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Bylaw 25/2016 - Internal Auditor and Internal Audit Committee Bylaw
Presented by: Gene Klenke, City Solicitor
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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1. That Bylaw 25/2016, as amended, be read a second time.
2. That Bylaw 25/2016, as amended, be read a third and final time.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
To present the Internal Auditor and Internal Audit Committee Bylaw, as amended in accordance with Council feedback, to Council for further consideration.
Council Direction
On October 24, 2016, Council passed the following resolutions:
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That Bylaw 25/2016, the Program Auditor and Program Audit Committee Bylaw, be read a first time.
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That members of Council provide the City Manager with feedback on proposed Bylaw 25/2016 by November 10, 2016.
(AR-16-044)
That Bylaw 25/2016, the Program Auditor and Program Audit Committee Bylaw, be considered for further readings on January 23, 2017.
Background and Discussion
Further to consideration of feedback received from individual Council members, the proposed Bylaw 25/2016 has been amended since 1st reading and is now presented for further consideration. In summary, the amendments are as follows:
· the Bylaw and associated position have been renamed, respectively, to “Internal Auditor and Internal Audit Committee Bylaw” and “Internal Auditor”;
· the position may review proposed City services or functions (in addition to existing functions);
· the position reports directly to Council rather than to the Committee;
· the Committee functions only in the context that an internal auditor is, or will, be appointed;
· public members have been removed from the Committee;
· minor clerical changes have been made.
A change has also been made authorizing the City Manager to request of Council that the scope of the Internal Auditor’s work be adjusted from time to time to include specific items of interest as they may arise.
For various reasons, certain amendments propo...
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