The Auditor General’s Audit Work Plan included a review of the City’s administration of the insurance and risk management program. This is the first time this program has been the subject of an Auditor General review. This review was selected based on the importance of the program in the context of risk management at the […]
The objective of this review was to assess the adequacy of the East York Curling Club’s system of internal control over revenues, inventory management and compliance with policies and procedures related to cash handling and purchasing. Most of the projects completed by the Auditor General’s Office are usually Divisional in nature and encompass large scale […]
The Auditor General’s Annual Audit Work Plan included a review of the City’s major revenue billing, collection and related processes. Included in our work plan is a review of revenue collected in relation to the Toronto Island ferry service. Ferry services are operated by the Marine Operations Unit, a unit within the Parks, Forestry and […]
The Auditor General’s review, entitled “Toronto Zoo Construction Contracts Review – Tundra Project” was conducted as part of the Auditor General’s 2009 Annual Work Plan. The objective of this review was to assess the adequacy of controls in tendering, award and management of construction contracts. The review focused on the construction and consulting contracts related […]
Our review identified opportunities for strengthening controls in the administration of parking tag revenues. Certain of our recommendations, however, will necessitate negotiation with the Province and will require legislative change. In view of the significant potential revenue opportunities, such negotiations should occur as soon as possible.
The Auditor General’s annual work plan included a review of the administration of development funds. The objective of this review was to assess the adequacy of procedures implemented by management to ensure that development charges, education development charges, and parkland levies are being effectively and efficiently administered. Our review identified a number of areas where […]
Complaints to the Fraud and Waste Hotline Program have highlighted issues with attendance management and specifically the potential for employees to misuse sick leave banks, particularly prior to retirement. In view of this, we included a limited review of these issues in our 2008 Work Plan. The overall objective of this review was to assess […]
This is the second audit conducted by the Toronto Auditor General relating to access, equity and human rights. The overall objective of the audit was to determine the extent to which the City has achieved its access, equity and human rights goals. The audit covered the period from January 2004 to September 2008. Since our […]
The objective of this audit was to determine if Toronto Water’s inspection and enforcement activities, including mandatory pollution prevention planning, are effective in ensuring businesses meet the requirements of the City’s Sewer Use By-law (Municipal Code Chapter 681 – Sewers). Our review identified improvements to inspection and enforcement activities and pollution prevention planning. Due to […]