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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
COOK COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION.
ARTICLE X. -- PERFORMANCE BASED MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETING PERFORMANCE BASED MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETING UTILIZING TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY, AND EFFICIENCY ("TEE") BASED CRITERIA.
Sec. 2-930. - Legislative findings and purpose.
(a) Cook County has an interest in ensuring that every department and agency, including agencies operated by the 11 separately elected officials, and the Cook County Health and Hospitals System operate in a transparent, equitable,n efficient and fiscally responsible manner.
(b) Cook County has an interest in improving the delivery of public services through the use of strategic planning, business planning, a sound resource allocation process encompassing the traditional budget process and a framework for managerial accountability to ensure that the County's goals, mission and objectives focus on countywide results and that the results produced reflect the goals of statutory programs and responsibilities.
(b) Cook County has an interest in ensuring the transparency of its budget process by making both the process and the policy rationale of its resource allocation open and accessible to Cook County residents.
(c) Cook County has an interest in ensuring the equitable distribution of County services and resources by evaluating resource allocation decisions relative to the level of need in each area of the County.
(d) Cook County has an interest in improving the delivery of public services through the use of strategic planning, business planning, a sound resource allocation process encompassing the traditional budget process and a framework for managerial accountability to ensure that the County's goals, mission and objectives focus on countywide results and that the results produced reflect the goals of statutory programs and responsibilities.
(ec) The use of performance measures and standards in the...
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