This week's Council Meetings were adjourned but two Committee Meetings provide plenty of opportunity for discussion.  One of several items in the Audit Committee Meeting addresses a Performance Audit of the City’s building acquisition process which has recently received plenty of attention.   The Rules Committee meets to address reorganization of the City’s boards and Commissions.

From the Office of Council President Campbell 

Audit Committee Meeting – September 29, 2021 – 9 a.m.

A total of eight items fill the agenda in the Committee Meeting chaired by Councilmember Vivian Moreno.

Item 1 – Final Report from Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the City Auditor’s Evaluation and Performance Metrics

Item 2 – Final Report from Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the City Auditor’s Confidential Recommendation Follow-Up Report

Item 3 – Performance Audit of the City’s Major Building Acquisition Process - Many questions have been raised about the City’s building acquisition process.  In its reporter presented on July 28, 2021, the Office of the City Auditor found that a serious lack of policies and oversight caused the City to miss or skip key steps in the acquisition process, and allowed the prior City Administration to leave out or misrepresent key information about building acquisitions when presenting them to the City Council and the public.  

When the audit report was presented, the Audit Committee requested the City Administration work with the City Auditor to revise the management response and return to the September Audit Committee meeting with those revisions. City Management provided a revised response to the audit and agrees to fully implement the audit recommendations.

The City Attorney also provided a second response to our Performance Audit to provide clarity and perspective, and the Office of the City Auditor will provide comments on areas it found to be inaccurate or misleading.  Both revised responses and the Office of the City Auditor’s comments will be presented.

Item 4 – Performance Audit of the Mission Bay and San Diego Regional Parks Improvement Funds, Fiscal Year 2020 – City Charter Section 55.2 requires that the City Auditor report annually the extent and nature of the Mission Bay and the San Diego Regional Parks Improvement Funds’ revenues, expenses, and improvements.  The Mission Bay and San Diego Regional Parks Improvement Funds have two sources of revenue; transfers from lease revenue collected from tenants in Mission Bay Park and interest. Mission Bay Park lease revenue is deposited to a separate general fund account during the year and allocated to the improvement funds after the fiscal year-end.

Item 5 – Central Stores Inventory Agreed Upon Procedures Review – FY 2021

Item 6 – Hotline Investigation of Board-Up Services - The Office of the City Auditor received a Fraud Hotline report alleging fraud by a vendor that the San Diego Police Department called to board-up and secure a broken window at a business after a burglary.  The OCAs investigation found that the City lacks policies and procedures concerning the use of an outside vendor for this type of service.  The audit also found that the vendor is used exclusively by SDPD to secure premises even though the City has no contract with the vendor.  No apparent legal authority exists for the City to utilize a vendor without a contract in this context.  This is an informational item

Item 7 – Quarterly Fraud Hotline Activity Report – Fiscal Year 2021 Quarter 4

Item 8 – City Auditor’s Monthly Activity Report

Rules Committee Meeting – September 29, 2021 – 2 p.m.

The Rules Committee Meeting chaired by Council President Jennifer Campbell lists two items on the agenda.

Item 1 - Presentation on updates regarding Boards & Commissions – This item provides informational updates including the reorganization plan for the Office of Boards and Commissions and performance indicators.  It also proposes directing staff to work with the City Attorney’s Office to draft an ordinance to repeal boards and commissions identified in the reorganization plan.  Several City boards are no longer meeting.

Item 2 - Public Outreach – Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Projects – The following report outlines the current public outreach requirements for all CIP projects. This is an informational item.

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