Report to/Rapport au :

 

Council

Conseil

 

13 May 2009 / le 13 mai 2009

 

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

 

City Wide/ŕ l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2009-OAG-BVG-4

 

 

SUBJECT:

OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL - THE FRAUD AND WASTE HOTLINE

 

 

OBJET :

BUREAU DU VÉRIFICATEUR GÉNÉRAL - LA LIGNE DE FRAUDE ET D'ABUS

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Conseil municipal prennent connaissance du présent rapport ŕ titre d'information.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

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.”

 

 

DISCUSSION

 

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.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

No public consultation was necessary in preparing this report.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

There are no financial implications.  Any incremental costs will be absorbed within the existing budget of the Office of the Auditor General.

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

N/A