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City Manager's Report
TO: HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:
DATE:
CITY MANAGER
OCTOBER 25, 2010
DEPARTMENT: HUMAN RESOURCES
CMR:392:10
REPORT TYPE: CONSENT
SUBJECT: Appointment of Michael Edmonds as Acting City Auditor
RECOMMENDATION
Appoint Michael Edmonds as Acting City Auditor
DISCUSSION
On October 18, 2010 the City Council interviewed the finalist for the position of Acting City
Auditor and approved moving forward expeditiously with the appointment of Michael
Edmonds. City Auditor Lynda Brouchoud is on leave of absence from October 18,2010 to
April 17, 2011 and Mr. Edmonds will be able to inunediately assume the duties of the office
during her leave.
Mr. Edmonds has over 30 years oflocal government auditing experience and has served at
the executive level in both San Jose and Oakland. Additionally, ]\tlr. Edmonds has previously
worked with our current and former City Auditors and is familiar with the policies and
procedures of the City of Palo Alto.
Since Mr. Edmonds is currently retired from the California Public Employees' Retirement
System (CalPERS), the CalPERS retirement rules will limit his work to a total of 960 hours
during this fiscal year. This enables him to work full time and he will collaborate with the
City Council on how he allocates his time. Mr. Edmonds will be compensated at the same
$75 hourly rate as our current City Auditor and he will not be receiving any additional
benefits. There will be no material impact on the department budget as his compeusation will
be paid from salary savings due to Ms. Brouchoud's leave.
DEPARTMENT HEAD:\:) Q~---
Russell Carlsen
of Human R ces
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