(a) Before the end of each term of a city auditor, or at such other times when a vacancy occurs or is anticipated to occur in the office of city auditor, the city council shall appoint a nominating commission to select a city auditor in accordance with Chapter IX, Section 1 of the city charter. The commission shall be composed of five members, including a chair and vice-chair, meeting the following qualifications:
(1) One member must be a representative selected by the board of directors of the Dallas Chapter of one of the following professional organizations, including the: Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA); Institute for Internal Auditors (IIA); Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Inc. (ISACA); Financial Executives International (FEI); Association of Government Accountants (AGA); or other such organizations experienced in accounting and auditing.
(2) Four members must meet any one of the following qualifications:
(A) Be a current or former managing or founding partner of a multi- national public accounting firm with offices located in the city, excluding any firm under current contract with the city to provide external audit services.
(B) Be one of the following persons associated with a publicly-traded company headquartered in Dallas County that has at least 500 million dollars in annual revenue:
(i) the current or former chief financial officer;
(ii) the current or former chief auditor of an internal audit group; or
(iii) the current or former chief executive officer.
(C) Be a former mayor or council member of the city.
(D) Be a current or former city auditor of the city.
(b) A person appointed to the city auditor nominating commission under Subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3)(B) of this section is not required to be a resident or qualified voter of the city of Dallas.
(c) The commission shall, within 15 days after being appointed, hold its first meeting to consider nomination of a person to serve as city auditor. Within 180 days after its first meeting, the commission shall nominate to the city council one or more candidates for city auditor selected by a majority of the commission members. The city council shall, within 30 days after receipt of the nomination, accept one of the nominated candidates or reject all of the candidates.
(d) If the city council rejects all candidates nominated for city auditor, it shall immediately notify the commission and request the nomination of different
candidates. Commission members shall serve until the city council accepts a candidate nominated by them to be city auditor.
(e) The director of human resources of the city shall assist the commission, when necessary, in seeking and screening applicants for the position of city auditor.
(f) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) through (e) of this section, at the end of a city auditor’s term (including any period in which a city auditor is holding over), the city council government performance and financial management committee may, on its own initiative or at the direction of the city council, act as a nominating commission and, by a majority vote, nominate the incumbent city auditor for reappointment by the full city council. If a majority of the government performance and financial management committee does not vote to nominate the incumbent city auditor for another term, or if, upon receiving the nomination from the finance and audit committee, a majority of the city council does not vote to reappoint the incumbent city auditor for another term, then the nominating process described in Subsections (a) through (e) must be followed. (Ord. Nos. 20457; 21157; 22026; 22277; 22414; 25495; 25808; 30969)