City of Baltimore - File #: 14-0196R

• File #: 14-0196R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Status of Charter Required Agency Audits
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 11/17/2014
• In control: Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
• Final action: 1/26/2015
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Status of Charter Required Agency Audits FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Finance Department, Law Department, and Department of Audits to appear before the Council to provide a comprehensive update about the City’s progress towards meeting the Charter requirement that designated City agencies be audited once every 4 years, and to discuss the City’s plan for meeting this Charter obligation in a responsible and timely manner.
• Sponsors: Eric T. Costello, President Young, Warren Branch, Brandon M. Scott, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, Sharon Green Middleton, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Nick Mosby, Carl Stokes, Robert Curran, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Agency, Audits, Investigative Hearing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/26/2015	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably
1/26/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
12/4/2014	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
11/20/2014	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/20/2014	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/20/2014	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/17/2014	0	City Council	Introduced
11/17/2014	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Costello



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Status of Charter Required Agency Audits

FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Finance Department, Law Department, and Department of Audits to appear before the Council to provide a comprehensive update about the City’s progress towards meeting the Charter requirement that designated City agencies be audited once every 4 years, and to discuss the City’s plan for meeting this Charter obligation in a responsible and timely manner.
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Recitals

In November of 2012 the voters of Baltimore City approved the addition of § 4.5 to Article VII of the City Charter, requiring quadrennial financial and performance audits of 13 designated principal City agencies. However, to date none of the required financial and performance audits have been completed.

The citizens of Baltimore who voted by a nearly 3 to 1 margin in favor of requiring these audits deserve an explanation for this situation. It is important that they, and the Council, be provided with an update about the expected time frame for initiation and completion of each of the 13 required agency audits, as well as information about the status of any audits in progress and the status of funding for each remaining audit. Any identified risks to completing all of the required audits by January of 2017 should also be rev...