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Detroit council accepts audit and adopts audit action plan to address findings
Summary
The City Council unanimously accepted the annual audit, approved corrections, and adopted an Audit Plan of Action (RES 675) outlining controls such as segregation of duties and a new review of credit-card statements by staff member Lindsay Meyer.
The Detroit City Council on March 11, 2025 accepted the city's annual audit and adopted an Audit Plan of Action to address the auditor's findings. City Recorder Michelle Connor presented the audit and answered council questions before members approved the report with minor corrections.
"Because of the findings that needed to be responded to and an action plan put into place. Number one is segregation of duties this is one that we always have as we are a small staff. The new one is Lindsay looking over the credit card statement," Michelle Connor said while summarizing RES 675. Councilor Denny Nielsen moved to approve the audit (with minor corrections), Todd Smith seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. Eric Page then moved to approve the Audit Plan of Action and Greg Sheppard seconded; that motion also passed unanimously.
The plan records the city's response to audit findings, noting ongoing challenges in small-staff segregation of duties and instituting a requirement for staff review of credit card statements. The council directed staff to implement the action plan and report progress through routine staff reports.
The adopted action plan does not list specific deadlines for each corrective step in the meeting record; staff committed to follow-up reporting to council.
