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Council moves to act faster on grand jury findings; staff to scope internal-controls work
Summary
Council discussed a civil grand jury report on internal controls and several members urged accelerating recommended audits to 2025. City Manager said the work is large and may require reprioritization; council asked staff to return with timeline and potential consultant needs.
Councilmember Romero and other members pulled item 3.1 (grand jury report on internal controls) for discussion during the consent calendar. Romero urged moving findings 1 and 2 up from 2026 to 2025 so the city can better understand and shore up audit and finance procedures.
City Manager Gaines acknowledged the importance of the work but said updating internal controls is a larger project that may require shifting priorities in the current fiscal year. “If we were to do it this fiscal year, it would be major and it will require kind of shifting of what we're working on,” he said. Council asked staff to scope options, estimate resources (including consultant support), and bring recommendations to the council's priority-setting process.
