DuPage County: First County in Illinois to Supply Open Public Records for its checking account and other financial records

Transparency In Government—without Freedom of Information Requests

County Auditor Bob Grogan is pledged to provide the citizens and taxpayers of DuPage County with timely and pertinent information regarding the operations of DuPage County Government. To that end, the Auditor has made the individual expenditures of County funds available for public viewing. The data is available for the current year, December 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009[the current month], as well as several prior fiscal years. [DuPage County budget is $480,600,000]

Click on the following to see for yourself:  http://www.dupageco.org/auditor/auditorReports/

Illinois Policy Institute - Who's Posting Expenditures Online in Illinois?

Here is a list of government organizations in Illinois which post all expenditures on line. You can click on the names in blue and review their numbers.  Belvidere School District 100, for most months post their checks on line as well. 

  (Updated on February 4th, 2008)

City of Bloomington
City
$164,363,931

Bloomington Public Schools D87
School District

Bond Co. Community Unit School D2

School District
$5,031,675

Bourbonnais Elementary School D53

School District
$19,781,080

Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School D3
School District
$20,283,502

Village of Brookfield
Village
$21,627,492

Cary Community Consolidated School District 26
School District
$32,316,392

Community Unit School District 300- Carpentersville
School District
N/A

Champaign Community Unit School D4
School District
$99,799,256

Coal City Community Unit School D1
School District
$23,883,528

City of DeKalb
City
$29,005,032

College of Dupage
School District
$23,233,156

Dupage County
County
$480,600,000

East Aurora Unit School D131
School District
N/A

City of Elmhurst*
City
$112,900,349

Elmhurst Park District
Park District
$17,446,673

Elmhurst School District 205

School District
$89,379,988

Geneva School District 304
School District
$743,745

Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School D424

School District
$11,989,000

Village of Golf
Village
$977,260

Harlem Unit District 122

School District
$67,689,041

Herscher Community Unit School District 2
School District
N/A

Highland Park D113
School District
$73,729,141

Huntley School District 158
School District
$72,564,192

Illinois Valley Community College
School District
$33,942,948

Kankakee Community College
School District
N/A

Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3

School District
$27,058,856

Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120
School District
$29,334,331

Naperville Park District
Park District
N/A

Niles Township Community High School D219

School District
N/A

City of Oak Forest
City
$14,045,940

Oak Grove School D68

School District
$12,882,080

Oak Park and River Forest High School D200
School District
$44,428,998

Oak Park Elementary District 97
School District
$61,132,644

Village of Olympia Fields
Village
N/A

Oswego Community Unit School D308
School District
N/A

City of Ottawa
City
$51,176,940

Ottawa Elementary District 141
School District
$22,200,000

Ottawa High School District 140
School District
$17,444,183

Palatine Community Consolidated D15

School District
N/A

Proviso Township High School D209
School District
$68,986,889

Reed Custer D225U
School District
$23,860,500

Village of Riverside*
Village
$15,849,849

Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208
School District
$20,336,647

Rock Island School D41

School District
N/A

Village of Rolling Meadows

Village
$51,263,159

Sherrard Community Unit School District 200
School District
$15,387,485

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School D4

School District
$3,992,834

Urbana Free Library
Library District
N/A

Valley View Community Unit School D365U

School District
$243,418,494

Waukegan Public School District 60

School District
$115,464,033

West Aurora D129
School District
$123,333,982

West Chicago CHSD 94
School District
N/A

Westmont Community Unit School D201

School District
$28,166,450

Wheatland Township
Township
N/A

Wheaton Community Unit School D200
School District
$213,690,094

Wheaton Park District
Park District
$30,435,159

Illinois Policy Institute - Who's Posting Expenditures Online in Illinois?

Kane appointment stirs controversy :: Beacon News :: Local News

Kane County’s Board also has issues regarding appointments by their county chairman.  Might there be a teaching moment here for Boone County?

Committee members [of a county board subcommittee] requested that language be added to the resolution saying that the Kane County Board should have the final say on whoever is appointed to the Board of Review.

Click on the following for more information:  Kane appointment stirs controversy :: Beacon News :: Local News

Scott to run for sixth term as sheriff | Daily Chronicle

Sheriff of DeKalb County pushes to end the $120,000 net income which Boone County receives for use of the jail in Belvidere.

If a revenue source could be found, Scott said, he would push for a new jail. The jail is constantly at capacity, he said, and the county spent $600,000 in 2008 to send prisoners to jails in surrounding counties.

Read the rest of the story by clicking on the following:  Scott to run for sixth term as sheriff | Daily Chronicle

Another disclaimer: The following is NOT from this Boone County Watchdog

The following comment was taken from the Rockford Register Star article:  http://www.rrstar.com/boone/x1564859914/County-Board-hopefuls-invited-to-discuss-vacancy

 

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Well! Here we go again! I think emmazamom needs to get THINK FIRST, then WRITE! First, The Chairman of County Board IS the leader and was voted in by a majority of County Board. Second, this seat we are talking about needs to be filled by a Republican and how can we be sure if Kathy Wards boy, Dana Lapier is even a Republican, since he tells people to support Democrats - he cant be trusted to vote on Republican values. The most important question I have to ask you, is WHY WOULD ANYONE choose to support Mr. Lapier, who when he had his opportunity to serve on the County Board, chose to MISS half of the meetings leaving the people with NO REPRESENTATION!!!!! Oh and last but not least, Teri Glass who cant even remember which side of bed she got up on said after the last vote that this is a Republican problem and she was going to stay out of it, is now right in the heart of things again. But I guess she cant make up her mind whether she is in or out I really find it hard to see how she can even vote on any issue when she cant make up her mind which is right.