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Former city auditor and residents press council on audit plan timing and independence
Summary
A former Austin city auditor and other speakers criticized delays in the city auditor’s annual audit plan and raised concerns about the office’s organizational independence; the city manager replied that the auditor reports directly to the mayor and council and that 'leadership' in the agenda memo likely referred to council.
At the public‑comment portion of the May 1 meeting, former city auditor Steven Klepper urged council to scrutinize a sentence in the auditor’s agenda memo that reported the 2025 annual audit plan had been postponed “by leadership.” Klepper said the memo’s language raised questions about which officials delayed the audit and whether the auditor’s organizational independence is being supported by city administration.
Klepper said the city code requires the auditor to present the annual audit plan through the audit…
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