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Council staff catalogues 81 required reports and asks whether publication of department reports should be centralized
Summary
Council policy staff said round two of the "Report of Reports" found about 81 required reports across city government, including 27 required of departments; 63% of those 27 have recent records of submission and staff recommended committee-level review to align reporting effort with council utility.
Maria Garnett, council policy analyst, presented Round 2 of the "Report of Reports" project to the Governmental Operations Standing Committee, summarizing efforts to inventory city reporting requirements and assess the level of effort departments expend to prepare required reports.
Garnett said staff catalogued approximately 81 required reports overall and identified 27 required of city departments (an increase from two in Round 1). Of those 27 department reports, 17 (63%) had a recent submission record available and 10 (37%) did not. Garnett emphasized that a missing record does not necessarily indicate noncompliance; some…
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