A G E N D A COUNTY BOARD, COUNTY OF ... - Kane County, IL

Summary of Changes to Financial Policies
Grammar and S pelling Corrections
Minor grammar and spelling corrections were made throughout the policies.
1.h) De partmental Personnel Levels
The required approval for an increase in personnel is clarified as follows: "Any increase
in personnel levels within a County Department must be approved by the standing
committee to which the department head reports, the Finance/Budget Committee and
the County Board." Language referencing the annual budget process and a mid-year
request was removed since the approval required is the same for both.
1.m) Budgetary Transfers
Replace the restriction from transferring budget from personnel to/from non-personnel
and the restriction from transferring budget from capital to/from operating with language
allowing such transfers if approved by the County Board. This change is being made to
acknowledge the fact that such transfers have actually been approved by the board on
a case-by-case basis.
2.b) Phasin g out the use of the Enterprise Surcharge Fund for environmental and
environmental prosecution expenditures
Revised language referring to the closing of Settler's Hill Landfill to refer to it in the past
tense rather than in the future tense: "The Settler's Hill Landfill was closed in 2006 and
the County is no longer receiving related landfill revenues in the Enterprise Surcharge
Fund."
3.e) "Sensitive Assets less than $10,000"
Remove the list of sensitive assets. Replace language referring to "sensitive assets"
with more general language referring to furniture and equipment; clarify that the
Information Technology Department is responsible for maintaining the inventory of
computer equipment, and that each Department head is responsible for maintaining an
inventory of all other furniture and equipment within their custody having a cost basis
greater than $500 and less than $10,000: "It shall be the Information Technology
Department's responsibility to maintain an inventory of all computer equipment within
their custody, including that which was provided to other departments. It shall be each
department head's responsibility to maintain an inventory of all furniture and equipment
within their custody having a cost basis greater than $500 and less than $10,000, other
than computer equipment included in the Information Technology Department's
inventory."