Bill to create more elected positions in Capital Township passes Senate, pending in House – State Journal-Register* (Springfield)

Republicans in Sangamon County government who currently handle those jobs said the bill needlessly expands bureaucracy and would create confusion for taxing bodies and financial burdens for Capital Township taxpayers. The also believe thebill conflicts with the will of the voters, pointing to the 74% of township voters in a 2018 advisory referendum who cast ballots in favor of a merger of the township government with Sangamon County.