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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Citizens of Illinois want a transparent and |
| 3 | | accountable State Government; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly has put procurement |
| 5 | | rules in place to eliminate questions of impropriety when it |
| 6 | | comes to State contracts; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Recent reports have uncovered that the Toll |
| 8 | | Highway Authority's Board approved a $157 million contract with |
| 9 | | an engineering firm that contributed to the directors' |
| 10 | | charities and employs family members of two tollway officials; |
| 11 | | and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, The tollway has also approved a $6.6 million |
| 13 | | subcontract with a politically-connected communications firm |
| 14 | | that did not require an open-bid process; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Illinois |
| 17 | | Tollway Authority to provide the citizens of Illinois greater |
| 18 | | transparency and accountability in the Authorities procurement |
| 19 | | process; this includes, but is not limited to: abiding by all |
| 20 | | procurement regulations on prime and subcontracts; posting all |
| 21 | | contracts online, including those not publicly bid; following |