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7/28/2010

 An audit of the Barrington Township area in Northwestern Cook County revealed no local government agencies graded received a passing grade on basic online transparency guidelines.

The “Local Transparency Project”, a project of the non-partisan Illinois Policy Institute, consists of two separate transparency audits 6 weeks apart on 10 different online transparency categories including elected & administrative official contacts, meetings, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), budgets, financial audits, expenditures, employee’s salary & benefits, contracts, lobbying, and taxes & fees information.

Overall Transparency rankings for the Barrington Township area are listed below. Full details attached here in excel.

Barrington Township Scoring 1st Audit 2nd Audit Change
Barrington Hills 37.5 43.8 6.3
Barrington School District 220 30.9 41.4 10.2
Barrington  31.725 31.725 0
Barrington Countryside Park Dis. 23 23 0
South Barrington 19.4 22.5 3.1
South Barrington Park District 14.75 20 5.25
Barrington Area Public Library 8.25 15.75 7.5
Barrington Township 11.5 11.5 0
Barrington Park District 8.75 8.75 0
Average Score or Change 20.64 24.26 3.59

Scores as of July 8th.

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