Report 2018-110 Recommendation 8 Responses
Report 2018-110: City of Lincoln: Financial Mismanagement, Insufficient Accountability, and Lax Oversight Threaten the City's Stability (Release Date: March 2019)
Recommendation #8 To: Lincoln, City of
To ensure that its fees are commensurate with the cost of providing services, Lincoln should develop and follow a timeline by June 2019 for conducting periodic fee studies for each of its services, including updating its staff rates annually.
1-Year Agency Response
Timeline was previously submitted; however, revisions were made to provide clarity per comments received from Auditor.
- Completion Date: September 2019
- Response Date: April 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented
Lincoln established a timeline for conducting periodic fee studies. In December 2019, its city council approved an updated master fee schedule that became effective in February 2020.
6-Month Agency Response
Timeline was previously submitted; however, revisions were made to provide clarity per comments received from Auditor.
- Completion Date: June 2019
- Response Date: September 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Partially Implemented
Lincoln has established a timeline for conducting periodic fee studies and has indicated that some fee studies are underway. We look forward to reviewing Lincoln's one-year response to assess whether it has followed its proposed timeline.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
60-Day Agency Response
The timeline for the completion of fee studies was provided in the initial response to the audit.
- Completion Date: April 2019
- Response Date: May 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
Although Lincoln identified anticipated completion dates of fee studies in its initial response, it also stated that it would create a schedule to ensure regular updates to its fees and rates. We look forward to reviewing Lincoln's six-month response to assess its progress in developing such a schedule, including its determination of how often it plans to review each fee and when it last reviewed the fee.
- 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.