Barrington Township Area Transparency Results, None Pass Test
An audit of the Barrington Township area in Northwestern Cook County revealed no local government agencies graded received a passing grade on basic online transparency guidelines.
The “Local Transparency Project”, a project of the non-partisan Illinois Policy Institute, consists of two separate transparency audits 6 weeks apart on 10 different online transparency categories including elected & administrative official contacts, meetings, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), budgets, financial audits, expenditures, employee’s salary & benefits, contracts, lobbying, and taxes & fees information.
Overall Transparency rankings for the Barrington Township area are listed below. Full details attached here in excel.
| Barrington Township Scoring |
1st Audit | 2nd Audit | Change |
| Barrington Hills | 37.5 | 43.8 | 6.3 |
| Barrington School District 220 | 30.9 | 41.4 | 10.2 |
| Barrington | 31.725 | 31.725 | 0 |
| Barrington Countryside Park Dis. | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| South Barrington | 19.4 | 22.5 | 3.1 |
| South Barrington Park District | 14.75 | 20 | 5.25 |
| Barrington Area Public Library | 8.25 | 15.75 | 7.5 |
| Barrington Township | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0 |
| Barrington Park District | 8.75 | 8.75 | 0 |
| Average Score or Change |
20.64 | 24.26 | 3.59 |
Scores as of July 8th.
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