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Policy & Services committee recommends council accept FY24 grant management audit
Summary
City Auditor presented findings that Palo Alto lacks coordinated oversight and central tracking of grants; staff agreed to update policy, use the new grant analyst for coordinated oversight and consider a central repository and improved reporting.
The Policy and Services Committee on Feb. 11 recommended that the full City Council accept the Office of the City Auditor's FY24 grant management audit, which found inconsistent grant oversight, gaps in recordkeeping and limited assessment of grant pursuit return-on-investment.
The audit, presented by City Auditor Kate Murdoch and project manager Claire Veasey, tested 15 grants across 10 departments and found the city's grant policy had not been updated since February 2004 and did not cover the full grant lifecycle. Veasey said the audit showed a lack of coordinated oversight led to inconsistencies across departments and increased the potential for noncompliance.
"For this audit, the Office of the City Auditor obtained grant records from FY22 to…
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