Illinois Policy Institute - Blog - New Trier Township Area Transparency Results, 4 out of 25 Pass

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7/28/2010
by Brian Costin

An audit of the New Trier Township area in northern Cook County revealed only 4 of 25 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 New Trier Township area are listed below. Full details attached here in excel.

New Trier Township Scoring	1st Audit	2nd Audit	Change
Village of Glencoe	39.5	(92.5*)	53
Glenview	37	83.2	47.1
Northfield Park District	8.75	72.5	63.75
Glencoe School District 35	40.8	71.5	30.7
Sunset Ridge District 29	31.5	68	37
Wilmette	33.9	(62.45*)	28.55
Kenilworth	34.8	57.8	23
Glencoe Park District	10	53.6	43.6
Glencoe	39.5	49.25	10.5
Northfield	37	44	7
Wilmette School District 39	25	43	18
Wilmette Avoca District 37	22.75	39.25	16.5
Glenview Park District	24	36	12
Kenilworth Public School 38	31.25	32.25	1
Winnetka	25.5	31.9	6.4
Glencoe Public Library	10.25	30.5	20.25
Winnetka Public Schools	30.25	30.25	0
Wilmette Park District	29.4	30	0.6
New Trier District 203	22.75	27	4.25
Wilmette Public Library	24.5	24.5	0
Winnetka Park District	13.5	21.5	8
Winn-North Public Library	17.75	20	2.25
New Trier Township	19.50	19.5	0
Kenilworth Park District	12.5	18.5	6
Glenview Public Library	5.75	5.75	0
Average Score or Change	24.52	39.7	15.3

Scores as of July 8th, 2010.
*As of August 5th, 2010 Wilmette improved their score to a 62.45.

*As of February 9th, 2011 the Village of Glencoe improved their score to a 92.5.

A special thank you goes out to Illinois Policy Institute Intern Rhys Seiffe, a resident of Wilmette, who led this transparency audit effort.