REPORT DIGEST

OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

COMPLIANCE EXAMINATION
For the Two Years Ended: June 30, 2013


Release Date:   January 29, 2014

Summary of Findings:
Total this audit: 2
Total last audit:  1
Repeated from last audit: 1

State of Illinois, Office of the Auditor General
WILLIAM G. HOLLAND, AUDITOR GENERAL

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SYNOPSIS

• The Office has not prepared and implemented a
long-range master plan of development for the
State Capitol Building and the remaining portion
of the legislative complex.

FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

LONG-RANGE MASTER PLAN FOR THE STATE CAPITOL
BUILDING AND LEGISLATIVE COMPLEX NOT PREPARED

The Office has not prepared and implemented a
long-range master plan of development for the
State Capitol Building and the remaining portion
of the legislative complex addressing the
improvement, construction, historic
preservation, restoration, maintenance, repair,
and landscaping needs.  (Finding 1, Page 9)
This finding was first reported in 2009.

We recommended the Office take the appropriate
actions to prepare and implement a long-range
master plan as required by State statute.

Office officials stated they will continue to
work with the executive branch of State
government to complete the master plan.  (For
the previous Department response, See Digest
Footnote #1)

OTHER FINDING

The other finding pertains to the Construction
Evaluation Council and its failure to meet or
perform duties.  We will follow up on this
finding during the next examination of the
Office.

AUDITORS’ OPINION

We conducted a compliance examination of the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol as
required by the Illinois State Auditing Act.
The Office of the Architect of the Capitol has
no funds that require an audit leading to an
opinion of financial statements.

WILLIAM G. HOLLAND
Auditor General

WGH:CD

AUDITORS ASSIGNED

The compliance examination was performed by the
staff of the Office of the Auditor General.
DIGEST FOOTNOTES

#1 – NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION
REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1984 – Previous Agency
Response
2011:  Although it is part of the Legislative
Commission Reorganization Act that the Office of
the Architect shall prepare, or more
realistically have prepared by others under our
jurisdiction, a long range master-plan of the
Capitol Complex, the contract and funding source
during the compliance examination period ending
June 30, 2011 was not held with this Office and
the approval processes do not lie solely with
this Office but in cooperation with our Board
and the Capital Development Board (CDB).  The
role of the Office of the Architect is as a
spearhead or facilitator, not the final
authority.  The decision to move the master-plan
project forward is also a multi-party decision,
made up of CDB, the Office of the Architect
Board and this Office.  Preparation and
implementation are also not necessarily a linear
process as they can and do occur simultaneously
as situations warrant.