2012 Budget Summary - Chicago Park District

LawReduce worker’s compensation claim exposure and costs by providing safety training,aggressive enforcement of safety policies and procedures, and expansion of the light dutyprogram.Establish and disseminate legal policy and provide proactive guidance on ethics, audit, andfinancial accountability policies of the District to improve compliance and transparency ingovernmental operations.Continue attracting highly qualified and motivated attorneys in the legal intern program andprovide mentoring and training programs to increase the capacity and responsiveness ofthe departmentImprove FOIA response times and costs by training and cooperating with Park District staffto maintain, collect and provide information using paperless systems. Enhancetransparency by increasing website presence of frequently requested information underFOIA.Performance DataGoal:Oversee the legalaspects of park landacquisitions anddevelopments andpark activities,festival,sponsorships, andeventsMeasure2012Projection2011As of 6/30/112009-2010% Change2010 2009# of arts partners contracts 13 11 -41.2% 10 17# of sponsorships 4 3 -75% 2 8# of event and activityagreements16 10 -5.3% 18 19# of grant agreements and IGAs 19 8 -18.5% 22 27Amount of grant agreementsand IGAs$24,154,429.00 $17,480,000 -38% $21,050,557 $33,932,730Goal:InvestigationStatisticsMeasure2012Projection2011As of 6/30/112009-2010% Change2010 2009# of investigations 84 40 -17.2% 96 116Goal:Efficiently respondto FOIA RequestsMeasure2012Projection2011As of 6/30/112009-2010% Change2010 2009# of FOIA requests received 208 195 115.4% 293 136# of FOIA requests closed within10 days201 195 157% 293 114109