(A) The position of Independent City Auditor is hereby transferred to the office of the CitySolicitor. It shall report to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen or to such committee as the Board of Mayor and Aldermen may designate.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Independent City Auditor to perform such duties and functions as set forth in City Charter Section 6.12.
(C) The cost of any audit done by the Independent City Auditor or by any other auditor under his or her direction or authority of any department funded by any self-sustaining or special fund shall be a charge against the appropriate fund, and said cost shall be transferred from said fund to the general fund.
(D) The Independent City Auditor shall receive the full cooperation of all other city officials and departments. The Finance Officer shall provide assistance to the Independent City Auditor upon request.
(E) In making any audit, investigation, analysis, or research the Independent City Auditor shall have the power to examine whatever accounts or records of or property or things of value held by any department, board, institution, commission or agency that is deemed useful to said audit, investigation, analysis, or research requested by the Board of Mayor and Alderman. All city departments, boards, institutions, commissions or agencies shall be required to furnish to the Independent City Auditor any information, including confidential information, the Independent City Auditor may request in the course of carrying out his or her duties.
(F) The Independent City Auditor shall be subject to the same restrictions and penalties regarding disclosure of confidential information as the original custodian of the information. Disclosure of confidential information to the Independent City Auditor shall be for the purpose of, and to the extent necessary for, conducting audits, investigations, analysis, or research. If any department, board, institution, commission or agency objects to providing confidential information under the provisions of this section, the entity may apply to the City Solicitor for disapproval of the request. The City Solicitor shall review any confidential information to which the Independent City Auditor has requested access to determine whether or not it is necessary for the Independent City Auditor to examine the information. If it is determined that such information is necessary it shall be provided in a mutually agreeable and compatible format.
(Ord. passed 10-4-05)