Report 2018-110 Recommendation 2 Responses
Report 2018-110: City of Lincoln: Financial Mismanagement, Insufficient Accountability, and Lax Oversight Threaten the City's Stability (Release Date: March 2019)
Recommendation #2 To: Lincoln, City of
To ensure that city staff provides the city council adequate information to make its decisions regarding interfund loans and transfers, the city council should immediately collaborate with the city manager and department directors to establish formal expectations regarding the content of staff reports, and it should hold the city manager accountable for ensuring all staff reports meet those expectations.
6-Month Agency Response
The City Council adopted by resolution the Staff Report Template on June 11, 2019 by Resolution 2019-142. Please see attached Staff Report, and Resolution.
- Completion Date: June 2019
- Response Date: September 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented
60-Day Agency Response
The staff report template was revised to require more formal expectations regarding content related to legal, financial, and policy requirements. The City Manager and the City Attorney are required to insert a statement of compliance into each staff report.
- Completion Date: May 2019
- Response Date: May 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
We look forward to Lincoln providing documentation in its six-month response of its revised staff report template and the formal expectations it has provided to staff to ensure that they provide city council with adequate information to make decisions.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
- Auditee did not address all aspects of the recommendation
All Recommendations in 2018-110
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.