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CityCouncil | 2008-12-16 | 14 | MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL JOINT CITY COUNCIL, ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (ARRA, AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION (CIC) MEETING TUESDAY- - -DECEMBER 16, 2008- - -7:31 P.M. Mayor/Chair Johnson convened the Special Meeting at 11:02 p.m. ROLL CALL - Present : Councilmembers / Authority Members / Commissioners deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam and Mayor/Chair Johnson - 5. Absent : None CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor/Chair Johnson announced that the transmittal of the CIC Annual Report [paragraph no. 08-547 CC/08-56 CIC] was removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion. Councilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Matarrese moved approval of the remainder of the Consent Calendar. . louncilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Tam seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote - 5. (08-547 CC/08-56 CIC) Recommendation to authorize the transmittal of the Community Improvement Commission's Annual Report to the State Controller's Office and the City Council and accept the Annual Report. louncilmember/Commissioner Gilmore stated people have called for independent audit of the City's books; the City gets independently audited every year; the City Auditor is in charge of hiring an outside, independent audit firm; the firm audits all funds, including enterprise and special funds; the audits are available in the City Clerk's office and on the website; compliance reports have to be filed with the State and federal governments a department head spent a week doing the report, which is generally the job of manager; the organization is so lean; there is front line staff and only rare instances of mid level staff; department heads are doing work which would generally be done by lower level staff; that she was shocked to hear how much time it takes to complete the reports; the work reports prepared a year ago listed said type of work below the line; the focus was on the work that affects the residents and mandated things did not receive discussion. Councilmember/Commissioner Gilmore moved approval of the staff recommendation. Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse and 1 Redevelopment Authority, and Community Improvement Commission December 16, 2008 | CityCouncil/2008-12-16.pdf |