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Council accepts FY 2025–26 internal audit work plan, plans audits of homelessness response and parks
Summary
The Modesto City Council accepted the city auditor’s FY 2025–26 work plan on May 6, authorizing audits including a homelessness response review, parks performance audit, fee benchmarking and IT policy reviews.
The Modesto City Council on May 6 approved the city auditor’s proposed internal audit work plan for fiscal year 2025–26, authorizing audits and program work that the auditor said are designed to reduce risk, improve internal controls and measure performance against best practices.
City Auditor Colleen Rosilis described eight proposed projects: ongoing recommendation validation and program management; an enterprise risk assessment; a performance audit of the city's homelessness response; a performance audit of parks, recreation and neighborhoods; a fee benchmarking and cost-recovery study; IT policy reviews; and internal controls testing of cash handling. Rosilis said the auditor’s office works under generally accepted government auditing standards and focuses on evidence-based, implementable recommendations.
Council members asked for details about the homelessness audit scope: Rosilis said auditors will define the city's role within the broader regional ecosystem, examine data from city and partner providers, and compare practices to industry best practices to identify gaps. Vice Mayor Bavaro asked whether operational recommendations — for example, whether staffing or partnerships could reduce emergency responses to shelters — would be included; Rosilis said operational and policy-level recommendations could emerge depending on findings.
The motion to accept the work plan passed on a 4-1 roll call (Vice Mayor Bavaro, Council members Williams, Wright and Mayor Sue Zwolens Aye; Council member Rickey No). Council member Rickey voted No; he did not elaborate on the record during the roll call sequence.
Rosilis said the auditor and designated internal auditor (Moss Adams, engaged in 2023) will continue validating previously made recommendations; staff have validated 178 prior recommendations to date. The enterprise risk assessment will provide a baseline to prioritize audits and allow comparisons with the 2022 assessment, she said.
Council did not direct staff to change the proposed scope but discussed using audit findings as communication tools and to make operational improvements.
