Advisory Regarding the Department of Assets, Information and Services’ Management of Municipal License Plates Registered to City Vehicles

Executive Summary

An OIG review found that the municipal license plate inventory City of Chicago Department of Assets, Information and Services manages does not match the Illinois Secretary of State database of municipal plates issued to the City. Approximately 7,000 municipal license plates issued by ILSOS for City vehicles are unaccounted for at AIS. Without an accurate database and regular audit of the City’s municipal license plates, AIS is unable to account for and track the possession and use of all municipal license plates assigned to the City, resulting in, among other things, a significant risk of abuse and misconduct with municipal plates and vehicles within the City’s fleet.