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Joseph M. Ferguson Inspector General
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
City of Chicago
740 N. Sedgwick Si root. Suile 200 Chicago. Illinois 60654 Telephone: (773) 478-7709 Fax: (773) 478-3949
April 19,2017
To the Mayor, Members of the City Council, City Clerk, City Treasurer, and residents of the City of Chicago:
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Chicago Department of Transportation's (CDOT) Aldermanic Menu Program (Menu). Through this program, the City gives each alderman control of $1.32 million annually to fund residential infrastructure projects in their ward, including street and alley resurfacing, street lighting, speed humps, and sidewalk replacement.
OIG found that the administration of the Menu program does not align with best practices for infrastructure planning put forth by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). This audit identified significant concerns related to the City's planning and management of residential infrastructure. For example, we determined that the allocation of $1.32 million per ward bears no relationship to the actual infrastructure needs of each ward. In addition to an overall citywide funding gap, we concluded that the allocation of Menu funds resulted in significant ward-to-ward funding disparities, including a funding disparity relative to need of $9.3 million between the best- and worst-funded wards. These findings are deeply troubling and point to serious systemi...
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