Executive subcommittee approves annual performance-evaluation work plan for legislative auditor

The Legislative Audit Commission executive subcommittee unanimously approved the annual performance-evaluation work plan for the legislative auditor during a meeting on Aug. 25, 2026. Representative Hansen moved approval; the clerk recorded affirmative votes from Representative Quam, Representative Hansen, Senator Kuran and Senator Rest.

Michelle Urich, executive director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission, told commissioners the plan follows the commission's 2019 evaluation policy and lays out three evaluation components. "And what this includes is 3 components to the performance evaluation, a self assessment that's completed by Judy Randall, interviews that are conducted by members of the legislative audit commission," Urich said. She gave the evaluation period as Nov. 8, 2025, through Nov. 8, 2026, and said interviews are planned for September, feedback will be provided to the chair and vice chair in October, and an in-person meeting is to take place by Nov. 8, 2026.

The motion passed on a roll-call vote with all recorded members voting yes. The subcommittee did not assign the two-member interviewing teams at the meeting; members were asked to volunteer and the chair and vice chair will finalize interview assignments. The commission's evaluation policy requires completion of the evaluation in advance of the auditor's anniversary date.

Next steps called for arranging the September interviews, collecting the self-assessment from Auditor Judy Randall and scheduling the in-person review between the auditor and the chair and vice chair before Nov. 8, 2026.