Item - 2011.AU3.1

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on July 12, 2011 with amendments.
  • This item was considered by Audit Committee on July 5, 2011 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on July 12, 2011.

AU3.1 - Auditor General's Office - Report on the Results of Applying Specified Auditing Procedures to Financial Information other than Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2010

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on July 12, 13 and 14, 2011, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council receive for information, the letter (June 17, 2011) from Hillborn Ellis Grant, LLP, Chartered Accountants regarding Auditor General's Office, Report on the Results of Applying Specified Auditing Procedures to Financial Information other than Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2010.

City Council Decision Advice and Other Information

Speaker Nunziata, during the Order Paper review, ruled Audit Committee Recommendation 2 out of order at this meeting, as it requires notice of an amendment to Chapter 27, Council Procedures.  As notice was not given in this case, the City Clerk will resubmit Recommendation 2 to the September 21 and 22, 2011 City Council meeting so that notice of the proposed amendment is given.

Background Information (Committee)

Letter (June 17, 2011) from Hilborn Ellis Grant, headed "Auditor General's Office of the City of Toronto" Report on the Results of Applying Specified Auditing Procedures to Financial Information Other Than Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2010
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/au/bgrd/backgroundfile-39201.pdf

AU3.1 - Auditor General's Office - Report on the Results of Applying Specified Auditing Procedures to Financial Information other than Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2010

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Audit Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council receive for information, the letter (June 17, 2011) from Hillborn Ellis Grant, LLP, Chartered Accountants regarding Auditor General's Office, Report on the Results of Applying Specified Auditing Procedures to Financial Information other than Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2010.

 

2.         the compliance audit of the offices of the Accountability Officers set out in Section 3-8 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Accountability Officers, be submitted by the external auditors to Council through the Audit Committee.

 

Decision Advice and Other Information

The Audit Committee requested the City Manager, in consultation with appropriate officials, to report to the Committee, providing clarification on which reports the Audit Committee should consider under its mandate as set out in Appendix B. II. 1 (A)(7) of Chapter 27 of the Toronto Muncipal Code, Council Procedures.

   

Origin

(June 17, 2011) Letter from Hilborn Ellis Grant, LLP Chartered Accountants

Summary

Hilborn Ellis Grant, LLP, Chartered Accountants, reporting on the Results of Applying Specified Auditing Procedures to Financial Information other than Finanancial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2010, for the Auditor General's Office, in compliance with Section 3-8B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Accountability Officers.

Background Information

Letter (June 17, 2011) from Hilborn Ellis Grant, headed "Auditor General's Office of the City of Toronto" Report on the Results of Applying Specified Auditing Procedures to Financial Information Other Than Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2010
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/au/bgrd/backgroundfile-39201.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Doug Holyday (Carried)

That the compliance audit of the offices of the Accountability Officers set out in Section 3-8 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Accountability Officers, be submitted by the external auditors to Council through the Audit Committee.


2 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Josh Matlow (Carried)

That the City Manager, in consultation with appropriate officials, report to the Audit Committee, providing clarification on which reports the Audit Committee should consider under its mandate as set out in Appendix B. II. 1 (A)(7) of Chapter 27 of the Toronto Muncipal Code, Council Procedures.


3 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Doug Holyday (Carried)
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