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eTransparencySurveyDefinitionsandrelativeweightingfactorsforeachsurveyquestion

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
A
th
d t
d ti
f h d l d
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)
pp
g
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
i
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

Is there a Search function to find specific information?


IsthereaSearchfunctiontofindspecificinformation?

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

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