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Wellington, Florida

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Budget Y
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Meetings P
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Elected Officials Y
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Administrative Officials Y
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Permits, zoning Y
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Audits Y
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Contracts P
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Lobbying N
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Public records Y
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Local taxes Y
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Wellington is a city in Florida.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Florida city websites

This website was reviewed on March 31, 2012.

[edit] The good

  • Elected officials are listed with contact information.[1]
  • Meeting schedules[2] and agendas[3] are posted.
  • Current[4] and prior years' budgets are posted.[5]
  • Current[6] and prior audits are posted.[7]
  • Building permits[8] and zoning information is posted.[9]
  • Instructions and an online form are provided for public records requests.[10]
  • Active and awarded bids are posted.[11]
  • Administrative officials are listed with contact information.[12]
  • The city has an Open Wellington transparency feature.[13]
  • Tax information is posted.[14]

[edit] The bad

  • Meeting minutes are not available.
  • Awarded contract details are not available.
  • No information is available on Taxpayer-funded lobbying

[edit] Lobbying

Main articles: Florida taxpayer-funded lobbying and Florida League of Cities.

Wellington reported more than $1,005,000 spent on lobbying between 2002-2007 (see table).

Reported lobbying expenditures, 2002-2007 [15]
Year Amount spent on lobbying
2007 $200,000
2006 $190,000
2005 $320,000
2004 $200,000
2003 $95,000
2002 Less than $10,000

Wellington pays membership dues[16] to the Florida League of Cities, a taxpayer-funded lobbying association.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Wellington "Council," Accessed March 31, 2012
  2. ↑ Wellington "Calendar," Accessed March 31, 2012
  3. ↑ Wellington "Agendas," Accessed March 31, 2012
  4. ↑ Wellington "2012 Budget," Accessed March 31, 2012
  5. ↑ Wellington "Prior Budgets," Accessed March 31, 2012
  6. ↑ Wellington "Current CAFR," Accessed March 31, 2012
  7. ↑ Wellington "Prior CAFRs," Accessed March 31, 2012
  8. ↑ Wellington "Building Permit," Accessed March 31, 2012
  9. ↑ Wellington "Planning and Zoning," Accessed March 31, 2012
  10. ↑ Wellington "Public Information Request," Accessed March 31, 2012
  11. ↑ Wellington 'Purchasing Bids," Accessed March 31, 2012
  12. ↑ Wellington "Phone Directory," Accessed March 31, 2012
  13. ↑ Wellington "Open Wellington," Accessed March 31, 2012
  14. ↑ Wellington "2012 Tax Newsletter," Accessed March 31, 2012
  15. ↑ Open Secrets
  16. ↑ Membership Directory
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