City of Chicago Office of Inspector General

OIG audited the Department of Law’s (DOL) process for notifying people of sanitation code violations cited by the Department of Streets and Sanitation, such as overflowing garbage containers or uncut weeds. The Collections, Ownership, and Administrative Litigation (COAL) division of DOL is...

An OIG advisory determined that the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) was violating the Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) by providing free garbage collection service to at least 1,182 nonprofit entities. Section 7-28-235 of the MCC, effective January 1, 2016, requires all recipients of City...

OIG audited the Chicago Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) billing process for commercial driveway permit annual fees to determine whether the Department accurately and completely billed commercial property owners for driveways that use the public way. We found that CDOT either did not bill, or...

This advisory summarized the findings of OIG’s 2017 Chicago Department of Transportation Aldermanic Menu Audit and urged Mayor Lightfoot to implement the related recommendations. Specifically, the advisory noted,• the Aldermanic Menu Program (“Menu”) creates significant funding inequities, including...

OIG audited the financial and human resource operations of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners (CBOEC). CBOEC is responsible for conducting all elections within the City of Chicago per the State Election Code, and is funded by both the City of Chicago and Cook County. Although CBOEC...