Number
020897
Version
Substitute 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
Substitute resolution requesting the City Comptroller to provide semi-annual reports of the audit activities of the Comptroller's Office to the Common Council.
Analysis
This resolution requests the City Comptroller to provide semi-annual reports of his or her office's audit activities to the Common Council. The Comptroller is further requested to appear before the appropriate Common Council committee to discuss the contents of this report.
Body
Whereas, The Common Council has an obligation to oversee a wide range of municipal departments to insure not only that necessary services are provided, but that they are provided in the most cost-effective manner possible; and
Whereas, A vital component of this oversight is the audit function, both financial and performance, conducted by the City Comptroller's Office; and
Whereas, It is in the City's best interests to insure a free and accurate flow of information between the Common Council and the Comptroller related to this function; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City Comptroller is requested to provide semi-annual reports of the audit activities of the City Comptroller's office including, but not limited to, on-going audits, pending audits, possible subjects for future audits and the success or failure of previously-audited departments in implementing the recommendations of their audits; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Comptroller is requested to appear before the appropriate committee of the Common Council to discuss the contents of these reports.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB02414-1
jro
Comptroller's Office
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Oct. 8, 2002