Butte County Grand Jury
• 2009-2010
Butte County Grand Jury Report 2009-2010 Accountability and Transparency in Butte County Government
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Findings and Recommendations 9 findings
F1
Butte County does not have a Strategic Action Plan nor a systematic way of monitoring the annual progress toward its missions, policies, goals, and objectives for each department within the County government.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Board of Supervisors should require the development of a county-wide Strategic Action Plan and adopt a systematic method of monitoring the annual progress toward its missions, goals, policies, and objectives. Every department within the County government should have a clear understanding of its mission, policies, goals, and objectives as they relate to the County Strategic Action Plan. Each department should have ways to measure progress toward its missions, policies, goals, and objectives.
F2
Butte County does not provide a systematic way for citizens to fully understand the missions, policies, goals, objectives and see the progress toward them for each department within the County government.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
The Board of Supervisors should make use of the County website to provide information on each department’s missions, policies, goals, and objectives. That information should be easily accessible to the public and kept current. 6
F3
The office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors was unable to provide copies of minutes for some meetings of the Board of Supervisors when they were requested by the Grand Jury.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors should maintain complete and current minutes.
F4
The Board of Supervisors' agendas and minutes are archived and available online but they are neither complete nor current.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
The Butte County Board of Supervisors' should provide complete, archived, and current agendas and minutes on its website.
F5
The Butte County Board of Supervisors does not provide archived audio or video of its meetings on its website.
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
The Butte County Board of Supervisors should provide archived audio and video of its meetings on its website.
F6
Butte County administration and many Butte County departments are making use of the Web to provide a wide variety of information and data to the public.
Related Recommendations (1)
R6
The Board of Supervisors should adopt a consistent design to be used by all of its departmental websites to provide information for citizens. It should adopt website usability guidelines so that County departmental websites will provide clear information in an efficient and effective manner to both the County staff, its administrators, managers, and to the public.
F7
The Butte County website is not being fully utilized to communicate and share vital information about County operations with citizens.
Related Recommendations (1)
R7
The Board of Supervisors should make use of its website to provide a Local Appointments List with the following information on district boards, commissions, and committees: A list of all appointive terms which will expire during the next calendar year, with the name of the incumbent appointee, the date of appointment, the date the term expires, and the necessary qualifications for the position; a list of all boards, commissions, and committees whose members serve at the pleasure of the legislative body, and the necessary qualifications for each position.
F8
The Butte County website lacks a cohesive “look and feel” and makes it difficult for citizens to navigate and find information.
No recommendations for this finding
F9
The Butte County website does not provide a Local Appointments List with information on district boards, commissions, and committees.
No recommendations for this finding
No Responses Found 2
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Butte County Board of Supervisors
Elected County Office
Butte County County Clerk-Recorder
Elected County Office