Title:
Title
(Pass for Publication) Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.18 of the Sacramento City Code, Relating to the Office of the City Auditor
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FileID
File ID: 2019-00784
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Review an ordinance amending chapter 2.18 of the Sacramento City Code, relating to the office of the city auditor; and 2) pass for publication the ordinance title per City Charter section 32(c), for consideration on June 25, 2019.
Contact: Matthew Ruyak, Assistant City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, Office of the City Attorney; Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor, (916) 808-5442, Office of the City Auditor
Body
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Draft Ordinance (redline)
3-Draft Ordinance (clean)
4-Resolution 2018-0317 (with Measure K language)
5-Former Sacramento City Code chapter 2.33 (Independent Budget Analyst's Office)
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In November 2018, Sacramento city voters approved Measure K, which was placed on the ballot by the city council. Measure K, also known as the Sacramento City Government Accountability and Efficiency Act, established the city auditor as an officer under the Sacramento City Charter. It also combined the offices and duties of the city auditor and independent budget analyst into one office, to consolidate functions and provide the city auditor more robust resources.
Measure K also superseded certain provisions of the Sacramento City Code relating to the city auditor and independent budget analyst, while enshrining their core functions in the charter, independently assessing and reporting on city operations and services, and assisting the council in the conduct of budgetary inquiries and in the making of budgetary decisions. The measure provided a time to transition between the city auditor appointed under the Sacramento City Code, and the installation of a city auditor as a charter officer, by making the auditor-related charter amendments effect...
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