HomeMy WebLinkAbout0066_1985PLANNING DEPARTMENT AUDIT RESOLUTION
BEAIT RESOLVED THATs
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Georgetown holds a
position of public trust to the citizens of Georgetown to make
certain that the operations of the City are properly conducted=
and,
WHEREAS, there have been repeated requests from City Council
Members for information concerning the operations of the Planning
Department, including fees collected and billings or costs of the
engineering services used by the City Planning Department= and,
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the City Council and
the public in general that it aPpears as if fees have not been
collected, the fees that have been collected have not been spent
according to the ordinances specifying the manner in which they
should be spent and that expenditures have been made in apparent
violation of the City Charterf and,
WHEREAS, the City needs to have a correct understanding of
the full circumstances of the operations, bookkeeping (records),
billings, and expenditures of the Planning Department from its
inception to the end of the Fiscal Year, ending August 31, 1985.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council instructs the City Manager to
immediately enter into an engagement letter authorizing the City
Auditor to conduct a full audit of the operations, bookkeeping,
billing, and expenditures of the Planning Department of the City of
Georgetown and give a full report of its findings, including, but
not limited to, the practices and activities of the Planning
Department concerning bookkeeping (accounting records), billings
and expenditures from the inception of the operations to the end of
the Fiscal,Year 1985. In'the engagement letter it shall provide
that if in the full audit there appears to be reason for an
investigative audit, then the City Auditor is to stop his activity
and to return to the Council to advise the Council of need for an
investigative audit. The City Manager should further request that
the City Auditor make such recommendations, if any, as it appears
are needed to bring the operations of the Planning Department into
acceptable standards. These findings and reports are to be
delivered directly to the,City Manager, the,Mayor, and the members
of the City Council.
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