Conseil
Submitted by/Soumis par : Alain Lalonde, Auditor General/Vérificateur
général
Contact Person/Personne ressource : Alain Lalonde, Auditor General
(613)
580-2424 x, Alain Lalonde@ottawa.ca
SUBJECT:
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OBJET :
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BUREAU DU
VÉRIFICATEUR GÉNÉRAL - LA LIGNE DE FRAUDE ET D'ABUS |
That Council receive this report for information.
Que le Conseil municipal prennent
connaissance du présent rapport ŕ titre d'information.
At its meeting of 25 February 2009, Council received
a report from the Auditor General titled Evaluation Of The Fraud And Waste
Hotline. This report contained two
recommendations for Council’s consideration, including:
That
Council direct the Office of the Auditor General to continue operating the
Fraud and Waste Hotline; and,
That
Council direct the City to provide the general public with access to the Fraud
and Waste Hotline, the cost of which to be absorbed within the Office of the Auditor
General’s current budget of 0.08% of the City's total operating budget.
In
response to the second recommendation, Council approved the following motion:
Moved by
Councillor P. Feltmate
Seconded
by Councillor J. Harder
BE IT
RESOLVED THAT Recommendation 2 of the above noted report be amended to add the
following:
“And that Council provide the City Manager and the Auditor General with the delegated authority to make any necessary changes to the procedures and protocols related to the operation of the Fraud and Waste Hotline.”
The Office of the Auditor General has now completed preparations for implementing this recommendation. Effective 21 May 2009, the City’s Fraud and Waste Hotline will be accessible by the public. A media release indicating this will be provided tomorrow, 14 May 2009. In addition to this media release, information regarding the Hotline will be contained in the upcoming tax bill brochure, on the City’s web site at www.ottawa.ca as well on other soon-to-be published documents such as the Recreation programming guide. All communications will be done using existing mechanisms and as such no incremental costs have been incurred.
No public consultation was necessary in preparing this report.
There are no financial implications. Any incremental costs will be absorbed within the existing budget of the Office of the Auditor General.