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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The College of DuPage is a public community
3college district in the State of Illinois; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the
5College, enacts policies, and plays an integral role in
6overseeing the activities and operations of the College; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees appoints a President to
8organize and manage the College within the parameters set by
9Board policies; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The College of DuPage recently approved a $763,000
11severance package for its current President; and
 
12    WHEREAS, News reports have raised questions concerning the
13College 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
16Constitution limits the Auditor General's audit authority to
17"public funds of the State" and case law has interpreted that
18phrase to mean only those funds directly appropriated or
19otherwise authorized by the General Assembly following the

 

 

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1Governor's preparation and submission of the State budget; City
2of Chicago v. Holland, 206 Ill.2d 480, (2003); and
 
3    WHEREAS, The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act provides
4that allows any "one or more public agencies may contract with
5any one or more other public agencies to perform any
6governmental service, activity or undertaking or to combine,
7transfer, or exercise any powers, functions, privileges, or
8authority which any of the public agencies entering into the
9contract is authorized by law to perform ... "; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The General Assembly wishes for the Auditor
11General to conduct a performance audit of the College of
12DuPage; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
14NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
15the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit
16of the College of DuPage covering Fiscal Years 2011 through
172014 by entering into an intergovernmental agreement with the
18College of DuPage setting forth the scope of the audit; and be
19it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to,
21the following determinations:
 

 

 

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1    (1) The College of DuPage's sources of revenues during
2Fiscal Years 2011 through 2014;
 
3    (2) The College of DuPage's expenditures, by broad
4category, during Fiscal Years 2011 through 2014;
 
5    (3) Whether the Board is carrying out its responsibilities
6required by Board policy, including: annually evaluating the
7College President; annually reviewing the financial
8performance of the College and causing an audit to be made;
9adopting the annual financial plan of the College; adopting a
10comprehensive Strategic Long Range Plan; and reviewing the
11President's annual report on the outcomes of the College;
 
12    (4) Whether the Board is meeting its fiduciary
13responsibilities and ensuring compliance with the Public
14Community College Act and Board policies, including those
15related to the investment of College funds, procurements and
16contracts, construction activities, and budget transfers;
 
17    (5) Whether the compensation and severance packages
18provided to the College of DuPage President are comparable to
19compensation and severance packages provided to Presidents of
20other Illinois community colleges, and whether changes to the
21College President's compensation package are properly
22approved; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That the College of DuPage is responsible for
2paying the Auditor General's costs in conducting this audit;
3and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That the College of DuPage, the Illinois
5Community College Board, and any other entity having
6information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly
7with the Auditor General's Office in its conduct; and be it
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as
10soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations
11upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-
1214 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.