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File #: CB-25-050    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Committee Business Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/31/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/18/2025 Final action:
Title: Internal Audit Steering Committee Recommendation: Resource Planning Model Review Presented by: Darija Slokar, Manager, Strategic Services
Attachments: 1. Final Report - Resource Planning Model Review (1), 2. Management Response - Resource Planning Model Review
TAMRMS#: B06
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REQUEST FOR DECISION
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Internal Audit Steering Committee Recommendation: Resource Planning Model Review
Presented by: Darija Slokar, Manager, Strategic Services

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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
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1. That Administration propose amendments to Council Policy C-FS-05 Budget and Taxation Guiding Principles, along with recommended process and case study for Council's consideration.

2. That Administration prepare a business case for the centralization of non-permanent talent acquisition responsibilities to Human Resources and Safety for consideration as part of the proposed 2027 budget.

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SUMMARY
The purpose of this report is to bring forward the Internal Audit Steering Committee (IASC) recommendations related to the Resource Planning Model Review consultant recommendations.

ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
BYLAW 24/2023 - Internal Audit Steering Committee Bylaw

6(k) recommend to Council any actions deemed appropriate by the Committee in accordance with this Bylaw

7(b) send the report to Council with or without recommendations, including budgetary recommendations to implement recommendations from an audit

BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Internal Audit Steering Committee is a Council Committee established and guided by Bylaw 24/2023 - Internal Audit Steering Committee Bylaw. The committee consists of three members of Council and two residents of St. Albert. The Committee follows a risk-based approach to develop a multi-year workplan for reviews/audits to help manage risk identified in the Corporate Risk Register and ensure organizational excellence.

The Resource Planning Model Review was conducted in 2025 as part of the IASC multi-year workplan. The objective of the review was to evaluate the City's resource planning model, to assess its effectiveness in aligning human resources with strategic goals, operational requirements, budgetary considerations and the City's bylaws/policies/dire...

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