In 2007, the City of Toronto entered into a 20 year Agreement with Astral Media Outdoor LP for the supply, manufacture, installation, and maintenance of over 25,000 street furniture elements. The coordinated street furniture comprises a range of transit shelters, litter/recycling receptacles, tourist/area information pillars, public notice structures, benches, bicycle parking stands, multi-publication boxes, and […]
The Auditor General’s 2011 Audit Work Plan identified Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), including its subsidiaries, as a priority for additional audits. The objective of this review was to assess the extent to which Housing Services Inc.’s (HSI), a subsidiary of TCHC, administrative structure and control framework supports sound financial management and compliance with purchasing […]
In 2011, the Auditor General issued two separate audit reports relating to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) as follows: Toronto Community Housing Corporation – Procurement Policies and Procedures Are Not Being Followed Toronto Community Housing Corporation – Controls Over Employee Expenses Are Ineffective In view of the absence of basic internal controls identified in […]
This report responds to a request from the Audit Committee that the Auditor General provide on an annual basis the “value added of his department”. This report contains the Auditor General’s estimate of the quantifiable financial benefits which have resulted from the work conducted by the Auditor General’s Office and identifies estimated cost savings and […]
The Auditor General’s Annual Audit Work Plan included a review of the administration of building permit fees. The objective of this review was to assess compliance with legislative requirements and City policies and procedures for charging, collecting and reporting on building permit fees. Our report includes 11 recommendations related to the administration of building permit […]
The Auditor General’s Work plan included an audit of revenue controls in community recreation centres of the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division and an audit of the process for updating employee records upon separation from employment with the City administered by the Pension, Payroll and Employee Benefits Division. In both of these audits we concluded […]
The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the more common themes and issues identified in previously issued audit reports. The highlighting of these issues in a separate report provides an opportunity to revisit each one of these areas in order to ensure that they continue to receive an appropriate level of […]
This report includes the results of the Auditor General’s Review of the agreement between the City of Toronto and Enwave Energy Corporation in regards to the City’s financial involvement in the Deep Lake Water Cooling Project. The focus of the review has been on whether or not the City costs of the project as well […]
The purpose of this report is to provide City Council with details of the Auditor General’s 2012 Audit Work Plan. The 2012 Audit Work Plan is attached as Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 to this report. Appendix 3 includes audits completed during the last five years. Appendix 4 includes a summary of future potential audits. […]