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Commission modifies auditor-selection resolution and appoints mayor to committee
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Finance Director Holly Queen briefed the commission on auditor procurement requirements; commissioners voted to amend resolution 20 21-06 to allow the mayor or a commissioner to serve and then appointed the mayor as the commission's representative on the auditor-selection committee.
The commission took two linked actions Monday to expedite the city’s external auditor procurement.
Holly Queen, the city’s finance director, told commissioners that Purvis Gray, the city’s external auditors, will present the FY 2025 audit at the next meeting and that statute and prior resolution guidance prescribe the auditor-selection committee composition. "This resolution established the committee composition, scope of duties, and procedures," she said, summarizing the legal framework and the 2021 resolution the city previously adopted.
Commissioners discussed whether the commission’s appointee must be an elected official or could be the mayor; after debate they voted to modify resolution 20 21-06 to include the mayor or a commissioner as the commission’s representative. The motion to modify the resolution passed unanimously. The commission then moved to appoint the mayor to serve as the commission’s member on the auditor-selection committee; that appointment passed (one commissioner voted no).
Staff said the change will allow the city to form the committee quickly and begin procurement steps; the mayor and staff said they expect only a few committee meetings to complete the selection process.
