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Staff details grand jury findings and planned audit actions
Summary
Finance staff updated the council on grand jury findings that touched budget adoption, annual audits, restrictive fund accounting and record keeping; staff said a half‑year budget update and further audits are in progress and two matters will be referred to the FPPC.
Finance staff and the city manager provided a lengthy update on grand jury findings and the city’s response. Finance Director Lee said the city has adopted a budget and plans a half‑year budget update (to be presented in January–February) and that the city hired a chief resilience officer to improve grant management and support audit work.
Lee walked council through issues flagged by the grand jury — annual financial audits, restrictive fund accounting, utility‑billing anomalies and record keeping — and said staff will send letters to active businesses to reconcile records. City Manager Kennedy said some findings were operational changes already underway and noted two referrals would be made to the Fair Political Practices Commission for further review. "We were able to utilize the dumpster on the grant to hire the chief resilience officer, and that has been amazing," Finance Director Lee said.
Council asked for follow‑up reporting on the audit chronology and confirmation of when outstanding audit years will be completed; staff set a near‑term schedule to return with more detail.
