Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Item
%of
overall
overall
score
Consensus
Consensus
Weighting
Websiteaddress
0.0% redundantwithallthefollowing
Phone
3.7%
MailingAddress
3.7%
Meetingday(s)&Time
6.1%
Meetinglocation
6.1%
Definition
CanyoufindthemainURLforthe
governmentbody?Ifyoucannotfindthis
viaaGooglesearchtherewillbenoneedto
proceed.
Isthecontactnumbertofindinformation
aboutmeetingsavailable?
Istheaddresstosendrequestsfor
informationfound?
Aretheredatesandtimesofscheduled
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publicmeetingsposted?
Isthereinformationofwherescheduled
meetingswillbeheld?
Agenda/Purposeposted?
6.1%
Areagendasforthemeetingposted?
Agendaposted48hoursprior?
toodifficulttogetconsistentdata,only
thosewebsiteswithapostedtimestamp
0.0% allowedthistobedetermined
Fullpacketprovidedbystafftoofficialsavailable
beforemeeting?
Informationonhowtorequesthardcopy?
5
1
6.1%
1.2%
Canyoutelliftheagendawaspostedat
least48hourspriortomeeting?(asrequired
byILlaw)
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Aretherefulldetaildocumentssupporting
theagendaprovided?Typicallythe
membersofthebodygetthesedetails(this
notrequiredbylaw)
Howdoyourequestaprintedcopy?
Commentsonweighting
Explanationofhowtomakepubliccommentsbefore
anitemofconcernisvotedon?
an
item of concern is voted on?
4.5
5.5%
How/whentomakegeneralpubliccomments
2.5
3.1%
Approvedminutesposted?
4.9%
Isthereapubliccommentperiodbefore
agendaitemsarediscussedtoallowthe
publictoweighinonissuesbeforetheyare
votedon,orinstructionsonhowtorequest
to speak?
tospeak?
Isthereatimeforgeneralpublic
comments(nonagendarelated)?
Areminutesfrompreviousmeetingposted
oncetheyhavebeenapproved?
Approvedbudget?
9.8%
Isdetailofthemostrecentapprovedbudget
available?
d
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d
0.0% nogoodwaytogetconsistentdata
Isdetailofthemostrecentproposedbudget
available?NOTE:thismaynotapply.Leave
blankifbudgetrecentlyapproved.
bl k if b d
l
d
Aredetailsofindependentfinancialaudit
available,includingwhoperformedaudit,
when,andfindings?
Proposedbudget?
db d ?
Auditdetailsposted?
4.9%
Membernames&contactinformation?
Phone
Mailingaddress
Email
5
3
3
3
6.1%
3.7%
3.7%
3.7%
Ifappointed,bywhom?
0.0% oftenN/Anogoodwaytoscorefairly
Lengthofterm?
Whentermexpires?
1
1
1.2%
1.2%
Paid?
1.2%
Doesitshowhowmanyyearsfortheterm?
Doesitshowwhenthetermsexpire?
Howmuchcompensationisprovidedforthe
position?
LinktoFreedomofInformationActform?
2.5%
IsthereaformavailabletocollectFreedom
ofInformationrequestdetails?
Isalistofallmembersofthebody
available?
Isthemember'sphonenumberlisted?
Isthemember'smailingaddresslisted?
Isthemember'semailaddresslisted?
Does it show if this member was elected or
Doesitshowifthismemberwaselectedor
appointed?Ifappointwhatofficialmadethe
appointment?
Towhom/howtosendrequest?
Socialmediausedtoconveytimesensitive
information,publicizemeetings,updatetowebsite?
10
15
1.5
Basedonthetypeofgovernmentbodybeingsurveyed
pick theONE ofthefollowingquestionsthatbestfits
andseeifitcanbeanswered:
City/CountyGovernments:Canyoufindtheprocess
andformtofileacomplaintagainstapoliceofficer?
SchoolDistrict:CanyoufindtheSex/Reproductive
HealthCurriculumPolicyandCurriculum?
ParkDistrict:Canyoufindpricingforfacilityrental?
Others:WhodoIcontactifIhaveproblemwiththeir
service?
12.3%
Arethereinstructionsandanexplanationof
theFreedomofInformationprocess,whoto
contact,andhowtosubmitrequests?
Usuallythisappearstobeusedforservice
information,nottransparency&
Canyoufindinformationonthewebsiteto
"follow"thebodyonanysocialmedia?
1.2% participation.
Doesthewebsitehaveasearchfeaturethat
letsyoufinddocumentsandpageswithin
the website?
thewebsite?
1 8%
1.8%
Decidedthatthisismoreaboutservice
0.0% andnottransparency&participation