Conseil
11 June 2008 / le 11 juin 2008
Submitted by/Soumis par : Alain Lalonde, Auditor General/Vérificateur
général
Contact Person/Personne ressource : Alain Lalonde, Auditor General
(613) 580-2424
x14975, Alain.Lalonde@ottawa.ca
That
Council receive and table the 2007 Annual Report and 2007 Detailed Audit
Reports of the Office of the Auditor General at its meeting on June 11, 2008
for referral to the appropriate Standing Committee, and for subsequent
consideration and approval of the audit recommendations by Council at its
meeting on June 25, 2008.
That, at its meeting on June 25, 2008, Council refer all audit recommendations where management is in disagreement to the Council Audit Working Group for resolution.
Que le Conseil reçoit et présente le
Rapport annuel 2007 et les Rapports de vérification détaillés 2007 du Bureau du
vérificateur général le 11 juin 2008 et
réfère au Comité permanent approprié et pour considération ultérieure et
approbation des recommandations de ces vérifications par le Conseil, à sa réunion
du 25 juin 2008.
Cela, à sa réunion le 25 juin 2008, le Conseil renvoie toutes les
recommandations des vérifications où l'administration est en désaccord au
Groupe de travail du Conseil sur la vérification pour résolution.
On May 9, 2007, Council approved the Office of the
Auditor General’s 2006 Annual Report, which included the 2007 audit plan. With the exception of several audits that
are still underway and that will be presented later this year, the annual report contains all the results of
work identified in the 2007 work plan, plus a number of additional projects
that were successfully completed.
Discussion
In
accordance with the reporting protocol approved by Council for the Office of
the Auditor General on November 28, 2007, the attached reports are being tabled
today for transmittal to the appropriate Standing Committee. The reports will then be presented to
Council for discussion and approval at its meeting of June 25, 2008.
With
regard to confidential audits, the reporting protocol directs that those audit
reports be reported to Council at an in camera session. Also as directed by Council, the 2006
confidential audits which were not reported to Council last year will be
presented in camera.
The third
Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) of the City of Ottawa
summarizes the activities of the OAG during 2007. Included is a summary of the results of all audits completed
during 2007 along with the management responses to all recommendations. Also included is the third Annual Report on
the Fraud and Waste Hotline.
The
second document, in three volumes, contains the full detailed reports for all
audits completed in 2007.
Consultation with management occurred
throughout all audits.
Any financial implications of the OAG’s recommendations are outlined in the detailed reports. Management have also identified financial implications in their responses to specific recommendations.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
The following reports issued separately to
Members of Council and on file with the City Clerk:
2007
Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General
2007
Rapport annuel du Bureau du vérificateur général
2007 Detailed Audit Reports of the Office of the Auditor General, Volumes I, II and III
The attached reports will be referred to the appropriate Standing committee, and for subsequent consideration and approval of the audit recommendations by Council at its meeting on June 25, 2008.