Full Text of HR0171 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, 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, The Illinois Constitution limits the Auditor | 16 | | General's audit authority to "public funds of
the State" and | 17 | | case law has interpreted that phrase to mean only those
funds | 18 | | directly appropriated or otherwise authorized by the General | 19 | | Assembly following the
Governor's preparation and submission |
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| 1 | | of the State budget; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act allows that | 3 | | "one or more public
agencies may contract with any one or more | 4 | | other public agencies to perform any governmental
service, | 5 | | activity or undertaking or to combine, transfer, or exercise | 6 | | any powers, functions.
privileges, or authority which any of | 7 | | the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized
by | 8 | | law to perform ... "; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly wishes for the Auditor | 10 | | General to conduct a performance audit
of the College of | 11 | | DuPage; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit | 15 | | of the College of DuPage,
covering Fiscal Years 2011 through | 16 | | 2014, by entering into an intergovernmental agreement with
the | 17 | | College of DuPage that sets forth the scope of the audit; and | 18 | | be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | 20 | | the following determinations: | 21 | | (1) The College of DuPage's sources of revenues during |
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| 1 | | Fiscal Years 2011 through 2014; | 2 | | (2) The College of DuPage's expenditures, by broad | 3 | | category, during Fiscal Years 2011
through 2014; | 4 | | (3) Whether the Board is carrying out its responsibilities | 5 | | required by Board policy,
including: annually evaluating | 6 | | the College President; annually reviewing the financial
| 7 | | performance of the College and causing an audit to be made; | 8 | | adopting the annual
financial plan of the College; adopting | 9 | | a comprehensive Strategic Long Range Plan;
and reviewing | 10 | | the President's annual report on the outcomes of the | 11 | | 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 | 16 | | and contracts, construction
activities, and budget | 17 | | transfers; and | 18 | | (5) Whether the compensation and severance packages | 19 | | provided to the College of
DuPage President are comparable | 20 | | to compensation and severance packages provided
to | 21 | | Presidents of other Illinois Community Colleges, and | 22 | | whether changes to the
College President's compensation |
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| 1 | | package are properly approved; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That the College of DuPage is responsible for | 3 | | paying the Auditor General's costs
in conducting this audit; | 4 | | and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That the College of DuPage, the Illinois | 6 | | Community College Board, and any other
entity having | 7 | | information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly | 8 | | with the Auditor
General's Office in its conduct; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 11 | | soon as possible and report his
findings and recommendations | 12 | | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of the | 13 | | Illinois State Auditing Act.
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