1. CITY AUDITOR REVIEW OF PARKING OPERATIONS

Examen des opérations de stationnement par le VÉRIFICATEUR général

Committee Recommendation

That Council approve that the City Auditor General be directed to review parking operations.

Recommandation du comité

Que le Conseil approuve que l’on demande au vérificateur général de la Ville d’examiner les opérations de stationnement.

Documentation

1. Committee Coordinator’s report dated 11 March 2008 (ACS2008-CMR-CSE-0025).

Report to / Rapport au:

Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee

Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique

and Council / et au Conseil

11 March 2008 / le 11 mars 2008

Submitted by / Soumis par: City Council / Conseil municipal

Contact / Personne-ressource : Diane Blais, Committee Coordinator /

Coordonnatrice de comité,

City Clerk’s Branch / Direction du greffe

580-2424, Ext. / poste : 28091, Diane.Blais@ottawa.ca

City Wide / À l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2007-CMR-CSE-0025

SUBJECT: CITY AUDITOR REVIEW OF PARKING OPERATIONS

OBJET: Examen des opérations de stationnement par le VÉRIFICATEUR général

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee consider the following motion and forward its recommendation to Council:

That the City Auditor General be directed to review parking operations.

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique examine la motion suivante et qu’il transmette ses recommandations au Conseil :

Que l’on demande au vérificateur général de la Ville d’examiner les opérations de stationnement.

BACKGROUND

City Council, at its meeting held on 13 February 2008, referred the following motion (Motion 31/20) to the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee:

WHEREAS the parking implementation measures were passed with an incomplete financial information;

AND WHEREAS stated parking revenues for 2007 were not achieved resulting in $365,000 being added as a budgetary pressure on the 2008 budget calling into question the methodology used to calculate revenue projections;

AND WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is moving in the direction of Parking Authority and established financial figures assist in its development;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Auditor General be directed to review parking operations.

It should be noted that a 2004 report titled “Office of the Auditor General – Statute and Mandate, By-law and 2005-2007 Audit Plan” (ACS2004-OAG-BVG-0001) discussed the mandate of the OAG office. In particular, the report stated that the OAG “may, if requested by Council, audit and report on other matters, however, these audits shall not take precedence over the primary responsibilities of the Auditor General and Council requests must provide appropriate funding”. In addition, this notion was reflected in Sections 8 and 10 of By-law 2005-84.

Staff in Public Works and Services has provided the following comments with respect to this matter:

The Auditor General's 2008 Work Plan identifies that he will be conducting an audit of the Traffic Operations Division, which includes the parking operations. Staff will cooperate with the Auditor General as he conducts this audit.

CONSULTATION

This item will be advertised in the local dailies as part of the Public Meeting Advertisement on Friday preceding the Committee meeting.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

N/A

DISPOSITION

The City’s Auditor General to execute Council’s decision.