A ruling by the Third District Appellate Court on Thursday upheld a previous decision allowing DuPage County to establish a system of accounting for elected officials that must be followed, according to a news release.
The unanimous ruling follows an appeal from DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek made in September over previous rulings on billing and bidding procedures. Kaczmarek said in a statement that she plans to appeal this ruling too.
Ruling in favor of DuPage County accounting system
The DuPage County Board said that Kaczmarek had previously refused to submit an itemized budget, provide documents to the auditor and make budget transfers, which resulted in delayed payments to vendors.
The court’s ruling affirms that DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek must follow DuPage County accounting procedures and complete budget transfers, which Kaczmarek had tried to appeal earlier this year…