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KITCHENER
Chief Administrator's
Office
REPORT TO:
DATE OF MEETING:
SUBMITTED BY:
PREPARED BY:
WARD(S) INVOLVED:
DATE OF REPORT:
REPORT NO.:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Carl Zehr, Chair
and members of the Audit Committee
December 14, 2009
Loretta Alonzo, Performance Measurement and Internal
Auditor
Loretta Alonzo, Extension 3557
All
December 8, 2009
CAO-09-057
AUDITOR'S YEAR-END REPORT
RECOMMENDATION:
That the internal auditor's year-end report as outlined in report CAO-09-057 be received
as information.
BACKGROUND:
Since its inception in 2005 the Internal Audit division has conducted over 20 audits throughout
the Corporation. The scope of these reviews has ranged from comprehensive divisional audits
to process and control reviews generating hundreds of recommendations aimed at improving
efficiency and identifying gaps in controls or operating issues.
The auditor's reports are presented quarterly to the Audit Committee and the annual workplan is
approved in the last quarter for the following year.
Senior staff has recommended that an annual report by the auditor be presented to the audit
committee highlighting the work conducted over the past year and confirming the completion of
the approved workplan.
REPORT:
The division operated with one contract staff from January to December 2009 and completed
the 2009 workplan as approved by Council on November 24,2008.
The following summary highlights services provided by the division in 2009:
Audit Services:
· Value for money audit - Social Planning Council
· Value for money audit - Leadership Waterloo Region
· Administrative audit - Community centres
· Process and controls audit - accounts payable payments
· Cash controls review - Pools
· CVOR compliance testing
Risk Management Services:
· Development of Corporate Risk Management Policy and framework
· Consolidated maintenance facility - risk register oversight
· Delta program - risk register oversight
· King Street reconstruction project - risk register development and oversight
· Utilities division - risk assessment and reporting
· Corporate risk register - risk register development and reporting
Performance Measurement Services:
· Municipal Performance Measurement Program - reporting
· Key Performance Indicators - data collection and reporting
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
Jeff Wilmer, General Manager, Development and Technical Services