Why This Audit Matters The City spent $64 million and received $23 million in revenues in 2017 to protect, maintain, and enhance the City’s urban forest. There are 10.2 million trees in the City. Trees provide many benefits: they clean the air, reduce storm water runoff, and reduce heating and cooling costs. It is important […]
Why This Audit Matters This audit highlights the need to focus on effective lease administration and to ensure the City receives all entitled revenue from leasing out City-owned properties. The City needs to effectively review and monitor leases in order to bill and collect the right amount of rents and recoveries. A review of all […]
Why This Audit Matters Contracted services are used extensively for waste haulage, landfilling operations and construction at Green Lane. The planning and operations of waste disposal at Green Lane is also essential in meeting the goals of the Long Term Waste Management Strategy to balance the needs of the community, the environment and long-term financial […]
The City spends a significant amount of money on managing information technology. The I&T Division’s 2018 Operating budget is $130.4 million and its 10 year Capital Plan is $421 million. The purpose of this audit was to review how technology expenditures are carried out to improve City operations. By The Numbers $5.5 million spent on […]
The Auditor General completed an audit of the management of telecommunication service contracts and payments at the TTC in May 2018. The audit report entitled “Toronto Transit Commission: Managing Telecommunication Contracts and Payments” was tabled at the TTC’s May 29, 2018, Audit & Risk Management Committee. The report is included as Attachment 2 to this […]
Why This Audit Matters The Engineering and Construction Services (ECS) Division delivers approximately $500 million annually in capital projects, including the construction of bridges, roads, sewers, and treatment plants. Ensuring that there are sufficient controls over these projects, including timely inspections and rectification of deficiencies, is vital to providing safe and sustainable infrastructure for the […]
This is the Auditor General’s first review of the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) Telecommunication contracts and payments. A high volume of transactions, frequent service changes and multiple price plans create a high risk of overpayments. Effective management of service plans and telecommunication resources provide opportunities for savings. An audit of the City of Toronto’s (City) […]