(A) In all cases, the City Auditor shall, within 48 hours of implementation, notify the Committee when a special request is being undertaken.
(B) A draft of the report shall be forwarded to the auditees and the Chief Administrative Officer or their designee for review and comment before it is provided to the Committee for pre-publication review. The auditees, including departments whose assistance is needed in order to accomplish any audit recommendation, shall respond to the City Auditor, in writing, within 14 days of receipt of the audit report.
(C) The auditees’ written response shall specify agreement with each of the audit findings and recommendations or reasons for disagreement with findings or recommendations. The auditees’ written responses shall include auditees’ plans for implementing solutions to identified problems including timetables to complete such activities.
(D) Auditees’ comments to the preliminary draft may be utilized to amend the report if appropriate. If the preliminary audit report is amended, the auditees will be given a copy of the amended draft, and the auditees will be given up to 14 days, as determined by the City Auditor and the auditees, to respond to the amended draft of the audit report.
(E) The City Auditor shall include the auditees' responses in the audit report.
(Ord. 1-2005; Am. Ord. 2016-018; Am. Ord. 2023-020)