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City Council
Staff Report
From: City Manager
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Auditor
Meeting Date: November 18, 2024
Report #:2411-3739
TITLE
Policy and Services Committee Recommends that City Council Accept the City Auditor's Quarterly Status Report for July - September 2024 and Approve Work to Begin on FY2025 Task 6: Evaluation and Benchmarking
RECOMMENDATION
The Policy and Services Committee Recommends that City Council accept the City Auditor’s Quarterly Status Report for July through September 2024 and approve work to begin on Task 6:
Evaluation and Benchmarking with a budget of $21,500.
ANALYSIS
In accordance with the agreement between the City of Palo Alto and Baker Tilly Advisory Group (Baker Tilly)1, Baker Tilly is required to conduct recurring activities each year. One of these activities is Task 6: Evaluation and Benchmarking.
Various audit specific task orders are approved annually in alignment with the Annual Council Approved Audit Workplan. Task Orders approved by the Council are executed by the Policy and Services Committee Chair as the Project Manager for the Baker Tilly contract as stipulated in the contract terms.
Additionally, the Policy and Services Committee received and unanimously approved the City Auditor’s Quarterly Status Report that was presented to the Committee on October 8, 2024.2 1 Baker Tilly US, LLP, Agreement for Professional Services, C21179340; https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/5/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council- agendas-minutes/2022/20220509/20220509pccsmamended-linked.pdf 2 October 8, 2024 Policy and Services Committee Item #2, Presentation of the Office of the City Auditor Quarterly Report for the Period of July - September 2024:
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FISCAL/RESOURCE IMPACT
Work recommended in this task order is within both the approved scope and compensation of the agreement with Baker Tilly and funding levels for Fiscal Year 2025 operating budget for the Office of the City Auditor.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Council action on this item is not a project as defined by CEQA because the Auditor task orders are administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5)
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: FY2025 Task Order 6: Evaluation and Benchmarking APPROVED BY:
Kate Murdock, City Auditor