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Berkeley, CA
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📢 Join the #berkmeeting tomorrow at 6pm to hear about our Guide to Measuring Performance and an update from Environmental Health on our Restaurant Inspections Audit recommendations. berkeleyca.gov/city-council... 1/2
Today our office released a new audit on @CityofBerkeley's contracting process, "City Contracts: Outdated Process Led to Non-Competitive Contract"
Read the full report at bit.ly/BerkeleyContracts
Highlights below⤵️ 1/3
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💵We found the City spent millions of dollars on non-competitive contracts when competition was likely possible.
♻️For example, the City authorized nearly $85 million dollars over 10 years for two recycling contracts without seeking bids from other contractors. 2/3
📢New Special Report released today:
“A Guide to Measuring Performance in the City of Berkeley” provides a practical, user-friendly framework for developing meaningful performance measures. 📝bit.ly/berkeley-perf-guide 1/7
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📊While outcome-oriented performance measures often require additional time and resources to develop, they can support stronger accountability, clearer priorities, and more transparent reporting to the public. 6/7
Join the @CityofBerkeley Council Meeting tomorrow to hear the City Auditor’s presentation on the 2025 Audit Recommendations Follow-Up report!
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🆕The 2025 Audit Recommendation Follow-Up Report is out now!
Check out which audit recommendations have been implemented and where departments still have work to do.
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Did you know that audit recommendation statuses are updated throughout the year?
Visit our recommendations dashboard anytime to see the progress the @CityofBerkeley is making!
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👏An independent third-party audit we initiated of the Payroll Division found no errors in payments! The auditors noted staff had command of critical payroll elements within a complex payroll system.
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👍It's important that those payments are correct--personnel costs made up 65% of the General Fund budget in FY25.
The audit made recommendations to reduce future risks that we’ll implement to ensure continued accurate payments. 3/4
📝See the full report on our website and as an information item on the agenda for the Nov 18 City Council meeting.
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