The St. Louis City Audit Committee convened in open session, completed roll call, approved minutes from its previous meeting and voted to enter a closed session to discuss procurement and credit-card internal audit matters.

Speaker 2 called the roll and confirmed a quorum was present. A motion to accept the minutes from the last open-session meeting was made by Miss Bolge and seconded by Doctor t; the roll-call responses recorded the motion as approved. "The minutes have been passed around," Speaker 1 said; Speaker 2 then asked if anyone wanted to propose corrections before the body formally adopted the minutes.

The committee spent substantive time on membership for the audit committee. Speaker 2 said there are currently two community members with the requisite expertise and that Doctor Collins Adams had agreed to recruit at least one additional qualified member. Paulette, who spoke to the committee about candidate outreach, said several people had expressed interest but none were committed. "I will reach back out to them and ask them to please send a resume so that we can discuss the option of having them," Paulette said, adding that candidates must have a background in finance, audits, or budgeting and be able to attend meetings in person or by Zoom.

Speaker 4 (clarifying voting status) and Speaker 2 confirmed which members were voting and which were nonvoting; Doctor Berry was noted as a member who is not a voting member. The committee chair and staff clarified that procurement and credit-card items would be handled in closed session rather than in open public discussion.

Speaker 2 moved, and Speaker 3 seconded, to go into a closed session to discuss procurement and credit-card internal audit items. The motion carried on a roll-call affirmation; the body then prepared to move into the closed session. Speaker 2 asked Kadeem to enable the livestream before the body left open session; Kadeem asked for a moment to do so.

Votes at a glance:
• Motion to accept prior meeting minutes — Mover: Miss Bolge; Second: Doctor t; Outcome: approved (roll-call affirmations recorded; yes responses from voting members present).
• Motion to enter closed session to discuss procurement and credit-card internal audit matters — Mover: Speaker 2; Second: Paulette; Outcome: approved (roll-call affirmations recorded).

The meeting moved into closed session; no further public details about the procurement or credit-card audit discussions were recorded in the transcript.