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Modesto council accepts enterprise risk assessment identifying asset maintenance, HR and public-safety priorities
Summary
The city auditor presented a triennial enterprise risk assessment that found no 'high risk' categories but flagged moderate-to-high priorities including deferred maintenance (assets), human resources policies, public safety risks tied to homelessness and traffic crashes, and rising auto-related liability claims; the council unanimously accepted the report.
The Modesto City Council unanimously accepted an enterprise risk assessment on March 3 that the city auditor said will guide internal-audit priorities and help inform management’s resource decisions.
"There aren't any high-risk areas identified," Maria Stroth, who led the assessment presentation for City Auditor Colleen Rosillis, told the council, but she listed priority areas including asset management and capital programs (noting deferred maintenance in fire, parks and sidewalks), human-resources modernization needs, public-safety concerns such as homelessness and traffic-safety-related crash claims, and increases in general liability claims tied to auto accidents.
Stroth described the process—interviews with city management and staff, a citywide staff survey, document review and data analysis—and said the assessment considers impact, likelihood, preparedness, and trajectory for each risk area. The assessment showed many risk trajectories as stable or decreasing, attributing that to ongoing management efforts.
Council members asked how ratings were developed; Stroth said the team used a mixed qualitative/quantitative approach informed by documents, interviews and a scoring rubric. Colleen Rosillis said the risk assessment will inform the internal audit work plan and help prioritize mitigation strategies.
The council voted to accept the report by voice roll call; the motion carried unanimously.
Next steps: staff and the audit team will use the assessment’s mitigation recommendations to inform future audit engagements and to guide management in addressing deferred maintenance and HR process improvements.
