Full Text of HR0162 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The College of DuPage is a public community | 3 | | college district in the State of Illinois; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the | 5 | | College, enacts policies, and plays
an integral role in | 6 | | overseeing the activities and operations of the College; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees appoints a President to | 8 | | organize and manage the College within
the parameters set by | 9 | | Board policies; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The College of DuPage recently approved a $763,000 | 11 | | severance package for its current
President; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, News reports have raised questions concerning the | 13 | | College of DuPage's expenditures
of public moneys; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The College of DuPage is not a State agency; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 3 of the Illinois | 16 | | Constitution limits the Auditor General's audit authority to | 17 | | "public funds of
the State" and case law has interpreted that | 18 | | phrase to mean only those
funds directly appropriated or | 19 | | otherwise authorized by the General Assembly following the
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| 1 | | Governor's preparation and submission of the State budget; City | 2 | | of Chicago v. Holland, 206
Ill.2d 480, (2003); and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act provides | 4 | | that allows any "one or more public
agencies may contract with | 5 | | any one or more other public agencies to perform any | 6 | | governmental
service, activity or undertaking or to combine, | 7 | | transfer, or exercise any powers, functions,
privileges, or | 8 | | authority which any of the public agencies entering into the | 9 | | contract is authorized
by law to perform ... "; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly wishes for the Auditor | 11 | | General to conduct a performance audit
of the College of | 12 | | DuPage; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit | 16 | | of the College of DuPage
covering Fiscal Years 2011 through | 17 | | 2014 by entering into an intergovernmental agreement with
the | 18 | | College of DuPage setting forth the scope of the audit; and be | 19 | | it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | 21 | | the following determinations: |
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| 1 | | (1) The College of DuPage's sources of revenues during | 2 | | Fiscal Years 2011 through 2014; | 3 | | (2) The College of DuPage's expenditures, by broad | 4 | | category, during Fiscal Years 2011
through 2014; | 5 | | (3) Whether the Board is carrying out its responsibilities | 6 | | required by Board policy,
including: annually evaluating the | 7 | | College President; annually reviewing the financial
| 8 | | performance of the College and causing an audit to be made; | 9 | | adopting the annual
financial plan of the College; adopting a | 10 | | comprehensive Strategic Long Range Plan;
and reviewing the | 11 | | President's annual report on the outcomes of the College; | 12 | | (4) Whether the Board is meeting its fiduciary | 13 | | responsibilities and ensuring compliance
with the Public | 14 | | Community College Act and Board policies, including those | 15 | | related
to the investment of College funds, procurements and | 16 | | contracts, construction
activities, and budget transfers; | 17 | | (5) Whether the compensation and severance packages | 18 | | provided to the College of
DuPage President are comparable to | 19 | | compensation and severance packages provided
to Presidents of | 20 | | other Illinois community colleges, and whether changes to the
| 21 | | College President's compensation package are properly | 22 | | approved; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the College of DuPage is responsible for | 2 | | paying the Auditor General's costs
in conducting this audit; | 3 | | and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That the College of DuPage, the Illinois | 5 | | Community College Board, and any other
entity having | 6 | | information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly | 7 | | with the Auditor
General's Office in its conduct; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 10 | | soon as possible and report his
findings and recommendations | 11 | | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-
| 12 | | 14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
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