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Home My WebLink AboutStaff Report 4119 City of Palo Alto (ID # 4119) City Council Staff Report Report Type: Consent Calendar Meeting Date: 9/23/2013 City of Palo Alto Page 1 Summary Title: Appointment of Acting City Auditor Title: Council Appointed Officers Committee Recommendation of Appointment of Acting City Auditor From: City Manager Lead Department: Human Resources RECOMMENDATION Motion: Approve Council Appointed Officers (CAO) Committee recommendation to appoint Senior Performance Auditor Houman Boussina as Acting City Auditor for a temporary period pending recruitment and appointment of a new City Auditor. Mr. Boussina will be compensated under the Management & Professional Compensation Plan at 10% above current salary ($121,264). DISCUSSION City Auditor Jim Pelletier has left Palo Alto for a new career opportunity in Florida. The executive search firm of Ralph Andersen & Associates has been retained to conduct the recruitment for the new City Auditor and this process will take several months. The CAO Committee met on August 23, 2013 to discuss various interim options and as a result recommends that Senior Performance Auditor Houman Boussina be appointed as Acting City Auditor on a temporary basis. Mr. Boussina has worked with the City Auditor’s Office since June 2010 and he will provide the necessary stability and continuity needed at this time. Mr. Boussina has conducted audits covering a variety of subject areas including contract management and compliance, effectiveness and efficiency of business processes and information systems, use of government funds, and investigations. Boussina has emphasized use of computer-assisted audited techniques and database analytic procedures in audit work that has resulted in high impact audits, including two audits which received the prestigious Knighton Award from the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA). Boussina was a City of Palo Alto Page 2 Performance Auditor at the City and County of San Francisco and was promoted to Audit Manager prior to joining Palo Alto.