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City of Fresno
Meeting Minutes
Fresno City Council Finance and Audit
Committee
Chair - Nelson Esparza
Vice Chair - Vacant
Committee Member - Miguel Arias
3:00 PM Council Chambers, City HallMonday, May 13, 2024 Special Meeting
The City of Fresno Finance and Audit Committee met in special session at 3:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber of City Hall on May 13, 2024.
3:07 P.M. Roll Call
Chair Nelson Esparza, and Committee Member Miguel Angel Arias
Present 2 -
Approval of the Agenda
On motion of Committee Member Arias, seconded by Chair
Esparza,the Agenda was APPROVED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: Chair Esparza and Committee Member Arias2 -
Approval of Minutes
ID 24-641 Approval of the minutes for March 27, 2023, Special Meeting.
On motion of Chair Esparza, seconded by Committee Member Arias, the Minutes were APPROVED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: Chair Esparza and Committee Member Arias2 -
Unscheduled Communication
Upon call, no members of the public addressed the Committee.
Agenda Topic:
A. ID 24-639 Wireless Communications Audit
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The above item was presented to the Finance and Audit Committee by Assistant Controller Neufeld.
Discussion on this item included: number of departments assigned phones; departments selected for the audit; Form 10C and the backup material required; incomplete applications and assigned phones to individuals; calls made outside business hours and non city business calls; device termination and circulation; time frame of employees receiving devices; pricing and additional charges incurred for phone plans; current process of selecting phone plans; data retained from mobile devices; phone policy adoption; data verses voice usage on cell phones; initiation and cost of audit.
B. ID 24-644 Credit Card and Reimbursement Audit
The above item was presented to the Finance and Audit Committee by Linda C. Hurley, CPA from Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP.
Discussion on this item included: fraud; supporting documents and lack thereof for transactions; charges for food; adhering to the policy; meal reimbursement; revising the administrative order; disclosure concerns; cost of the audit, and what budget it came from; outside auditor verses city staff conducting the audit; identifiable changes; stipends to employees for using personal devices during COVID-19; community meetings; council creating policy city wide; Federal General Services Administration rates, and city travel agency.
C. ID 24-645 Internal Control Review
The above item was presented to the Finance and Audit Committee by Controller Danisi, and Assistant Controller Neufeld.
Discussion on this item included: standard in municipal government.
D. ID 24-646 Update on Existing Audits
The above item was presented to the Finance and Audit Committee by Controller Danisi.
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Discussion on this item included: business tax licensing, and complaints; collection of unpaid utility bills; overpayments to venders, and monitoring; threshold for higher management to get involved, and recommendation for lowering the threshold.
Adjournment
The Fresno City Council Finance and Audit Committee adjourned at 4:48 P.M.
The above minutes were approved by unanimous vote of the Fresno City Council Finance and Audit Committee, with member Arias absent, during the March 26, 2025, Special Meeting.
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