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At the meeting in City Council Chambers the committee approved the minutes of three special-called Audit and Finance Committee meetings (July 22, July 30 and Aug. 5, 2025). \"Motion is made by Council Member Breduchen, seconded by the Mayor Pro Tem,\" the chair said; without objection, the chair said the minutes were approved.

The chair then introduced item 3 and reminded members that the city code designates the Audit and Finance Committee as the nominating committee for the full council. The chair said the committee must recommend finalists to the council and noted statutory timelines: the nominating committee must make a recommendation no later than 90 days after a position is vacated, and the council must select a city auditor from those recommendations within 30 days of the committee’s recommendation.

The committee discussed and set a proposed schedule: a special-called committee meeting and candidate interviews on Sept. 23 at 1:00 p.m.; the City Council to receive the committee’s recommendation on Oct. 7; the council to identify a top candidate on Oct. 21; and a planned council appointment on Nov. 6. The chair said the new auditor’s start date would be either Dec. 29 or Jan. 12, depending on final employment arrangements. The chair said the committee would conduct a closed executive session to continue the candidate-selection process under Texas Government Code §551.074. \"Without objection, the audit and finance committee slash nominating committee for a new city auditor will go into an executive session to discuss personnel issues related to the appointment of a new city auditor, pursuant to section 551.074 of the Government Code,\" the chair said at 9:39 a.m.

The committee reported it completed its executive session later in the morning and reconvened at 10:22 a.m. The chair announced the committee had completed its agenda and adjourned. The committee did not announce any formal public action taken during the executive session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Austin - Audit and Finance Committee","oneSentenceSummary","The Audit and Finance Committee met Aug. 20 to begin the nominating process for a new city auditor, voted to approve minutes, and went into an executive session under Texas Government Code §551.074 to discuss personnel matters; the committee outlined a schedule for interviews and council action.","taxTitle","Austin, Travis County, Texas","taxId",2819,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6500221,"City auditor's office passes external quality-control review; reviewers flag scope language",221,83000,304000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5610144-2cc5d63e4c19c08a14e81769d7bc5a79&start=83&end=304","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5610144-2cc5d63e4c19c08a14e81769d7bc5a79/thumbnail_83000.jpg","/articles/6500221/Austin/Travis-County/Texas/City-auditors-office-passes-external-quality-control-review-reviewers-flag-scope-language","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6500221-35a6a1480134a295c3e336f9c9f0ebc0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437875&Signature=mxFAh1Dv29ZZnSiI-xTaFcqnJ36H~q6Nx8eLHUNsUZxbylcJBVH9ogxGrepKglzDpHQdAY58Kr52qOcVr8Iq2D8YKObBgDGTnDI1sBPxzuTN4EZi5inPtDAnNizISMUUnXCYZfnam~zfJrQEWxM5c7D1XEK3gsq6w00zKxlA3nZn3IW3739xGbRi8PgcapD~v9GsKyk6eLYJHoKI9BUcyAoht65Rk05UPJ6BMilm6Op3jc6W9UGcyi68BH9BcBkUiXgll4gUX03JVHe~mexgK9tyCy3ChZOUZ4QNKrZ6GBrCikLMBND9RMXuh86cEtCcNmwPhyUJzeeWdsxIrbeh0A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Audit and Finance Committee of the Austin City Council was told Aug. 20 that the Office of the City Auditor passed its external quality-control review, commonly called a peer review, with a single management-letter comment recommending more precise scope language in public audit reports.

The City Auditor presented the findings during the committee meeting in City Council Chambers. The auditor said the peer-review team — drawn from other auditing jurisdictions including Long Beach, Phoenix and Lehigh County, Pennsylvania — reviewed the office’s policies, personnel practices, training records and a sample of audit engagements as part of a triennial external review required by professional standards. \"As part of those standards, every 3 years, there's an audit of the auditors,\" the City Auditor said. \"We had our peer review in July ... and pass is like the best.\"

The auditors issued one management letter comment asking the office to be more detailed when describing the scope of specific audit engagements in public reports. The City Auditor told the committee that staff have already adjusted internal processes to increase precision in scope statements. The City Auditor also commended quality-assurance staff, naming two team members, and thanked audit staff for their work.

Committee members asked no substantive questions and the item concluded with the chair moving on to the next agenda item. No formal committee vote was required for the presentation.

The peer review alerts the council and the public that the city audit office is meeting applicable government-auditing standards and identifies a narrow area for process improvement; it does not itself change any policy or program.","The Audit and Finance Committee heard that the Office of the City Auditor passed its external quality-control (peer) review with one management-letter comment recommending clearer scope language in audit reports; the office says it has adjusted internal processes.","actionData","errors"]

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Audit and Finance Committee enters executive session, sets timeline to nominate next city auditor

City auditor's office passes external quality-control review; reviewers flag scope language