

Three donations, $1,000

Geske & Sons, Inc.

Crystal Lake

Asphalt paving

17 donations, $8,190

H.R. Stewart

Cary

Plumbing, HVAC

13 donations, $13,000

Hi-Viz inc

Elgin

Traffic safety equipment

Three donations, $1,405

H.R. Green

Cedar Rapids, IA

Civil engineering

Eight donations, $3,675

Mathewson Right of Way Company

Chicago

Municipal Law

Six donations for $3,070

Matuszewich & Kelly LLP

Crystal Lake

Municipal law

12 donations, $5,850

Merryman Excavation

Woodstock

Excavating

One donation, $250

Metal Finishing Equipment and Sales Co.

Harwood Heights

Metal work

One donation, $500

Meyer Material Company

McHenry

Sand and gravel

Two donations, $565

PAKO Corporation

Arlington Heights

Packaging

Five donations, $1,250

Postl-Yore And Associates, Inc.

Rolling Meadows

Engineering services

Three donations for $495

R Local Roofing Co.

Gurnee

Roofing

One donation, $500

Smith Engineering Consultants

McHenry

Civil engineering

Seven donations, $2,300

SNI Solutions

Geneseo

Environmental chemicals

Two donations, $500

Standard Equipment Company

Chicago

Heavy equipment

Nine donations for $3,820

Stanley Helmer Excavating and Septic

Cary

Septic systems

One donation, $200

Sterling Plating, Inc.

Harwood Heights

Electroplating

One donation, $525

Trafftech, Inc.

Port Washington, WI

Traffic signs

One donation, $310

Transystems Corp.

Schaumburg

Civil engineering

Six donations, $2,000

Trotter & Associates

St. Charles

Civil engineering

Seven donations, $2,590

Source: Illinois State Board of Elections