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Barrington Township Area Transparency Results, None Pass Test

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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.