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Authorizing Finance Committee Workflow to Adhere to Kane County Code 2-48
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WHEREAS, Kane County Code 2-48, Section A (9) provides that the Kane County Finance/Budget Committee “shall review all financing expenditures not within the approved budget as recommended by other standing committees and shall make recommendations regarding the possibility of financing to the executive committee. * * * It shall not be within the powers of the finance/budget committee to determine or change priorities or policies which have been set by the responsible standing committees”; and
WHEREAS, the current workflow of resolutions for the approval of purchases and contracts for spending by County Offices and Departments within the County Board approved budget and appropriation is to first place the resolution on the Office’s/Department’s home standing committee, followed by the Finance Committee, Executive Committee, and County Board; and
WHEREAS, in order to adhere to Kane County Code 2-48, only purchases and contracts for spending that are not within the approved budget should advance to the Finance Committee, from a standing committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the workflow for resolutions seeking approval of a purchase or contract for spending within the currently approved budget advance from an Office/Department’s home standing committee to the Executive Committee.
Passed by the Kane County Board on September 10, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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