City auditor presents proposed audit list; council narrows program and asks for several priority reviews
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City Auditor Glenn Bovarini offered 16 potential audit topics; council selected a set of priority audits focused on revenue, procurement and internal controls and asked the auditor to scope and schedule remaining items for the next year.
City Auditor Glenn Bovarini presented a proposed audit plan Aug. 28 with 16 possible audits the office could perform. He told council his staff capacity would limit the office to about nine audits in the coming cycle and that two items (revenue-monitoring audits) were high priorities.
After discussion council prioritized a package of audits aimed at protecting material city revenue and improving controls. The council-directed package included: revenue-monitoring tasks (including parking and cruise-related revenues), audits of internal-service fund reserves and fund-use policies, a focused procurement/procedure review, and a project-level capital audit limited to a named port terminal (the cruise Terminal 25 project) rather than a program-wide review. Council also asked the city auditor to include overtime usage citywide (excluding public-safety unless specifically requested) and to retain other suggested topics for future years if capacity allows.
The auditor said he would schedule the selected audits, provide estimated durations, and return with a final calendar that fits staff capacity. Councilmembers voiced interest in policy recommendations that result from the audits, not just descriptive findings, and asked for measurable audit scope and a path for implementation of major recommendations.