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City of Palo Alto (ID # 14372)
Policy and Services Committee Staff Report
Meeting Date: 6/14/2022 Report Type: Action Items
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Title: The Office of the City Auditor's presentation of the Quarterly Report
for the Period of January - March 2022
From: City Manager
Lead Department: City Auditor
Recommended Motion
City Auditor recommends that the Policy and Services Committee take the following
action:
1) Approve the Office of the City Auditor’s Quarterly Status Report covering January
– March 2022
Discussion
Quarterly Status Report – January – March 2022
In accordance with Task 5 of our agreement with the City, Baker Tilly is required to
report quarterly on a variety of topics, generally including progress to plan.
Our presentation includes the following high level status updates organized by task
within our agreement with the City:
• Task 1 – Citywide Risk Assessment
o Presented to and Approved by P&S on March 8, 2022 (ID #13911)
• Task 2 – Annual Audit Plan
o Presented to and Approved by P&S on March 8, 2022 (ID #13911)
• Task 3 – Financial Audit
o Finalized selection of Financial Auditor and prepared to obtain City Council
approval of a new contract at an April Meeting
• Task 4 – Execute Audit Plan
o Obtained City Council consent of the Construction Project Controls audit
activity report (ID #13888)
o Obtained City Council consent of the initial Public Safety Building memo
(ID #13890)
o Presented the Economic Recovery Advisory report to the Policy and
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Services Committee (ID #13909)
o Obtained City Council approval of the Wire Payment Process and Controls
Review task order (ID #13891)
• Task 5 – Periodic Reporting and Hotline Monitoring
o Presented the Quarterly Report for the period ending 12/31/21 to the
Policy and Services Committee (ID #14011)
• Task 6 – City Auditor Evaluation
o N/A