Minutes City Council Monday, January 20, 2020
CITY OF WINDSOR
AUDITOR GENERAL CHARTER
ACCOUNTABILITY
The AG. in the discharge of their duties, shall be accountable to the City of VVlndsor by reporting directly to City Council through the 0880 to:
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Provide coverage of the adequacy and effectiveness of the City of Windsor's processes for controlling its activities and managing its risks.
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Report important issues related to the processes for managing risk and controlling the activities of the organization. including potential improvements to those processes. and provide information concerning such issues through resolution. This includes coverage of risk management and governance practices.
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Periodically provide infomtation on the status and results of the annual Audit Plan and the sufficiency of department resources. This includes ensuring the resources are sufficient in amount and competency to cover the risks in the annual audit plan.
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Coordinate with and provide coverage of other control and monitoring functions (risk management, governance, compliance, security, legal, ethics, environmental).
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Coordinate with external audit.
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Along with management, establish a follow-up process to track and monitor the effective implementation of management actions related to important issues and recommendations.
AUTHORITY. ACCESS AND SU PPORT
The AG may exercise the powers and shall perform the duties with respect to the City of Windsor's:
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departments,
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local boards,
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controlled corporations. and
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grant recipients (where the grant received is directly or indirectly from the municipality, a local board or a municipality-controlled corporation for grants received 2006 or later).
The responsibilities of the AG do not include those matters for which an auditor is responsible under s. 296(1) of the Act. The AG's responsibilities do not include annually auditing the accounts and transactions of the municipality and its local boards and expressing an opinion on the financial statements of these bodies based on the audit.
As per the Act, the AG does not have the right to limit the natural person powers bestowed upon a municipality nor does the AG have the right to limit municipal by-Laws respecting the following matters:
1. Governance structure of the municipality and its local boards.
The Corporation of the City of Windsor