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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
PERFORMANCE BASED MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETING
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2, Administration, Article X, Performance Based Management and Budgeting, Section 2-930 through 2-937 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
ARTICLE X. - PERFORMANCE BASED MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETING
Sec. 2-930. - Legislative findings and purpose.
(a) Cook County has an interest in ensuring that every County Ddepartment and Aagency, including Aagencies operated by the 11 separately elected and appointed officials, and the Cook County Health and Hospitals System operate in an efficient and fiscally responsible manner.
(b) Cook County has an interest in improving the delivery of public services and internal management through the use of strategic planning, business planning, a sound resource allocation process encompassing the traditional budget process, a multi-year approach for capital budgeting, 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.
(c) The use of performance measures and standards in the establishment of the annual budget, in the planning and resource allocation processes, and as well as the public reporting of performance information, will result in a more efficient and effective utilization of County resources and improved results for the public and will in an effort to ensure that the County as a whole is addressing its core functions and mission.
(d) Implementing requirements to prepare Preliminary Budget Forecasts and other various forms and reports will bring added transparency to the County's annual budgetary process and highlight positives as well as challenges faced by the County in the upcoming fiscal year.
(e) The purpose of this article is to:
(1) Improve public servi...
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