SR0159 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Neighborhood Recovery Initiative is a program under the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority; and

WHEREAS, In October 2010, the Governor launched the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative; and

WHEREAS, The Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, or both have received $33.5 million in State funding from the General Revenue Fund in FY11; and

WHEREAS, In administering that initiative, the Authority is to work closely with its local government officials; therefore; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys provided by or through the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority to the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative under contracts or grant agreements in Fiscal Year 2011; and be it further

RESOLVED, That this performance audit include, but not be limited to, the following determinations:

(1) the purposes for which State moneys were provided to the Authority for the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative;

(2) the relationship between the Safety Net Works program and the Initiative;

(3) the nature and extent of monitoring by the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority of how the Initiative used the State-provided moneys and whether certain residential communities of similar crime rates were excluded;

(4) the actual use of State moneys by the Authority, including the identity of any sub-recipients and the amounts and purposes for employment;

(5) the number of positions paid through the Initiative by organizational unit, job title, function, and salary and whether employees completed and filled out appropriate timesheets;

(6) the number of positions supervised or managed by each management position and whether any of those employees are supervised or managed by more than one management position;

(7) whether, through a review of available documentation, the Initiative has met or is meeting the purposes for which the State moneys were provided, with specific information concerning the Initiative staffing levels, hiring procedures, and its compensation of employees; and

(8) whether the Initiative is in compliance with the applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements pertaining to the Initiative's receipt of State moneys; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority and any other State agency or other entity or person that may have information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office in its audit; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as soon as practical and report his findings and recommendations upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Auditor General.